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[The following is a rant] I've been living in London for 2 years now and I find the city dreadful. The quality of housing is usually well below the standards I'
by mmmrk 7y ago
[The following is a rant] I've been living in London for 2 years now and I find the city dreadful. The quality of housing is usually well below the standards I'm used to from Germany (I won't start on the pricing), but what really bothers me how decrepit everything is. I was looking to rent in the area south of Brixton and frequently felt like I was looking at trash heaps with a roof and flatmates. Sometimes there was a permanent garbage dump on the front porch or something?! I now live in something resembling modern construction, that was however cheaply built and has thin walls and lacks thermal insulation in my bath, so I have to keep the door closed when it's cold outside. I "only" pay 900 GBP to live with two flatmates, which is OK for London I suppose. I have this nagging thought in the back of my mind to brexit at some point...
- sgt 7y agoThis video comes to mind: https://youtu.be/gzVJw1-YrkM https://youtu.be/gzVJw1-YrkM Note that PJW is perhaps a bit too far right leaning, so take his views and opinions with a grain of salt. A lot of the content is quite true though, and both liberals and conservatives alike ought to be concerned.
- jpxw 7y agoI've been living in London for three years now, after living in the countryside. This video is correct.
- mstade 7y agoI lived in London for a few years and your experience mirrors mine exactly – if I never move back there it'll be too soon. I enjoy visiting though, but rarely more than 3-4 days, that's about when I start to cringe and have to get out.
- armitron 7y agoDon’t waste years of your life living in that dump of a city. If you can, get out. Europe is big and there are cities where quality of life is great. Groningen, Skien/Telemark, Turku, Warsaw, Prague...