New cities
London has nine million people. That fact doesn't help when you're eating dinner alone in a flat you can barely afford, not knowing anyone in the city.
London has a reputation for being cold, and for new arrivals that reputation often proves accurate. The city's geography works against social connection: people live far from where they work, commutes are long, the tube discourages eye contact, and the pace of the city doesn't create natural pauses for human interaction. Everyone is moving fast, and the city's culture has adapted to assume that strangers don't want to talk.
The people who are already here also have established social lives. London attracts ambitious people who work long hours, and the social capacity left over after work is often thin. Making new friends requires initiative and patience, and the city's size means that even when you find one or two good connections, they might live an hour away on a good tube day.
London's cost of living creates its own social constraints. Going out is expensive. Renting means you often end up in a flat with strangers who aren't friends and don't become them. The activities that might build friendships — classes, sports, events — cost money that a new arrival on an entry-level salary doesn't reliably have. The poverty of early London life can be financial and social at the same time.
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