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Anecdata. I.... don't know how to feel about that.
by rahrahrah 10y ago
Anecdata. I.... don't know how to feel about that.
- moomin 10y agoYeah, you can't read too much into it, but consider the following: to buy a Zone 2 house in London right now requires a fair bit of money. We're talking typically more than $1m US. Even a flat on my street is upwards of 600,000 US. So who can buy this kind of property? That mostly means successful professionals. A fair few of this category are either foreign-born themselves or have spent significant time overseas. Nearly all of them work in extremely international offices. This category skews Remain extremely strongly. Remainers are, for the most part, pretty chary about England's prospects right now. The broader data shows Outer London still going up, but Outer London's a huge place. Areas like Sidcup and Plumstead skew Leave and I'm sure property prices are still doing fine right now. Longer term, it'll depend on what happens, but I do think property prices are literally skewing on the basis of the political views of the prospective buyers right now.
- Chris2048 10y agoI'm a professional, and work in a fairly mixed office. I still voted exit, and considered those without the mobility I have when I did so. Why would "spent[ing] significant time overseas" or "work[ing] in extremely international offices" affect which way you vote?
- moomin 10y agoWell, an awful lot of Brexit appears to be anti-immigration. And the anti-immigration stance is principally values-driven. The kind of people who choose to spend their time around immigrants or being an immigrant themselves seem unlikely to be the kind of people who object to immigration. There are other arguments, but this was a big one, and it's one that has less traction in those categories.