What will London be like in 10 years time?

shortchanged_2

AlexMac wrote: »

If any of you have read 'The Book of Dave' by Will Self you'll recall that his future, post apocalypse London envisages a few primitive survivors scrabbling a living on the few bits left above the flood such as islands like 'Ham' (Hampstead),

Food's short so they paddle out annually to the rotting ' Stacks' (presumably the remains of Canary Wharf etc) to engage in the life-threatening task of culling rancid sea-birds (reminiscent of the ritual 'guga' hunting still conducted annually by the men of Ness in the outer Isles of Western Scotland)

This depressing vision (admittedly, maybe a little more than ten years down the line) is all the more likely because society is riven by cruelty based on divisions of class, gender and religion!

So nothing like the London of today, eh?

Don't worry Tesco can dump all their waste food on the streets of London and it should keep the capital well fed all year round.

setmefree2

What will London be like in 10 years time?

It'll still be the coolest city on the planet.

macaque_2

setmefree2 wrote: »

It'll still be the coolest city on the planet.

Big brother is pleased to announce that Chocolate rations have been increased from 200 grams a week to 150 grams a week.
Great news and hooray for big brother

Big brother is pleased to inform you that London is the coolest city on the planet.
Great news and hooray for big brother

The residents of inner London have been officially bracketed alongside those of “grim up North” towns and cities Blackburn and Stoke as the most miserable in Britain.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/croydon-least-happy-part-of-london-and-islington-most-stressed-8898890.html

chewmylegoff

antrobus wrote: »

No, but that's essentially the same idea as Ballard's The Drowned World (1962) or indeed Jeffries's After London (1885) for that matter.

Of course, you first need an apocalypse.:)

I believe the equation for that is [Milliband^Balls] x 5 years.

padington

I reckon London will be considered by many as their favourite city come 2023 and london real estate the most prized asset in the world.

Loughton_Monkey

macaque wrote: »

Big brother is pleased to announce that Chocolate rations have been increased from 200 grams a week to 150 grams a week.
Great news and hooray for big brother

Big brother is pleased to inform you that London is the coolest city on the planet.
Great news and hooray for big brother

You've been a bit quiet on the progress of your 70% club lately. How's all that going? Prices were going to crash 70% from (correct me if I am wrong) the low values they were in 2009/10. Perhaps you've changed it to the 80% club?

Next, you'll be wanting free houses....

Oops! We already have that for hundreds of thousands of people don't we?