Downtown London

Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. The low-income borough of Lambeth has been largely taken over by London's mutant population and is now known as Mutant Town.

Downtown London

Postby Narrator » Fri May 29, 2015 6:02 am

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London is by far the largest city in England and the United Kingdom with over 10 million people living in the city on the River Thames. It is the capital of the United Kingdom and the world's largest financial center. The city has a huge network of transport systems, including the world's first underground railway system, London Underground, which is the main way commuters get into London. Most people in London are British. However, London also has many immigrants. These people come from many different countries. They speak many different languages and have different religions and cultures. There are also many people from different countries who stay in London on business.

The Houses of Parliament, also called the Palace of Westminster, range along the Thames with Victoria Tower at one end and Big Ben, the famous bell in the Clock Tower, at the other. Westminster Abbey has been the scene of the coronation of sovereigns from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. Buckingham Palace was made the official residence of the Sovereign by Queen Victoria. Lord Nelson's statue dominates Trafalgar Square, a big square in the center of London named in commemoration of a great English naval victory. People and especially pigeons gather here to see the fountains, the big lions and the statue of the victorious Admiral. The National Gallery, situated on the north side of Trafalgar Square, houses one of the richest collection of paintings, most Renaissance and Impressionist works. Madame Tussaud's exhibits wax models instead, models of famous historical characters, film and sports starts, Royalty statesmen. A more conventional museum is the British Museum, which shows the works of man from prehistoric times to the present day. There are permanent displays of antiquities from Egypt, Western Asia, Greece and Rome. It also includes one of the most famous libraries in the world. And after the sunset, there are dozens of theatres just a few minutes walk from Piccadilly Circus (West End theatres), and so is the world famous Covent Garden, home of the Royal Opera. For those who like discos and nightclubs, they can find them near Leicester Square, open till late.

The low-income Borough of Lambeth is mostly known as Mutant Town these days. Many disenfranchised mutants live here and have created their own, unique community in the city. Some consider it a slum, others a diverse and colorful district. Fact is that many buildings are run down and it's obvious that there's not a lot of money going around. Still, the community seems to scrape by, despite the open prejuidice from humans that many of it's inhabitants experience. The amount of physical mutations one can spot in Mutant Town illustrates that those are the ones more often ostracized in regular neighborhoods, causing them to be displaced to Lambeth instead.
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