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Why I'm Leaving London

13 points by ascorbic 11y ago

saynotouk 11y ago
I got out too, for very similar reasons plus a few additional ones. London and the UK is pretty much not worth staying in currently and neither is most of Europe. Personally, despite it's 'failings', the US makes sense but I'd be tempted to recommend Canada first then the US as close second.
- branchless 11y ago
  I got out of London and escaped to Canada. As the author notes one of the worst things about London is the way so many drink the cool aid. For me The Daily Mash really sums it up best: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/london-property-market-boosted-by-people-pretending-grim-places-are-great-2013053070398 http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/london-property-m... > Professor Henry Brubaker of the Institute for Studies said: “Buying a place in London is a bit like organising a wedding – everything is absurdly expensive and not what you really want, but you just have to suck it up because it’s all so bloody brilliant.”
sithadmin 11y ago
>But London is a city whose two priorities are turning itself into a playground for the most corrupt global elites who are turning neighbourhoods into soulless collections of empty, high-rise safe-deposit boxes in the sky ...and he chooses to go to Los Angeles, of all places?
- prawn 11y ago
  I was in the US for two months recently with a few stretches in LA. A lot of LA that I saw was fairly low-rise and with character (e.g., Venice). Things like pavement and roads are getting pretty run-down and I got the impression that the country/state/council can't quite afford to maintain everything, but it didn't feel overrun with high-rise development. There were thousands of curious houses/bungalows/cottages with unique gardens and so on. I imagine if you're trying to cross LA, it's hardly walkable and gets a bit grim, but if you live and play in say the Venice and Santa Monica areas, I could see how that would make for a decent home. (I am however oblivious to the costs of real estate there.)
diamonis 11y ago
London was destroyed by mass immigration thanks to Blair wanting to rub our faces in diversity. A young British soldier is butchered in the street with his head sawn off in front of everybody and you're complaining about your rent.
- panza 11y ago
  Help me out here. Are you genuinely saying that the economic conditions would be more favourable for the author if London were less diverse?
  - venomsnake 11y ago
    Prevent foreigners from owning property and we are done with the current boom.
- valdiorn 11y ago
  you... you for real?

13 points by ascorbic 11y ago

I got out too, for very similar reasons plus a few additional ones. London and the UK is pretty much not worth staying in currently and neither is most of Europe. Personally, despite it's 'failings', the US makes sense but I'd be tempted to recommend Canada first then the US as close second.

branchless 11y ago
I got out of London and escaped to Canada. As the author notes one of the worst things about London is the way so many drink the cool aid. For me The Daily Mash really sums it up best: http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/london-property-market-boosted-by-people-pretending-grim-places-are-great-2013053070398 http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/london-property-m... > Professor Henry Brubaker of the Institute for Studies said: “Buying a place in London is a bit like organising a wedding – everything is absurdly expensive and not what you really want, but you just have to suck it up because it’s all so bloody brilliant.”

sithadmin 11y ago

>But London is a city whose two priorities are turning itself into a playground for the most corrupt global elites who are turning neighbourhoods into soulless collections of empty, high-rise safe-deposit boxes in the sky ...and he chooses to go to Los Angeles, of all places?

prawn 11y ago
I was in the US for two months recently with a few stretches in LA. A lot of LA that I saw was fairly low-rise and with character (e.g., Venice). Things like pavement and roads are getting pretty run-down and I got the impression that the country/state/council can't quite afford to maintain everything, but it didn't feel overrun with high-rise development. There were thousands of curious houses/bungalows/cottages with unique gardens and so on. I imagine if you're trying to cross LA, it's hardly walkable and gets a bit grim, but if you live and play in say the Venice and Santa Monica areas, I could see how that would make for a decent home. (I am however oblivious to the costs of real estate there.)

diamonis 11y ago

London was destroyed by mass immigration thanks to Blair wanting to rub our faces in diversity. A young British soldier is butchered in the street with his head sawn off in front of everybody and you're complaining about your rent.

panza 11y ago
Help me out here. Are you genuinely saying that the economic conditions would be more favourable for the author if London were less diverse?
- venomsnake 11y ago
  Prevent foreigners from owning property and we are done with the current boom.
valdiorn 11y ago
you... you for real?