3 ms·
If those communities were moving to London they would be doing fine. The unemployment rate in the UK is really low. It doesn't mean that a job will show up at y
by cm2187 4y ago
If those communities were moving to London they would be doing fine. The unemployment rate in the UK is really low. It doesn't mean that a job will show up at your doorstep without having to do anything.
- Tanjreeve 4y agoThats what many did and they're not doing fine though. One of the reasons London became so unlivable was so many people have to move there especially early in careers just to get a job. Which has a bonus effect of draining the original communities and speeding up the feedback loop.
- ckolkey 4y agoYou make it sound like there are no other factors. People like where they are. They like their communities. They may dislike cities, and they may not have the means to move to them even if they did like them. You dont seem to understand the absolutely rapid pace of change over the last 200 years.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- desas 4y agoThe communities are moving to London. Hundreds of thousands of (primarily young) people have been moving into London each year from other UK regions for decades. It's mainly balanced by migration out of London due to house prices and immigration from other countries. I grew up in a coalfield area. I have friends and family who made that move and further afield. It's a big ask for people to uproot their families from their support network and stable council house for a very uncertain future in London. What transferable skills do you think a coal miner had?
- wyclif 4y agoHow do these young people from the home counties afford London real estate?
- samastur 4y agoHow about you also check poverty rates, rents and housing availability, standard of living, not just counting those employed (which includes zero contract hours...)? UK is not doing well and moving to the incredibly expensive London is not some easy fix you think it is.