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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
No, but I expect to at very least have been able to start on the ladder acquiring them. The major casualty is of course social mobility, those born into relative, although not absolute, wealth are ok. If you aren't and merely have your own work to rely on rather than your parents you've no chance.
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I couldn't disagree more strongly.
OK, I've got 8years on you, however my wife (who only has 2years on you) and I are probably in the top 5% and have a very nice detached farm house in the country.
Both have done this without any financial assistance from any family member, in fact it is us that do the assisting.
The wife has progressed in a major national company from secretery to Managing Director in 14years.
I'm not as prolific, but am doing quite well too.
This is not from being entrepeneurs (spelling?) this is just through working well in a career.
It's all too easy to blame "social mobility". Oppotunities are there.
I appreciate that getting a foot up in London is difficult, answer, leave London. The centre of the universe it isn't.