SunnyExpat
Well-Known Member
London is a hard place to live in, rent prices are crazy, buying a 2 up 2 down terrace in Newcastle central is roughly £200,000 the equivalent in The city of London is £2,000,000 even if you earn £35,000 you couldn't afford to live there, if you are lucky you might get a council flat, (lots of London boroughs are buying or building homes in East Kent to move their tenants there as it is cheaper) families living with married children in 2 bedroom flats (did you know the kitchen is considered a room to sleep in). Broom cupboards with a small mattress for kids. Can you imagine living with 8 of your family in these flats.
You could commute into London by bus from a cheaper area, from were I live (40 miles away) it will cost £3000 for the bus, £7000 for the train, the cheapest option would be car but where can you park and you have congestion charge and maybe Dartford toll. There is a huge homeless problem here people living in tents in parks (not migrants)
People in London aren't living in the lap of luxury, it is very expensive, for food, rent etc.
Remember 90% of people are ordinary hard working decent people. 10% have the wealth.
These council tenants that are being moved to the east of Kent are using Kent schools, GPs, etc, then on top of that you have at least one lorry a day being found with migrants, who want to go to London which cannot even support its own tenants.
London has a population of just over 9 million people with another 3 million commuting into it every day, that is 3xtimes the population of Birmingham going into work everyday. 12 million people in a little piece of land.
I remember the beer was horrible as well.