The Top 10 Reasons I’m Moving to London
June 6th, 2007 by Will
I’m moving to London. I have been for a while. Processes are in motion for this really happening in late-June.
For some reason, everyone’s first response on hearing that I’m moving, is asking, “Why?”
Well, I didn’t exactly have a reason. But since “I don’t know” isn’t a very friendly response (see further: Alberto Gonzales), I have came up with 10 excellent reasons for this move and here they are:
10. The weather. Seriously. The problem with living in Southern California, where the weather is nice all the time, is that if you’re depressed, then it’s your own fault.
9. Chicks with British accents.
8. I hear there may be an opening for Prime Minister.
7. I want to get in on some of that soon-to-be-beach-front-property due to Global Warming.
6. Only suckers are sticking around to get paid in US dollars right now.
5. I have over a year more of DUI-related probation during which I cannot legally drive with any measurable amount of alcohol (ie, 0.01% or higher BAC) in my blood. And I live in Los Angeles. See a problem?
4. I always wanted to be knighted.
3. Catching an extra bit of sleep on the way to work far safer in a train than in my car.
2. 1400 km to Ibiza, 300 km to Paris, 400 km to Amsterdam, 1000 km to Milan, 2500 km to Mykonos, and 2300 km from gorgeous Black Sea beaches crawling with untapped beauties of the former Soviet Block. (For comparison, Los Angeles is about 4000 km from New York, Miami, or Hawaii.)
1. I have Attention Deficit Disorder and I’ve lived my whole life in California. A better question is, “Why haven’t I moved already?“