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Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Re: Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Post by CraigJPerry »

stereobit wrote: post #6

How can one person do all those things in a year and raise kids. And move countries with them. Please share your secret.

Cut out the stuff you don’t value, the amount of stuff you can do when you don’t own a TV and never visit news or social media sites[1] is astounding.

The downside is your reply to any questions like “have you seen ?” will perpetually be blank stare, shrug

[1] 1 exception - a ruthlessly curated rss feed reader, and this site - although i’m experimenting with using this site via a “best of” aggregation feed. For all popular stories here there are a 2nd wave of thoughtful posters who arrive to a thread a day or 2 late. I’m thinking they are also filtering similarly but i have never asked.

Re: Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Post by mytailorisrich »

roydivision wrote: post #12

I was hoping for more about the geographical move. I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering why someone would move TO London right now, given all the issues people are currently facing in the UK.

London is an attractive world city. Population grows about 1% per year.

Re: Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Post by sofixa »

roydivision wrote: post #12

I was hoping for more about the geographical move. I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering why someone would move TO London right now, given all the issues people are currently facing in the UK.

London has a number of advantages:

* Lots of people speak English, so London is easy to emigrate to from that perspective - no need to learn a new language to be able to live there

* It's a massive business centre and as such it's possible to find work in all sorts of domains, relatively well paid (relatively to the rest of the UK, but not enough to actually afford to buy housing for most people)

* It has a lot going on in terms of entertainment - there are bars, clubs, sports, music performances, standup comedy, theatre, cinemas, etc.

* It is big and relatively well connected, with varying advantages and disadvantages (you can live in a house with a garden or an apartment in a skyscraper, and anything in between, and still be "in London" and at least decently connected to where work and entertainment is... if you can afford it)

* You won't be the only immigrant, so it's much easier to "blend in"

Downsides are that the weather is pretty bad, and housing is absurdly expensive.

Re: Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Post by fragmede »

sofixa wrote: post #15
roydivision wrote: post #12

I was hoping for more about the geographical move. I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering why someone would move TO London right now, given all the issues people are currently facing in the UK.

London has a number of advantages: * Lots of people speak English, so London is easy to emigrate to from that perspective - no need to learn a new language to be able to live there * It's a massive business centre and as such it's possible to find work in all sorts of domains, relatively well paid (relatively to the rest of the UK, but not enough to actually afford to buy housing for most people) * It has a lot going…

Well, there was also that Brexit thing.

Re: Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Post by mytailorisrich »

fragmede wrote: post #16
sofixa wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

London has a number of advantages: * Lots of people speak English, so London is easy to emigrate to from that perspective - no need to learn a new language to be able to live there * It's a massive business centre and as such it's possible to find work in all sorts of domains, relatively well paid (relatively to the rest of the UK, but not enough to actually afford to buy housing for most people) * It has a lot going…

Well, there was also that Brexit thing.

That has made little difference to London.

Yes, it's harder for EU citizens to move there, but the pool of people happy to move to London for work is vast and global. No longer being in the EU can be a downside depending on the business but in general, as a service-based economy operating globally, London is just carrying on undeterred.

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Post by [deleted] »

benjaminwootton wrote: post #9
huytersd wrote: post #8

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Just because you decide to split things like this doesn’t mean it’s sexist. I earnt a lot more than my wife did and we jointly decided she would stay at home for a few years and I would throw myself into work to cover the family income. I would have been more than happy to switch roles if the shoe was on the other foot!

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Re: Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Post by [deleted] »

fragmede wrote: post #16
sofixa wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

London has a number of advantages: * Lots of people speak English, so London is easy to emigrate to from that perspective - no need to learn a new language to be able to live there * It's a massive business centre and as such it's possible to find work in all sorts of domains, relatively well paid (relatively to the rest of the UK, but not enough to actually afford to buy housing for most people) * It has a lot going…

Well, there was also that Brexit thing.

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Re: Moving Back to London and 2023 Review

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Post by [deleted] »

sofixa wrote: post #15
roydivision wrote: post #12

I was hoping for more about the geographical move. I'm sure I'm not alone in wondering why someone would move TO London right now, given all the issues people are currently facing in the UK.

London has a number of advantages: * Lots of people speak English, so London is easy to emigrate to from that perspective - no need to learn a new language to be able to live there * It's a massive business centre and as such it's possible to find work in all sorts of domains, relatively well paid (relatively to the rest of the UK, but not enough to actually afford to buy housing for most people) * It has a lot going…

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