moving away from the bombed-out and blitzed city for a life in the leafier home counties or other parts of the country
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/07/london-population-decline-first-time-since-1988-report-covid-home-working
Good, the appropriation of city life by middle class suburbanites is the worst thing that could have happened.
I miss London. I liked living there.
It's an overpriced, overhyped dump. Really dodged a bullet not moving there back in the 90s.
London feels much the same way.
You're just envious, emo.
For once, I was ahead of the curve. I ruralised over 45 years ago.
More room for the rest of us. I guess for those that have enjoyed lockdown moving to the provinces gives them the opportunity to spend the rest of their lives doing that.
I ruralised over 45 years ago.
Me too. Well, leafy suburbia at least.
TBH, I was only leafy suburban in the first place but I could see ThatLondon from my childhood home. (well the chimney of Harefield Hospital, that was described as being in Wast London, when heart transplant surgery was A New Thing)
MrRosy uprooted me from Olympia, and now here we are in the heart of rural England, just off the Oxford Road.
I wonder how many will stay and for how long.
@WiltshireLife WHY are there no Peruvian places listed in your so-called 'restaurant' guide??
Two kids movies and a superhero flick at @Odeon Lincoln but no plans to screen new Abdellatif Kechiche? #Joke.
I’m optimistic about the flight from London thing. Loads of good things could ensue, including less cultural polarisation, a regeneration of regional high streets, metro types encountering a bit of reality, anywheres becoming somewheres etc. Bad news if you’ve overpaid to live in one of those not-actually-very-nice parts of London that will now see price slips.
That makes a change from the usual provincial griping about DFLs.
Do they not talk of DFLs your way? Perhaps it's a Kent/Sussex thing
Down from Londons (mildly performative)
Ah ok. No, not heard of that. I would agree that second home ownership is generally A Bad Thing but, for me, I think people who opt to leave London or other big cities and want to engage with a new community is A Good Thing. Me and my wife left the SE when we had our second child and I’ve never regretted it since. Took a big risk with the job, and that aspect didn’t initially pay off, so I can understood why others can’t / won’t risk it, but WFH makes that much more feasible.