Under-35s in the UK face becoming permanent renters, warns thinktank

Re:Under-35s in the UK face becoming permanent renters, warn... by sien on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @11:04PM (#11115195)

Move to Canberra. Get a 80K job and get a 2 bedroom townhouse with a 15 minute commute to work for 400K.

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Re:Under-35s in the UK face becoming permanent renters, warn... by reality_czech on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @12:48AM (#11115621)

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a fucking startup in San Francisco that drops vowels out of its name and ends in "io". Choose a NoSQL database that doesn't support joins, and a constantly crashing backend that the founder wrote in a weekend in the trendy web framework of the week. Choose a starter apartment in the Tenderloin that's smaller and smellier than the carboard boxes the homeless live in on Market Street. Choose a fucking "unlimited vacation" plan that means that the first employee who tries to take a vacation gets a permanent one. Choose a facial hair style that makes you look like a Confederate general, and granny glasses. Choose an open plan office with no walls or dividers that's noisier and more distracting than a call center in Bangladesh. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that?

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Re:Under-35s in the UK face becoming permanent renters, warn... by throwaway_2016 on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @03:19AM (#11116201)

I'm going to get down-voted into oblivion but this is the best thing I've read all week. Well done.

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Re:Under-35s in the UK face becoming permanent renters, warn... by deadfish on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:25AM (#11116491)

Trainspotting fan? https://noputhyfooting.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/choose-li...

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Re:Under-35s in the UK face becoming permanent renters, warn... by sien on Wednesday February 17, 2016 @04:01AM (#11116375)

Dude. That's great.

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