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by chgs 2y ago
Majority of people who can’t afford rent in London don’t live in London. The massive subsidies that certain people get, which leads to massive opportunities for their kids and their future career, are all because of where they were born
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by chgs 2y ago
Thanks to right to buy starting in the 80s plenty of economically inefficient people with shit jobs bought their houses in London for a tiny amount. Those are now worth a fortune. They then rented them out and made even more money p Striver
693.
by chgs 2y ago
One of the many problems with the internet is the export of American culture. Given the time of day it’s likely OP was just repeating YouTube talking points from outrage bait videos, rather than being an actual American, but the infection r
694.
by chgs 2y ago
Have you ever paid for parking in central London? Where are these poor people who drive to central London parking their car?
695.
by chgs 2y ago
Except the cheapest cars you see on autotrader are ulez compliant, and the cost of the car is dwarfed by the cost of insurance.
696.
by chgs 2y ago
Most high income people vote Labour, Green or Lib Dem Low income vote Tory and Farage
697.
by chgs 2y ago
Sure. Wouldn’t drive an enormous car. I live in the county, would struggle on the narrow lanes with one of those Chelsea tractors. Big cars are only needed in the city.
698.
by chgs 2y ago
In the real world demand for housing in London is insatiable. The cheapest borough has an average cost of 10 times the average salary for a house, and it increases from there.
699.
by chgs 2y ago
My 20 year old banger worth half what the scrappage amount is is ulez compliant Of course I good never hope to afford to live in London so I suspect “poor people in London is a myth, or of course those with massively subsidised lives alread
700.
by chgs 2y ago
Limehouse is way inside the ULEZ, like miles inside.
701.
by chgs 2y ago
My 20 year old car I bought 18 months ago for £1100 is ulez compliant. I struggle to work out what isn’t to be honest. It’s not a barrier to driving.
702.
by chgs 2y ago
And what is 8k/month in terms of US percentile?
703.
by chgs 2y ago
Really teachers and baristas and builders get paid more than 99% of people in France Or are you just talking specific tech jobs.
704.
by chgs 2y ago
If one person has such power you aren’t really in a democracy
705.
by chgs 2y ago
If this can happen then there no way the TSA and other groups would be able to detect it.
706.
by chgs 2y ago
I’ve been based at home for 14 years now. It’s not bullshit. It’s perhaps exaggerated, and many of the “work from a desk in a specific building” people are the ones who can’t mentor them anyway, but there are benefits in It doesn’t have to
707.
by chgs 2y ago
Is anyone preventing those people working in the office?
708.
by chgs 2y ago
Adverts are a cancer on society, the reason we can’t have nice things.
709.
by chgs 2y ago
I work more at home, no distractions. Oh and a desk rather than going to get one. And a couple of monitors. And no need for headphones in a meeting. Your inability to separate work from non work is your problem.
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by chgs 2y ago
At least two Whitchurch stations I have used. There then the two Newcastle Oh and Shakespeare isn’t from East London
711.
by chgs 2y ago
Key reason the Simpsons live there - it could be anywhere.
712.
by chgs 2y ago
Every time o put directions to my local market town of Newport in Shropshire, google insists on thinking I want to travel two hours to Wales. I guess it could be worse and I’d end up in the Isle of Wight. Reused names isn’t just an American
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by chgs 2y ago
There’s no neat boundaries - read a Ryan gosling autobiography. How about an autobiography of Einstein. Or a biography? What about watching a film of a historical figure? Do I have a parasocial relationship with Anne Boleyn because I saw Si
714.
by chgs 2y ago
I wonder how many of those were going to a strip club on a friends drag do
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by chgs 2y ago
Any pub landlord will have regulars
716.
by chgs 2y ago
You hairpin traffic through your own vpn? How does MITM work with QUIC?
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by chgs 2y ago
The problem here is choosing software like zscaler
718.
by chgs 2y ago
Too easy to block adverts around the border with cardboard. They still need to make people actually think that adverts are good
719.
by chgs 2y ago
No it’s not. The US is consistently banning free speech - including are you rightly say banning books in schools. It’s just that the restrictions the US has are determined by Americans to be the right levels and other restrictions (for exam
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by chgs 2y ago
US will use all manner of tools to extradite foreign citizens who have never been to the US because they broke US law. Nobody has to worry about breaking Thai laws around defaming the King because Thailand isn’t a superpower with the abilit

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