> it's also the people themselves, especially the natives. If you mention you live in a flat (as opposed to a house) people will look down on you because you're

> it's also the people themselves, especially the natives. If you mention you live in a flat (as opposed to a house) people will look down on you because you're so poor. What's wrong with flats? Native here. Born '74, perhaps ironically I lived in a house when young because my family were poor and we lived in charity housing. In '99 I moved out and lived only in flats until eventually leaving London in 2021, moving back into a house at age 46. Suffice to say I don't recognise this attitude in myself, nor any of my friends or colleagues throughout those 46 years. TBH I knew very few people that lived in a house in London for most of that time anyway.