Should I be conceited at our greener grass or contrite as we peer into a (our) dystopian future? Can I let you in on a little secret? Nobody likes London, especially not the people who have the misfortune to live in it...Ask a Londoner what their favourite thing about the city is, and if they are being brutally honest they will probably tell you it is listing all their least favourite things about the city: the shoddy public transport that shuts down most weekends, because who travels at the weekend?; the fact that being rude is the norm; the tourists stupid enough to actually come on holiday here. So I wasn’t surprised to learn that people in their thirties are leaving London like never before...That exhausted people with small children are leaving London in droves is completely understandable, because it has always been a city for the young, hopeful and energetic. But my 22-year-old brother tells me that many of his contemporaries from his London school have decided to seek their fortunes elsewhere – they see no future for themselves in the capital. To them it is a city that has been monopolised by the super rich, by bankers and oligarchs and celebrities who have turned even the Old Kent Road into Park Lane. London has reached tipping point, and it is about time, too.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:15:02 +0000
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