[Merged]Brexit stuff (part 2)

[sasguru]

He pushed a shopping trolley full of belongings past the million pound+ properties, after his BTL landlord sold his bedsit from under him.

Sold my 2 btls. Main house is on sale for 1.2 million and has been since August

[sasguru]

One other effect of Brexit that not many are talking about: the shortage of talent, both coming in, and indigenous talent leaving as they follow multinationals out.
It's clear any intellectual advantage Britain had in the past (which mainly came because there was a class of people with plenty of leisure to tinker and think, a result of having an empire to exploit, is long gone).
Now everyone is struggling to make a living, and given the debt situation, tenured academic posts are bound to decline.
Foreign students are declining, Britain is not an attractive destination any more.

[sasguru]

From the article



It's not about IQ. If anything, average IQs have been rising, perhaps on account of more stimulation by vividly coloured images and clothes etc. 19th century life was pretty drab, literally, by today's standards.

The most potent source of originality is solitude in early age, from say three to seven, and that's in ever shorter supply these days with population increase and rising housing density and, worst of all, infant schooling from a ridiculously young age.

Why do you think the Chinese, clever as they are in many ways, notoriously tend to be short on true creativity? It's because Chinese kids probably rarely if ever find themselves on their own.

We shouldn't take British originality and creativity for granted, because the way things are going there will be far less of it in years to come.

I think you're going senile. The evidence is clear. IQ Scores in the West are declining. As for British exceptionalism in terms of originality and creativity, it doesn't seem to have solved our many economic problems has it? Delusional doesnt even come close

[shaunbhoy]

Main house is on sale for 1.2 million matabele gumbo beans and has been since August

ftfy

[sasguru]

ftfy

It's your kids I feel sorry for. From peasant stock they came and peasants they'll end up as, as Britain becomes an irrelevant backwater ...

[DimPrawn]

It's your kids I feel sorry for. From peasant stock they came and peasants they'll end up as, as Britain becomes an irrelevant backwater ...

Time you emigrated then, quick quick.

[vwdan]

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[sasguru]

Time you emigrated then, quick quick.

I'll see how it goes. Still money to be made here. Hard Brexit means opportunities. And I work from home, location is irrelevant subject to time zone and internet connection.
But yes you're right, this is most definitely becoming a 2nd rate country now, litter strewn, grid locked, full of cretins, native and foreign, and shortly to have a much smaller economy

[sasguru]

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Why? Was going to reply to you and say you're absolutely right. No mortgage on it so was thinking of bringing it down. Bought it for 750k 5 years ago as a do upper. So plenty of leeway

[vwdan]

Why? Was going to reply to you and say you're absolutely right. No mortgage on it so was thinking of bringing it down. Bought it for 750k 5 years ago as a do upper. So plenty of leeway

Thought I was being needlessly aggressive - I also thought there were more months involved

But yes, I do stand by it for the most part - if a 'normal' (I.e. not something requiring someone a bit more specialist - a windmill or something silly) house is priced right it will sell and reasonably quickly.

Though, naturally, if you're in no particular rush then no harm in waiting for someone who'll pay a little more.