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London is not EU, even when they were a member they were a separate story.
by reader_mode 5y ago
London is not EU, even when they were a member they were a separate story.
- midasuni 5y agoPre covid U.K. was part of EU, very little has changed yet - same regulations and taxes as in 2019 Claiming “ahh U.K. is different” you might as well say “ahh Bay Area is different”.
- reader_mode 5y agoBut UK (and London especially) is different - that's why they left the EU and were always in tention with EU when they were a member, especially with regards to their financial sector. Bay Area, New York, Austin, US has a decent number of hubs, London is most comparable to New York from my experience (I've worked in a London based startup, NY agency and a SF startup) mostly focused on financial and not really into hard tech.
- midasuni 5y agoThe U.K. left the EU because of left behind towns blaming the EU for their problems. London (like Scotland, Liverpool, Manchester) voted massively to stay in the EU. Other gentrified cities like Leeds, Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge also voted to remain. Where is your evidence that leave was driven by London doing things differently?
- dukeyukey 5y agoThe UK is different, because the EU is not like the US federal government. Economic systems and cultures vary massively across the EU, far more than across US states. Hell, half the EU were Marxist-Leninist autocracies just a few decades ago!
- midasuni 5y agoIn which case you can say “Portugal is different” or “Denmark is different” Saying “U.K. is different” implies that Finland, Greece and France are relatively similar