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Although Croydon is a London borough, it's quite far outside of central London, to the point that it doesn't really feel part of London. It's also quite a depr
by louthy 3y ago
Although Croydon is a London borough, it's quite far outside of central London, to the point that it doesn't really feel part of London. It's also quite a deprived area. So that quote is weird on a number of levels!
- comprev 3y agoPerhaps the intended message was "Both Croydon and Strathclyde are shit places, but Croydon is a little less shit. By spending that pound in Croydon we can hopefully avoid it becoming Strathclyde"
- ricardo81 3y agoI think his general idea was that money invested in London was of greater economic benefit to the whole country than investing the same amount elsewhere.
- Symbiote 3y agoThe average "Index of Multiple Deprivation" [1] for Croydon is about 14,000, where every area (of some equal population size) is ranked from 1 to 32,884. Very roughly average for England. Scotland isn't included, so I can't compare Strathclyde, but Blackpool's average is 5,900 — and includes 8 of the 10 most deprived places in the country. Only one bit of London (part of Haringey) makes the top 1000. Only 106 bits of London (out of 4685) make the top 10%. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-deprivation-2019 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-indices-of-...
- HPsquared 3y agoScotland has the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation... Currently house-hunting at the moment, it's a great tool! https://simd.scot https://simd.scot
- parenthesis 3y agoAre you using it to avoid deprived areas, or to find them and hence cheap houses?
- HPsquared 3y agoNot sure... It's probably contributing to my analysis paralysis on the matter actually. Very interesting to look at though!