You still have a choice in that you choose not to go there. I can go to Croydon to Ikea so nothing is stopping me, which isn't the definition of a no-go area.
It is. I read lots of comments about no-go areas of London, and marches being very dangerous, but when I was in London in December for the weekend, I was walking down the Strand towards St Mary le Strand, I stopped to ask a copper, monitoring the march which of the two churches was St Mary. He...
Who on earth wants to drive a car in London when you have numerous rail services, overground and underground trains, and multiple bus routes (with free transport for disabled and elderly)?
Who says he's brought London to its knees? Look at the source of that opinion, which may explain a lot.
Read @clapham_gull posts who actually lives in London, to gauge a more balanced view.