"I've seen Oliver Twist, I know what London is like". How true is this statement?

Question

"I've seen Oliver Twist, I know what London is like". How true is this statement?

Answer 1

not true. there are still pickpockets and whatnot around but it's definitely changed from then.

Answer 2

Not true. Oliver Twist was a beggar and an orphan who lived in another century.

Answer 3

not like that anymore / very cool place but bad food .

Answer 4

London is far deeper than any movie...although the surveillance cameras did remind me of "1984," and the bureaucracy is reminiscent of "Brazil."

Still, never judge a city by its movies...

Answer 5

ha ha yes its still full of scroungers and pick pockets lol ;)

Answer 6

haha, that statement is NOT true

london has changed since 19-whatever

Answer 7

I hear horse-drawn carriages are all the rage downtown...