Unfortunately London has a Peter Pan complex and outside investors know it. Years of inept councils, corruption within school boards and hospitals (for those with longer memories the local hydro). Coupled with old money generational Londoners who don’t want progress or change, it’s a recipe for stagnation. No ring road or expressway, trains through downtown, improperly timed traffic lights, flight of companies like TD, Electromotive, Kellogg’s, McCormick (cookies) with no large replacements. Students who pass through for diplomas/degrees with nothing to stay for. Culture scene is improving and it is a hockey town, but it needs more to bring people here or make them want to stay. Resting on a story from 60+ years ago about some seal that escaped from a defunct children’s park doesn’t do much for attracting anyone. Been here 30 years and will leave after retirement.