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Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

56 points by rcarmo 3y ago

galina700 3y ago
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jimbokun 3y ago
The elephant in the room for me reading this article, is that the income the author reports for his projects is nowhere near enough to live in London. Does he explain that elsewhere? Is he living off savings while building new income streams?
- sneakymichael 3y ago
  “Work has continued apace on my existing projects and client work of course.” (Emphasis mine)
  - deeth_starr_v 3y ago
    I can’t believe how much energy some people have! Good for him
- woleium 3y ago
  i assume the reason they went was for a job, no?
stereobit 3y ago
How can one person do all those things in a year and raise kids. And move countries with them. Please share your secret.
- mantas 3y ago
  People I know that do this usually offload kids to kindergarten, hire nanny or let SO handle them. Or combination of above.
- huytersd 3y ago
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  - benjaminwootton 3y ago
    Just because you decide to split things like this doesn’t mean it’s sexist. I earnt a lot more than my wife did and we jointly decided she would stay at home for a few years and I would throw myself into work to cover the family income. I would have been more than happy to switch roles if the shoe was on the other foot!
    - deleted 3y ago
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  - Jrjrir48 3y ago
    Husband? Usually it is a wife who decides to stay at home and makes most decisions! Women control like 80% of purchasing power, most advertisement targets them!
- CraigJPerry 3y ago
  Cut out the stuff you don’t value, the amount of stuff you can do when you don’t own a TV and never visit news or social media sites[1] is astounding. The downside is your reply to any questions like “have you seen <popular show>?” will perpetually be blank stare, shrug [1] 1 exception - a ruthlessly curated rss feed reader, and this site - although i’m experimenting with using this site via a “best of” aggregation feed. For all popular stories here there are a 2nd wave of thoughtful posters who arrive to a thread a day or 2 late. I’m thinking they are also filtering similarly but i have never asked.
- VoodooJuJu 3y ago
  One cannot. One or more of those things is suffering, and I hope it's not his kids, though people like this usually delegate childcare to their spouse or paid care.
roydivision 3y ago
I was hoping for more about the geographical move. I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering why someone would move TO London right now, given all the issues people are currently facing in the UK.
- mytailorisrich 3y ago
  London is an attractive world city. Population grows about 1% per year.
- sofixa 3y ago
  London has a number of advantages: * Lots of people speak English, so London is easy to emigrate to from that perspective - no need to learn a new language to be able to live there * It's a massive business centre and as such it's possible to find work in all sorts of domains, relatively well paid (relatively to the rest of the UK, but not enough to actually afford to buy housing for most people) * It has a lot going on in terms of entertainment - there are bars, clubs, sports, music performances, standup comedy, theatre, cinemas, etc. * It is big and relatively well connected, with varying advantages and disadvantages (you can live in a house with a garden or an apartment in a skyscraper, and anything in between, and still be "in London" and at least decently connected to where work and entertainment is... if you can afford it) * You won't be the only immigrant, so it's much easier to "blend in" Downsides are that the weather is pretty bad, and housing is absurdly expensive.
  - fragmede 3y ago
    Well, there was also that Brexit thing.
    - mytailorisrich 3y ago
      That has made little difference to London. Yes, it's harder for EU citizens to move there, but the pool of people happy to move to London for work is vast and global. No longer being in the EU can be a downside depending on the business but in general, as a service-based economy operating globally, London is just carrying on undeterred.
csomar 3y ago
Not sure how this got upvoted. Title is a click-bait and makes you believe this is about London the place whereas it’s mostly about this guy side projects.
elizabeth4151 3y ago
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cyari6908 3y ago
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56 points by rcarmo 3y ago

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The elephant in the room for me reading this article, is that the income the author reports for his projects is nowhere near enough to live in London. Does he explain that elsewhere? Is he living off savings while building new income streams?

sneakymichael 3y ago
“Work has continued apace on my existing projects and client work of course.” (Emphasis mine)
- deeth_starr_v 3y ago
  I can’t believe how much energy some people have! Good for him
woleium 3y ago
i assume the reason they went was for a job, no?

stereobit 3y ago

How can one person do all those things in a year and raise kids. And move countries with them. Please share your secret.

mantas 3y ago
People I know that do this usually offload kids to kindergarten, hire nanny or let SO handle them. Or combination of above.
huytersd 3y ago
[flagged]
- benjaminwootton 3y ago
  Just because you decide to split things like this doesn’t mean it’s sexist. I earnt a lot more than my wife did and we jointly decided she would stay at home for a few years and I would throw myself into work to cover the family income. I would have been more than happy to switch roles if the shoe was on the other foot!
  - deleted 3y ago
    [deleted]
- Jrjrir48 3y ago
  Husband? Usually it is a wife who decides to stay at home and makes most decisions! Women control like 80% of purchasing power, most advertisement targets them!
CraigJPerry 3y ago
Cut out the stuff you don’t value, the amount of stuff you can do when you don’t own a TV and never visit news or social media sites[1] is astounding. The downside is your reply to any questions like “have you seen <popular show>?” will perpetually be blank stare, shrug [1] 1 exception - a ruthlessly curated rss feed reader, and this site - although i’m experimenting with using this site via a “best of” aggregation feed. For all popular stories here there are a 2nd wave of thoughtful posters who arrive to a thread a day or 2 late. I’m thinking they are also filtering similarly but i have never asked.
VoodooJuJu 3y ago
One cannot. One or more of those things is suffering, and I hope it's not his kids, though people like this usually delegate childcare to their spouse or paid care.

roydivision 3y ago

I was hoping for more about the geographical move. I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering why someone would move TO London right now, given all the issues people are currently facing in the UK.

mytailorisrich 3y ago
London is an attractive world city. Population grows about 1% per year.
sofixa 3y ago
London has a number of advantages: * Lots of people speak English, so London is easy to emigrate to from that perspective - no need to learn a new language to be able to live there * It's a massive business centre and as such it's possible to find work in all sorts of domains, relatively well paid (relatively to the rest of the UK, but not enough to actually afford to buy housing for most people) * It has a lot going on in terms of entertainment - there are bars, clubs, sports, music performances, standup comedy, theatre, cinemas, etc. * It is big and relatively well connected, with varying advantages and disadvantages (you can live in a house with a garden or an apartment in a skyscraper, and anything in between, and still be "in London" and at least decently connected to where work and entertainment is... if you can afford it) * You won't be the only immigrant, so it's much easier to "blend in" Downsides are that the weather is pretty bad, and housing is absurdly expensive.
- fragmede 3y ago
  Well, there was also that Brexit thing.
  - mytailorisrich 3y ago
    That has made little difference to London. Yes, it's harder for EU citizens to move there, but the pool of people happy to move to London for work is vast and global. No longer being in the EU can be a downside depending on the business but in general, as a service-based economy operating globally, London is just carrying on undeterred.

csomar 3y ago

Not sure how this got upvoted. Title is a click-bait and makes you believe this is about London the place whereas it’s mostly about this guy side projects.

elizabeth4151 3y ago

I wouldn’t have been able to hack into my partners instagram and snapchat without the help of (spyrecovery36 @ gm ail c om ) I had a hard time finding the right hacker who could pull it off without my husband noticing what was going on, This hacker has great reviews and I have come in contact with people who has used his service successfully and he delivered. He is the best amongst them and his services were splendid and the cost was effective. i highly recommend this hacker

cyari6908 3y ago

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