'The World in One City'

adrimm says on Dec 21, 2006, 02:04:

*So* London Maybe I'm biased becuase I've never been to New York, but when I read the title of your thread, London immediately came to mind. It is so mindblwingly international there.

I bet that the London list will complete first.

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litost says on Dec 21, 2006, 02:15:

I haven't been to London yet but I actually find Paris much more cosmopolitan than NYC. I have no figures or statistics, it's just my feeling, but I'm probably biased as I've lived here several years and absolutely love the city. It just seems to me that here the native culture of all the immigrants and foreigners remain very much alive, whereas in NYC everybody ends up getting 'americanized' very quickly. Did you know that colombians are, by far, the largest immigration group from Latinamerica in Paris?

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gabo4ever says on Dec 21, 2006, 04:57:

Great article... Im Colombian and living in London, and i gotta say that was a great written article (although the Colombian interviee, has to take the applauds) But it was very unbiased and extremely enjoyable.

Although i dont agree with Ligia about the men, we aint all that bad, but shes got a great story to tell.

Last month a friend of mine who came to London 3yrs ago, was interviewed by 'Time Out' magazine who were doing a review of 'La Bodeguita' restaurant in Elephant & Castle.

She has been studying English for the last three years, and is now working as an assistant underwritter in an American Insurance firm in the city of London.

So to summarise i gotta take my hat off to these ladies, who against all odds and also against the general life lived by Colombians here in the UK, have been ambitious and have made a succesful transition from the usual low end jobs Colombians have here in the UK, to career girl in London.

Y por si se atreven: Watsamatamaracuya?

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adrimm says on Dec 21, 2006, 09:26:

simoneta (Now I'm embarrased for forgetting to mention it) Simoneta, the article was great, very interesting & Congratulations!!

Litost, I'm not too surprised about Colombians in Paris. My cousin's husband has family there, and we have a few people in the family who went for grad school.. To my mother's generation Paris was held up as the poster dame of learning, elegance and forward thinking.. in school she studied more about France than any other country in the world, and can still rattle off the names of more French scientists, writers, thinkers, historical figures, etc than I ever could. I aslo know that French was/has been taught as a second language in some Colombian schools at least since the 50s - closer to Spanish than English.

So I think that Paris really caught the imagination of Colombians, plus I really think that Colombian culture is one that appreciates the elegant grandeur of Paris (and the reputation of),.... hmm on that note I might have expected Argentinians to also number quite high, but they haven't had reason to leave as much as Colombians have. Physical appearance aside, Paris has a culture that has historically been quite open to people of all sorts.

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simoneta says on Dec 21, 2006, 09:39:

cheers Thank you for taking the time to read the article, it was such a great experience, and I feel very proud to be Colombian ;)

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simoneta says on Dec 21, 2006, 09:39:

cheers Thank you for taking the time to read the article, it was such a great experience, and I feel very proud to be Colombian ;)

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Piatt says on Dec 22, 2006, 12:31:

NYC HANDS DOWN There was a recent project in NYC already done in which a guy took a photograph of one kid living in NYC from every country in the world. I forget the name but Id have to say sorry London New York.

Sincerely,
Gordon Piatt

gordo

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