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An American planning a vacation trip to London, England. Is long hair on a guy a problem in the UK? From seeing the Directory of Users, it appears not to be. I just want to be sure.
This is my first post. My hair is shoulder length now. I'm glad I found this board. A very interesting hyperboard with a lot of excellent comments and information.
In London, not at all really from my experience. Enjoy your trip.
Thank you!!!
Long hair in the UK, is getting more and more common. It's very rare to get any slurs here, especially in London.
I love living in the UK! :) I live by Liverpool though. Have a good trip.
Thank you!!!
Absolutely not anywhere. getting increasingly common as those that started gowing 2 years ago start to reach their goals.
Hi Martin,
I also have lived in England in the 1990's for over a year (near Manchester and London), and I've never had any problems there either.
One other thing: Once you're in London, you'll see super-cheap flights being advertized to all kinds of other British and Continental-European cities, e.g. out of Stanstead airport.
Just in case you have plenty of time and want to take side trips: Germany, too, is very safe for long-hairs. I live in a medium-sized city not too far from Berlin, and I have not run into hair-related problems. I venture to say, most of Europe is quite safe in that respect.
Have fun, and enjoy London etc!
Hans-Uwe
Thank you, Hans-Uwe!!! You have eased my concerns.
I live in England - and i dont beleive that you will experience any real problems from others....
Mogh
The UK is definitely safe. Most of the world is safe although you may get offered drugs more often in some countries. I know a longhair who's been to a hell of a lot of countries and never had any bother.
I hope you enjoy your trip over here and London is one of the safest places to visit and living here and having longhair I've never had any issues at all.
Always happy to show people around.
John.B
when i'm in london, don't seem to get any problems. it's a bit harder in small towns in england if you're a longhair. some guy had a go at me in a pub in castleford (near wakefield) because of my hair and beard.
enjoy your trip
luke aka the artist formerly known as hairmonster1917
I have been in London a couple of times now, and never have a problem with my hair.
In Camden in particular I see a lot of longhairs but they're all over really.
Even in New York longhair is getting more common. New York is far more dangerous than london and I never have any problems in New York, And I visit the roughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn too, due to my warehousing work.
Though even in London watch out, london is a big city, make sure you don't get mugged, my experience people rarely attack for no reason, just use street smarts you would use in any american big city and you should be ok.
If someone bothers you or tries to hustle tell them to back off, or get a police officer.
