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Previously on "7 positive things about living in London"

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  • original PM
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    Originally posted by squarepeg View Post
    Bulltulip. It's a city that allows you to live a rich life. Not just financially, but in every other aspect. You have to make an effort and live here for a couple of years to appreciate it. It is not for everyone, though. Just like Yorkshire or Cheshire. Except Yorkshire is tulip. OK, maybe Cheshire is too.
    Nah cheshire is cushty kiddo

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by BigRed View Post
    London is the worst capital city I've visited. Why firms insist on locating there baffles me.
    Most things would baffle you though.

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  • BigRed
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    London is the worst capital city I've visited. Why firms insist on locating there baffles me.

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  • squarepeg
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    There is only 1 good thing about London. Jobs.
    Bulltulip. It's a city that allows you to live a rich life. Not just financially, but in every other aspect. You have to make an effort and live here for a couple of years to appreciate it. It is not for everyone, though. Just like Yorkshire or Cheshire. Except Yorkshire is tulip. OK, maybe Cheshire is too.

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  • _V_
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    Originally posted by squarepeg View Post
    You could choose to live in London. You'd only have to spend ~£140 per month on a Zone 1-3 Travelcard and have an extra £10k to play with :-)
    And then £600K for a terraced house.

    Seems a bargain for that £70K job.

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  • squarepeg
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Yup, earning £80k per year to spend £12k on train fares instead of that £68k job in Bristol. Makes perfect sense.
    You could choose to live in London. You'd only have to spend ~£140 per month on a Zone 1-3 Travelcard and have an extra £10k to play with :-)

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    There is only 1 good thing about London. Jobs.
    Yup, earning £80k per year to spend £12k on train fares instead of that £68k job in Bristol. Makes perfect sense.

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  • BrilloPad
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    There is only 1 good thing about London. Jobs.

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  • northernladyuk
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    Not having to stay at the Thistle Hotel Heathrow.

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  • scooterscot
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    Try brushing your teeth.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Sure the roaming countryside around these 3 houses smells a lot better too.
    Last time I was in the German countryside it smelt of manure.
    But you're probably used to that stench since it's similar to what emanates from your gob.

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  • scooterscot
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    Sure the roaming countryside around these 3 houses smells a lot better too.

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  • sasguru
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    You forgot no. 8.
    You can sell your 1 bed above a kebab shop in Hackney and buy 3 houses in Germany.

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  • scooterscot
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    7 positive things about living in London

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