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Why is that considered "fall" then?

• barrkel 10y ago
  The idea I had of London as a place I could live for decades when I first moved here: that's starting to fade away. That's the fall. And it's not just me; it's lots of other EU citizens.
  • muninn_ 10y ago
    Yea but that doesn't mean London "will fall".
    • Arizhel 10y ago
      Stop being so literal. Rome is still there, and has been for 2000+ years. It just isn't a terribly important city any more, globally; London will be similar.
      • muninn_ 10y ago
        I'm not being literal. London will continue to be an important global city. There won't be any "fall".
        • Arizhel 10y ago
          I'm sure the Romans thought that too, and the Athenians before them, and the Babylonians before that.
• usrusr 10y ago
  London is the idea that a city can have and respect both a past with all its cultural heritage merits/baggage/identity as well as a future as a globalized hotspot. The corporeal hope that you don't have to give up one to have the other. If post-Brexit London turns out to fail on the globalization side of that balancing act, that hope takes a hit not just for Londoners but for everyone who values both sides. It's the hope that is feared to fall, not the bricks and stones.