08-02-2022, 11:33
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Trollsplatter
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Re: Can young people can afford a home? Move somewhere cheaper!
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Originally Posted by Carth
Cleaners, bus drivers, refuse workers, retail staff, hospitality workers, nurses, garage mechanics, gardeners, double glazing installers, boiler installers, emergency workers, postal workers, meter readers, traffic wardens, car park attendants, doormen . . . and many more.
Most of the above have no realistic option of working from home, never mind actually owning a home they could sell to move away.
Still, I guess if there's a mass exodus from the major UK cities, homes may become cheaper . . . unless holiday homes in London/Manchester/Birmingham become the next big thing  |
On the other hand, those are the very occupations that have to exist everywhere there’s a town. So if you’re fed up not being able to afford a house as a mechanic in Watford, moving to Northampton might be an option. I get that not everybody will be able to do that because of family connections and so on, but the reality is that the southeast is overpopulated and excessively expensive. Something has to give sooner or later.
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