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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by dmz73 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:01AM (#30082305)
Sure, there are many ways that my simple (not easy) comparison is short changing current London but if you want to live there now and make the average wage then it may not matter to you so much that air quality is better or that streets are cleaner (because everywhere in the UK that is also true) when you cannot afford an apartment in the location that you would have been able to 100 years ago.
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Re:Agatha Christie could afford a maid and a nanny but not a... by AussieWog93 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @02:07AM (#30082676)
For sure. I was just trying to make the point that it's not such an easy comparison.

Comparing 1919 London to 2022 London really is like comparing a Model T to a Model S.

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