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Tourists find London unfriendly, dirty and expensive: survey Dec 13th 2012, 17:15 Tweet Share this Email Print Analysis & Opinion Corruption and business potential sometimes go together Is it time to rightsize Detroit? A man walks with his bike covered in bags of belongings in central London December 12, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Toby Melville LONDON | Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:15pm EST LONDON (Reuters) - London may have put on a cheerful face during the Olympics but tourists have still rated the city poorly in terms of friendliness, cleanliness and value for money, a survey showed on Thursday. Of 40 cities worldwide, London this year ranked second to last for the friendliness of its locals, according to a poll by travel website TripAdvisor. Only Moscow fared worse, while Mexico's Cancun ranked first. Britain's capital barely performed better in the nine other categories of the poll, ranking 28th for safety, 26th for cleanliness and 35th for best value for money. On the upside, London was rated fourth best city for shopping - behind New York City, Bangkok and Dubai - and fifth for the quality of taxi services. The study was based on responses from 75,000 TripAdvisor users surveyed last month. "While London hasn't ranked particularly highly by those that have reviewed the city this year, it's important to remember that many of the respondents may have experienced London before major changes were made or post the events of the summer," said Emma Shaw, a spokeswoman for TripAdvisor. London was still voted the best city in the world in TripAdvisor's 2012 Travellers Choice Awards, Shaw noted. "This study perhaps proves that even a great city isn't going to be perfect in every way," she said. (Reporting by Natalie Huet, editing by Paul Casciato) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (1) London is a great lady. She may be showing her age but if you were nearly 2000 years old you would too. I have been there dozens of times and still find her exciting with something new to see each trip. I can hardly wait for my next trip. Dec 13, 2012 8:08pm EST  --  Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment

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