It's incredible that after correctly posting that until about 30 years ago much of London was still properly dangerous and so much of his 'London as fallen' stuff is crap, he felt the need to follow up with his Otto English level slop.
Those commenting about London being popular with foreigners.. er, yes. A city founded by Italians, turned into a national capital by the French, which boomed under an imported German monarchy. The most open, world city on the planet - if that concerns you, you donβt get London