Re:'Nobody My Age Can Afford to Stay Here Forever'
by willyt on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @06:10AM
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I think £27k is the UK average or the southeast average? I thought the london average was closer to £60k? I can't find a source for that though.
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Re:'Nobody My Age Can Afford to Stay Here Forever'
by 3princip on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @06:20AM
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My mistake, I just looked at wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom#In...
It's 2007 and income distribution is probably per capita rather than average salary. In that case it's not as extreme as I've implied.
EDIT: A newspaper article from last year claims the UK average is 26k, so London is probably significantly higher. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-average-salary-26500...
Re:'Nobody My Age Can Afford to Stay Here Forever'
by blowski on Tuesday February 24, 2015 @06:25AM
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Is that the mean or the median average? From what I know, there are a large number of people earning more than £250K, but a massive group that earns around £20-25K - supermarket workers, nurses, primary school teachers, etc. It's that latter group that simply can't afford to live in London in safe, comfortable environment.