I really love a hug from my nearest and dearest - family and good friends. I can’t remember anyone else ever moving in for one, and I wouldn’t want them to!
As regards the sign of peace, our church wardens actually went round asking people individually whether they wanted it. The one who asked me said it was a near-unanimous no. And yet the new vicar liked it, so it went ahead. Years later it still seems like a very uncomfortable break in the service.
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic