London: the city that ate itself

Re:London: the city that ate itself by vermooten on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @02:47AM (#9803383)

Boo bloody hoo. Are we in 'the provinces' meant to feel sorry for Londoners? Are you shitting me?

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Re:London: the city that ate itself by techsupporter on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @03:17AM (#9803500)

Sure, since it's happening on this side of the pond, too. "The provinces" have their own messes, like Toronto and Vancouver and Montreal (to some extent).

Same in "the colonies," like: San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Austin, the Bronx and Brooklyn (ways you know the real estate market has gone bonkers: people are buying in Manhattan because it's cheaper than Brooklyn).

Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland are getting the exact same double-whammy as London: very popular places to live along with very popular places for foreign investment.

Schadenfreude doesn't help anybody, really.

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Re:London: the city that ate itself by threedaymonk on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @10:02AM (#9805238)

In a British context, "the provinces" is a rather pejorative expression for the rest of the country outside London. It doesn't refer to Canada.

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Re:London: the city that ate itself by KaiserPro on Tuesday June 30, 2015 @04:12AM (#9803697)

We are pushing up your house prices.

Anything that is within 3 hours of central london is now 50-200% more valuable than it should be.

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