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Just regards work alone, if I did my job in central London I'd have to work permanent nights really, and probably spend half of every shift or more driving and then there's the waiting for access, permits, being escorted into buildings and having to make sure theres someone there who has access to plant rooms etc. They'd be the hassle of parking and transporting materials to site, noise restrictions on use of machinery and heaven forbid if I need to request a road closure or traffic management to access buried services.
If I have to work this side of Bristol, I'd have 1.5hours drive approx each way, and just to make that work or worth my time to do ajob I'd need to be working 12hour days. If you did an 8hour shift you'd get frustratingly little done, but can you imagine an 8hour shift in London with all the above restrictions and more. Who wants to spend more than 1/2 a day at work driving, commuting or just waiting around without being able to get on and get anything done?
Where I am I can in some directions drive 45-50miles in an hour, it used to take the same time to get into and out of Birmingham 17miles and I thought that was soul destroying. London working wouldn't be for me! |
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How the hell did he even become a mayor? He is pathetic anti-englishman who wants to keep destroying the country..
Anyway uk is fucked anyway with those muslims getting on the loose.
He is straight up liar. Bike is not a transportation.. 100% of all world countries disagrees. And this idiot can get away with straight up lying..
p.s. I hope I wont get banned for saying the truth. I would be just fine if I would lie as that guy though.. |
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stinkwheel wrote: | I do wonder about the earning more money thing. Does it actually make up for the massively higher cost of living? |
IMO it makes really good sense for two categories of people: those looking for lots of diversity, and those with niche interests or skills.
Big cities support lots of diversity and niche interests. If you're really interested in something, and can find other people who are also interested in it, together you can afford the fixed costs of making it happen, making it a viable business or whatever. This is the basic reason why cities exist at all.
If you're looking for lots of diversity - especially if you're young and don't know what you like and don't like, and want to explore your options - it can make sense to stick it out for a while even if you don't have a lot of purchasing power.
If you're very good at something, you'll get more competition for your services in a big city and you can charge more.
If you're doing a job that you could do anywhere else, consuming things that you can get delivered off the internet, there's little upside in living in London, or any big city really. The cost level is always higher in cities - there's more competition for space and rent costs feed into everything you consume, not just your own rent but the rent for every business you use and every person you interact with.
For my part, I'm well compensated in London, and wouldn't be able to find the same salary easily elsewhere in the UK unless I changed too - I'd have to become a consultant and sell my value proposition directly to the people with the money. I'd spend a much bigger fraction of my time on sales and marketing style activities, instead of what I'm best at and enjoy most.
Fixed costs are not a big portion of my salary. My interests aren't that niche - it's increasingly wine these days, and that's significantly cheaper off the internet than in a wine bar or restaurant - but the optionality of variety is still valuable. But fine wine doesn't get cheaper living outside London, and my disposable salary would certainly decrease.
tl;dr: London makes sense for curious young people, highly skilled people, and people with unusual interests. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Old Thread Alert!
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 260 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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