Is London living cost affordable?

Malcolm.

Cleaver wrote: »

Sorry Derv, but I don't really understand what you're saying. I was just saying that most people in London could be considered solvent, i.e. they have enough money to live in London.

I would draw a distinction between surviving and living.

A different interpretation of the same opening question.

olly300

FATBALLZ wrote: »

I'd imagine there's quite a lot of people living there who bought before prices went silly.

Agreed.

I have plenty of family and friends who brought before 2000.

Off course prices were silly at the end of the 1980s and in the mid-70s as well, but those who brought then have made their money.

I've had people tell me how they did 2 jobs in the early 90s so they could afford their house/flat, and wait 5-10 years until their property was out of negative equity.

The main thing I noticed with the people I personally know is no-one has children before they are in their 30s unless they have come from aboard.

Cleaver

Malcolm. wrote: »

I would draw a distinction between surviving and living.

A different interpretation of the same opening question.

Maybe at a certain point survival becomes living. This is now too deep for me, let's stop this.

sticky23

Malcolm. wrote: »

Labour's legacy of social cleansing?

I don't know whether I'd call it social cleansing. I just think, Labour thought throwing cash at the problem would somehow solve it...

But poverty isn't actually about money.. After your basic needs have been met (shelter, food and clothes), the most important needs are emotional: love, encouragement, a feeling of purpose and direction. Money doesn't buy you that. Good parents and education just might..

There is very little real poverty in this country, even though the statistics tells you otherwise.. Poverty of the mind on the other hand... There's a lot of that...

diable

Malcolm. wrote: »

Over 6 billion people don't live in London.

Where did you get that from?

diable

ukcarper wrote: »

Prices went silly a long time ago I had to move out in 1972.

Prices where still ok in 72.

Malcolm.

sticky23 wrote: »

There is very little real poverty in this country, even though the statistics tells you otherwise.. Poverty of the mind on the other hand... There's a lot of that...

Unfortunately the Media & Labour Party portray those on benefits having to face the same type of decisions as those earning a wage as being evil. It's madness.

Malcolm.

diable wrote: »

Where did you get that from?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=world+population

Cleaver

Malcolm. wrote: »

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=world+population

I think what he meant was that Hamish only said that the population of London was over 7 million, not 7 billion.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

It obviously is for the 7,000,000 or so people who live there.

olly300

sticky23 wrote: »

I don't know whether I'd call it social cleansing. I just think, Labour thought throwing cash at the problem would somehow solve it...

Only they threw money at the wrong things in their attempt to end child poverty.

If they threw money into giving every child a virtually full-time properly funded state nursery place from age 3 they would have got better results.

But that's thinking for the long term............