Is London's cost of living the most depressing thing in the world?
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Tough it out for the moment - it will get better as you start getting promotions (I am assuming a 2-3 year graduate rotation scheme?) which shouldn't take too long.
You're right to spend on a nicer flat because living in a bad environment is not worth the stress to your mental health. If you find a partner/flat mate you can half some of the bills but as you like privacy this may not be ideal for you.
Not sure I understand this post.
You can live in good neighborhoods in Essex and be in Canary Wharf in 19-23 minutes on the C2C. Crossrail is coming up soon from Brentwood, Essex.
You don't have to live in Kensington if you work in banking (in fact, I'd be surprised if many regular BB folks did).
And even if you really want to live in London, there are so many nice boroughs to pick from, they aren't all super expensive. I have met people who work retail jobs at 9.5GBP per hour who also live in London (with flatmates). It's tight, but still doable. If you are young it is actually nice to have people around, you'll make so many new friends.
You can get a nice 1 Bed in S Ken for ~£2.2k, studio for ~£1.4k.
I'd be pretty surprised if Analysts (studio)/ Associates (1-Bed) couldn't afford that, especially with A1s now making £60-70k base, AS1s making £115k after the bumps.
Of course, you might prefer to be nearer to Camary Wharf if you're unfortuanate enough to be working there...
I'm in AM though. I deleted what I wrote when I felt kind of gullible lol
Thanks for letting me know, I didn't know the prices were that reasonable.
I was in CW within walking distance a few years back and that was the same price there.
I have never seen a nice studio in London, they're all horrible. Just live with mates for a couple of years or so like everyone else and enjoy the extra space it gives you.
Seconded. I'm in Langdon Hills and eyeing up Shenfield for exactly this reason. Definitely beats paying City prices!
I used to live in Laindon and Langdon Hills, really good places with access to C2C (Laindon, West Horndon, and Basildon station) and good local people. 15 minutes of driving and you can see the coast! Essex is beautiful.
Also lived in Leigh on Sea and Benfleet before.
City flat prices can get you a decent house in Essex.
NYC cost of living is:
brb 4000 for a non chitty 1 bedroom
brb trash on the streets everywhere
brb subways are horrible, full of scummy people, and delayed due to said scummy people throwing trash on tracks which catch on fire
brb 5% of paycheck going to deblasio so he can work out 2 hrs a day during work hours at the park slope ymca and funnel billions to his wife for her "thrive nyc" program and have it all be unaccounted for
brb crime increasing / murders at 1990s rates now / broad daylight murders in time square now
brb BLM destroyed half the city while the government did nothing
brb terrible weather for 8 months of the year
brb neighbors put up "All lives matter, no human is illegal signs" yet they live in a neighborhood that is 95% white in a city that is COMPLETELY segregated by race and send their white kids to private school with other white kids
NYC should not be expensive - only good thing is all the thirsty girls from middle america that move here in their 20's looking for FUN
Hahahaha
Please shut the fuck up
explain one point that is incorrect?
the part about BLM destroying the city?
remember how soho and midtown looked?
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Deblasio and Chirine's thrive NYC corruption?
Bill de Blasio's wife can't account for $850m given to mental health project | Daily Mail Online
crime increasing?
NYC ends 2020 with 97% leap in shootings, 45% jump in murders - New York Daily News (nydailynews.com)
white limousine liberals preaching equality but living solely amongst other whites?
ny10.png (960×720) (wordpress.com)
Most big cities have become more racially segregated: study (nypost.com) (NYC ranked most segregated by Berkeley, which is a very liberal source)
Tell me, what is wrong, why should I shut up?
NYC != London
Also crime is at like 2014 levels, it’s a big jump because crime hit all time lows during the pre-pandemic De Blasio era, but per capita it’s still one of the safest big cities in America
eh its not as bad as nyc/sf/hk/singapore
Relative to salaries and taxes London is appallingly bad... definitely worse than HK and SG where the base is significantly higher in IB and far lower taxes
Is there even any con living and working in HK? everything seems too nice
London’s cost of living isn’t the most depressing thing in the world.
London is the most depressing thing in the world.
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