Quote Originally Posted by jenn_librarian View Post
What does she mean nothing prepared him for London? I've never been there, but I didn't think it was supposed to be so bad. Is it really that horrible there?
As with any city, the suburbs of London can be quite rough. In these areas there are still many dodgy council estates full of deprived people (London has been this way since Victorian times, when people were crammed into tiny, smoggy streets to work in the factories. The layout in these areas hasn't changed a great deal.) The city people think of as London is beautiful, nevertheless one should always exercise caution in any city. These two students were murdered in a London borough rather than London itself, as London is merely the city within the county of Greater London, which is often, rather confusingly to non-British people, referred to as London.

Still, it doesn't excuse the fact these murders were brutal and sick. I imagine with them being French, they probably would have met some prejudice as Catty1 said.