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When a man is tired of London he is tired of life.
by wbl 2y ago
When a man is tired of London he is tired of life.
- rgmerk 2y agoOr maybe he’s just tired of a specific kind of life which might be fun in your early twenties but is less appealing when you’ve got kids and can’t enjoy the nightlife and culture anyway.
- sebmellen 2y agoHow do you get kids if you can’t meet someone your age to partner up with?
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- Earw0rm 2y agoPlenty of culture isn't gigs and nightclubs - London isn't terribly good, for its population size and economy, for those anyway. Think museums, parks, galleries, theatre, exhibitions. Granted it's not the only city with those, the problem the UK has is that its small, desirable cities are unable to grow or reinvent themselves. Cambridge and Bristol should be ideal for hardware startups, but the cost of both housing and working space is insane for small, provincial cities, partly because NIMBYism and partly because building infrastructure is absurdly expensive when you're constantly having to work around 200 year old buildings and 800yo city plans.
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- dagw 2y agoyou’ve got kids and can’t enjoy the nightlife and culture anyway Having kids while living in the centre of a large city is great, as there is so much culture that is aimed at parents and children. When my kid was small we went to museums and concerts and events all the time that were aimed at kids. There were also several different parks, playgrounds, pools and similar activities to choose from all within easy access. Plus once the kids get slightly older they can use public transport to get around and you don't have to drive them anywhere near as much as if you live in the suburbs.
- nobodywillobsrv 2y ago[flagged]
- selimthegrim 2y agoNever contributing to what?
- baud147258 2y ago> Having kids while living in the center of a large city is great If you can afford a flat that's big enough for you and the kids
- walthamstow 2y agoWe drop the kids off at my parents and go for dinner at any one of hundreds of top quality restaurants. Can't do that in Kettering.
- nobodywillobsrv 2y agoOr tired of 63% income tax rates in the middle of the income bands
- walthamstow 2y agoDoes London have a different tax policy to where Jaguar Land Rover is based?
- GasVeteran 2y agoYou have to earn (much) more to have the same standard of living as outside of it. Therefore you pay more income tax and the cost of living is higher anyway.
- twic 2y agoSkill issue, just earn a bit more then you're back to 47%.