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Tired of London? Maybe you're living in the wrong place
- m1117 12y agoSeems I should move out from northbeach to the mission
- simonebrunozzi 12y agoI live in the Mission and love it :)
- sublimino 12y agoShoreditch/Hackney (London startup land) postbox psychology results: most open to experience, high on extraversion and life satisfaction, low agreeableness, least emotionally stable and conscientious.
- 001sky 12y agoThis is interesting only in that it points out that previous studies lacked any common sense.
- peteretep 12y agoThe "wrong place" in London is the one that requires the longest and most arduous commute from your workplace.
- collyw 12y ago"Anywhere near London" would be the wrong place for me personally.
- mavdi 12y agoOK let me sell my shitty zone 6 flat and buy one in Mayfair instead. The problem with London is that it's no longer a city for the middle class or even upper middle class. Instead properties in London have become commodities like gold, oil and diamond for world's millionaires. You lot work in IT, sell up, get a remote work and work from sandy beaches of wherever suits. Still a better solution than saving up to buy a flat, coz you fucking can't anymore.
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- jnardiello 12y agoWell, as someone pointed out: London is not anymore an approachable city for middle class/upper middle class. I think that to live well in London you need to earn at least 6k GBP/month per family (3k each basically). Of which, 2k/2.5k will go for rent alone. If you earn less than 3k, you are going to live counting pennies and won't likely save anything. The main problem with London are 1) houses: it's really hard to find a nice apartment close to where you work 2) public transports: which are incredibly overcrowded (yet kind of efficient). If you have to commute to work - which is most likely - then life is going to be hard.
- andyjdavis 12y ago>yet kind of efficient I dispute the efficiency of London public transport. On paper it looks great but it has some major reliability problems. I don't know if "signal failure" is some sort of catch all error code but it seems to happen an awful lot. My wife and I have spent years traveling and spent significant blocks of time in a lot of big cities (most admittedly not as large as London). Tokyo, Bangkok, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur etc and have had a combined 0 delays on public transport within any of those cities. Not saying they never occur, maybe we have just been lucky, but we have had 3+ years of regular use and 0 delays. We recently spent a month in London and had at least half a dozen delays on the tube. Actually, more than that. On our way to the airport the tube was delayed 3 separate times on that single journey due to congestion.
- m_t 12y ago"Signal Failure" is also a major cause of delays in the Paris mtro and RER. You're comparing these problem with city like Tokyo and Taipei, and this makes me think that the main problem probably comes from the age of the infrastructure. The métro in Paris dates back to 1900, and in London it goes back to 1863. Even with the major enhancements, I think that would explain why both are over used and congested. Running a line at full capacity, like the Northern Line that I have to take to commute, where trains are running 1 or 2 minutes from each other, will result in delays.
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- LouisSayers 12y agoYes, I was tired of London. Tired of Pedestrians telling at cyclists, cyclists yelling at pedestrians, hell bent taxi drivers, and the ambient sound of sirens. So I left. I went to Thailand where 1 months rent alone buys you 2-4 months of decent living. I traveled home to New Zealand where you can upgrade from a single bedroom apartment to a 3 bedroom house with a backyard. London pays well, has loads of events and is great for networking. Being able to travel around Europe is also great. But at the end of the day, if youre unhappy having the pub as your main social activity, and if you find yourself drinking every night to compensate for your lack of enthusiasm for life, then just move. There's a better life elsewhere.
- megablast 12y ago> So I left. I went to Thailand where 1 months rent alone buys you 2-4 months of decent living. Should have gone to Laos, where you can live in a beautiful house for $10 a day. It is also quieter, has great internet, no roads and cars. And London may pay well, but not as well as Australia for the last few years.