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Isn’t this probably good news for everyone that doesn’t work in finance? London has become essentially unaffordable for regular Britons, partially because of fi
by ceilingcorner 6y ago
Isn’t this probably good news for everyone that doesn’t work in finance? London has become essentially unaffordable for regular Britons, partially because of finance salaries driving up living costs (similar situation to SF, from what I understand.)
- gman83 6y agoAmsterdam housing prices are going through the roof with all the expats moving in.
- redisman 6y agoAmsterdam seems pretty ill-suited for a large population increase. Like San Francisco but worse because you have much stricter restrictions for almost all of the downtown area.
- enaaem 6y agoNote that Netherlands is small and has pretty good public transport. You can live in the neighbouring towns and be in the centre of Amsterdam in 15 minutes by train.
- toyg 6y agoYeah, I was offered a very nice job over there last year but the housing costs made it basically pointless. It felt like I’d be killing myself just to enrich Dutch landlords and the Dutch taxman. Such a shame.
- wyuenho 6y agoI think in general, a nation not overly reliant on just one industry that doesn't actually produce anything tangible is probably a healthy thing in the long run. To a very similar extent, Hong Kong is largely the same as London, the city doesn't even know how to make anything other than ramen anymore. 25 years ago, that city made CPUs, not it's completely beholden by mainland capital.