John B wrote:

The London approaches on the ECML[*] and WCML aren't too bad. The MML
is slightly worse, but still far superior to the GWML or any of the SR
termini.

This reflects North London's innate superiority, naturally...

Trus, as a north Londoner myself. I was thinking also of places where I've been
recently such as Berlin and Dresden - bombsites by comparison (actually there is a
nice river crossing in Dresden).

M.