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Yes, we have known that for quite a while; just don't bring your selfish, greedy, rude and impatient ways with you . . . but if you behave, WELCOME
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Londoners moving to Northern England - is this a good thing?
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But what will natural northerners do for work if the southerners are taking the jobs ? I can't see them commuting to London even with HS2
Soldato
great news ,its better than them coming down here
Them that's leaving obviously aren't top revenue earners.
I was thinking the same
Soldato
Yea I mean I was trying to work on some kinda of witty reply, started writing a few different angles, but, nah..........I've given up.
Depends on you're version of better quality of life and when in you're life you want it.
Many use London as a vehicle to a nice retirement using house price inflation to secure a nice retirement. You can't do that if you sell up and move away in your 30s.
This is it isn't it
What do you want?
I would never move to London.. Unless it was move for 3 years and never work again
I want my quality of life (for me that's mature etc ) for when I'm in my 30s
Living in London is great for boosting retirement quality of life and retiring earlier
I bet none of them wear Gucci belts as well
I'm unsure of the viability of this now compared with when London prices weren't already so inflated. You can do similar elsewhere with the advantage of multiples which produce a higher return through rentals.
I don't understand how it is, cost of living negates any benefit from the inflated salary.
Soldato
Yeah but it is grim up north - cheaper for a reason 
Soldato
The quality of life argument is always subjective. It can be great anywhere in the UK if it suits you. Travel in London is cheap (note - not so cheap if you live outside the M25 but that’s not London). I really don’t get the anti-London movement, it’s such a foolish generalisation of 9 odd million people (my foolish generalisation above is of course tongue in cheek!). People can be grumpy and rude anywhere that is busy early in the morning - that’s just human nature. If you don’t think London is basically the UKs showcase then perhaps have another think. Despite the fact London didn’t vote for Brexit it’s the one place in the UK that could make it less than an economic disaster. My experience is when people talk negatively about “London” they don’t mean the place, they mean some abstract, amorphous, non-existent person that embodies what they don’t like (whatever that happens to be) - I’m looking at you OP!
As for the contribution to the whole country’s purse, you’re welcome!
As for the contribution to the whole country’s purse, you’re welcome!
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I moved to Wakefield from the south (lived in many places in London, then Watford and Hemel) and I've seen more 'selfish, greedy, rude and impatient' ways from northerners than southerners, especially on the roads. You talk a good game but in practice it's just that, talk.
(I'm South African so I have no vested interest in some north vs south war, was merely an observation).
(I'm South African so I have no vested interest in some north vs south war, was merely an observation).
People don't like London because it's sucking investment that could be better used to improve other regions, the people are irrelevant and are just an easy target.
The problem of course is that if you don't invest in London, you're missing out on small gains from a big pile, which is obviously easier to justify and deliver on, but it's no consolation for the the rest of the country barely existing, indeed on what is little more than charity.
The problem of course is that if you don't invest in London, you're missing out on small gains from a big pile, which is obviously easier to justify and deliver on, but it's no consolation for the the rest of the country barely existing, indeed on what is little more than charity.
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Soldato
Blame the government for that. I don’t believe the rest of the country is barely existing though, there are always poor and deprived areas some of the worst of which are in London itself.
I’d argue against the word “sucking” - you could equally argue London gets less than it’s fair share - eta “fair share” as in versus what it generates.