Meh, I\'m not that fussed about it actually. If the people of London are looking forward to it as much as I did about manchester bidding, I can\'t see it being that big a deal to be honest.
When the bids were put in for manchester the 2 times they lost, not that many people in the area actually supported it, so when the defeat came, we weren\'t that bothered.
The only people who cared, were the ones who put the bid together, and the people in the media.
If you asked the average manchester resident, they would have probably said they couldn\'t have give a shit.
Winning the bid, and then running the olympics isn\'t all wine and roses, it can cause serious problems long term, long after the events themselves have finished. A lot of hosts in the past fell into serious debt because of it, serious debt they had trouble making up.
So, if the average londoner is similar to the average manc, I can see them being of the "who cares?" brigade, especially with all the havoc and disruption it would cause.