![]() The highest-profile new residents include Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, who may have come for the most #1 rankings of any city in our Top 100-from Culture to Nightlife, but stayed for another of London’s assets: the best-educated citizenry on the planet. New wealthy residents who can now afford to check off a big item on the multi-millionaire bucket list: property in the best city on the planet.Īn astonishing 61 luxury London properties-each worth $11.5 million or more-were sold in the first six months of 2022, which was the highest number in a decade. The London Underground Night Tube reopened over the summer while certain lines are slowly restoring all service, with the Piccadilly line the last to have come online in August.ĭespite much-warranted hand-wringing about the flight of talent and capital due to the pall of Brexit (and the follow-up specter of an airborne pandemic), London is hanging in just fine, relying on a dipping currency to attract investment and, of course, previously priced-out tourists. The city still tops our Promotions category, coming out in front for Insta hashtags, Facebook (or is it Meta) check-ins and TripAdvisor reviews.įortunately the city is almost back to pre-pandemic capacity, if the tube is any indication. ![]() Not that the city’s promotion engine was waning. Of course the eyes of the world were fixed on London throughout all the tumult more than any other city-save for maybe Kyiv-reminding everyone that London is spectacular and it’s been a really long while since they visited. This has been the busiest start to summer London has seen in more than a decade-with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Royal Ascot, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Wimbledon, Boris’s resignation and, in the worst kind of end to summer, the Queen’s death and weeks of mourning. ![]() London is back! But, given the past few months, have citizens even noticed?
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