Only freedom will do

Karmacat

Hmph! I never understand how somebody like me can creep into the end of the baby boom - certainly, with my age for the state pension being advanced by 6 years, I don't *feel* privileged the way the baby boomers are portrayed. But I *did* get free university education ... grump, grump, grump ...

In fact, as far as millenial thinking goes, I've gone all the way from being a hardline socialist (occupying Oxford Uni exam schools, no less though I fell asleep on guard duty ) through hardline capitalism, to libertarianism and out the other side to, as you say, millenial thinking.

And I *am* a special snowflake - we all are, that's the point of snowflakes I don't care how that's been distorted as a criticism :beer:

edinburgher

Aren't you a Londoner KC? Very few single Londoners who don't work in the City who could afford to buy a house on their own these days...

Ps. I don't like 'millennial' any more than any other arbitrary tag, but as we are largely talking in stereotypes at the mo it will have to do.

Karmacat

No Ed, I'm in Sussex - since this is your thread, not mine, I'll tell you - I used to live in Brighton (London by the Sea) so when I downsized to this ordinary little town in Sussex, prices were lower.

I *did* used to live in London, in my 20s and early 30s - solo rental was out of the question, but solo buying was a possibility, if you compromised like crazy on the area.

My parents were horrified by the area, even though it was perfectly okay. I bought my little flat in Waltham Forest in 19-mumble mumble for £15,250 _pale_ in this block of flats: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57994196.html In fact, I lived next door to this flat :eek: That's £250k now, and flats round here of a similar type are about £160k.

mrsp1987

Karmacat wrote: »

I bought my little flat in Waltham Forest in 19-mumble mumble for £15,250 _pale_ in this block of flats: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57994196.html In fact, I lived next door to this flat :eek: That's £250k now, and flats round here of a similar type are about £160k.

:eek::eek::eek:
Holy Easter eggs Batman!!!

smallholdingsister

Thanks Ed! I never knew.
Nice choice of place to occupy, KC.

edinburgher

That flat was grim - I know that the inhabitants were elderly - but how depressing that they felt the need for the chunky security bars

I also thought that the natty little 'courtyard' was a rather sad attempt to gentrify the place/attempt by some of the residents to kid themselves that they hadn't sunk £0.25MM into buying a council house in a run down area.

Funny old beastie London.

Sorry I had your locale wrong KC, not paying enough attention!

Karmacat

It wasn't that bad :rotfl: How Wude, as JarJar Binks would say :rotfl: This is the south of England, remember - this is a typical sale price in my county (not my town) but a very workaday town: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-40274154.html

My flat was nicer than that, but there was no central heating - just storage heaters :eek: I rented it out to go live with my boyfriend in Kingston - that was Awfully Nice, Dontcha Know http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-57830831.html that sort of place.

edinburgher

I used to have a colleague from Kingston. She was very plummy... Once you got past the Jamaican accent! (Joke)

AlexLK

I cannot see the attraction of London even without taking the property market into consideration but with doing so I'm utterly perplexed as to why anyone would want to live there.

Goldiegirl

Depending on what definition you read, I'm either one of the younger baby boomers, or the very oldest Generation X


The only thing I know, is that it's a rite of passage for each generation to believe the generation above your own had it easier than you have it.


I did it myself.


When I was in my early 20's, struggling with my 15% mortgage, I felt very jealous of people in their 40's and 50's, who had bought their house for peanuts, had paid off their tiny mortgages, and who had been in the same job since they were 16 in a cast iron final salary pension, who had retired early and were now living the high life


I conveniently forgot about the bad things they had endured, like a world war, for one thing!


Each generation has a hand of cards dealt to them - you just have to play them to the best of your ability.