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> Everyone I know seems to be doing fairly well right now Outside the uk hn bubble many, many people are struggling. Rent, gas and electric, food are all very
by andyjohnson0 3y ago
> Everyone I know seems to be doing fairly well right now
Outside the uk hn bubble many, many people are struggling. Rent, gas and electric, food are all very expensive. Most wages haven't risen anywhere near inflation for years, never mind exceeding it.
Fourteen years of austerity topped off by brexit and a succession of incompetent governments and a pandemic - and the country feels like its on its knees to me.
- TheOtherHobbes 3y agoThe UK is shockingly poor outside of London. The bigger cities have some moderately prosperous areas, but many towns are turning into boarded-up wastelands. It's basically Detroit around 2000. And without free movement to the EU, there's nowhere to go.