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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by naravara on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:26PM (#12415100)
The Onion proves itself prescient yet again:

http://www.theonion.com/article/report-nations-gentrified-ne...

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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by matt_wulfeck on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:42PM (#12415229)
WASHINGTON—According to a report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, the recent influx of exceedingly affluent powder-wigged aristocrats into the nation's gentrified urban areas is pushing out young white professionals, some of whom have lived in these neighborhoods for as many as seven years.

All joking aside, 7 years is longer than anyone I know to be living in the same location. The article's satire nails it.

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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by gyc on Friday September 02, 2016 @02:50PM (#12415283)
nottheonion: http://i.imgur.com/jb61R2B.jpg
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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by paulsutter on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:20PM (#12415538)
i need to quote your link so nobody misses this gem:

> ...many Palo Altans said the project was too big and moving too fast. "It just seems to me that a billionaire can come in and get whatever he wants and run roughshod over average millionaires like myself," said Crescent Park Neighborhood Assocition presi...

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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by artursapek on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:22PM (#12415557)
What paper is this? Is it available online? I hope you framed that.
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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by gnashville on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:01PM (#12415370)
That's pretty special.
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Re:Even the Rich Are Being Priced Out of Central London by munificent on Friday September 02, 2016 @03:23PM (#12415559)
Is that Vint Cerf on the right in the photo? :)
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