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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostSo working class people e.g. repairmen, taxi drivers, builders are riff raff?Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostWhen did I say that?
The my friends' who have neighbours who are bankers, builders who run larger firms, minor celebrities etc are either renting or in jobs like that themselves."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostYou said my statement was crap but that's the kind of neighbours myself, my siblings and loads of my friends' have of different ages.
The my friends' who have neighbours who are bankers, builders who run larger firms, minor celebrities etc are either renting or in jobs like that themselves.
My neighbours are just like yours, working Class folk (shops, factories, farm workers). I live in a town, in the South West.
To get a larger place round here for say £250k would mean ex council; with a lot of folk on benefits, kebab wrappers and dog tulip on the pavement, with girls getting pregnant at 16. I'm not stereotyping, this is how it is.
Maybe somewhere between the £250k and £500k there is a compromise worth having. But I'm not convinced, prices are bonkers. If you can't see that - you have blinkers on.Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostI
Maybe somewhere between the £250k and £500k there is a compromise worth having. But I'm not convinced, prices are bonkers.
While loads of people, with the help of estate agent scum, know their property is in a "prime area" and deliberately drive the price up you will get decent vendors. I actually saw some places like that and walked away, then luckily got a decent vendor. The vendor was shocked that they were under offer within a week of going on sale."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by I just need to test it View PostLast night I was arguing on another forum with a retiree who mocked twenty-somethings for "wasting their money on mobile phones and tech gadgets instead of investing in property. Interest rates are so low that it has never been easier to get a mortgage".
It's odd when you think about it, because wrinklies are the ones who mostly buy newspapers now and avidly watch Newsnight and suchlike, and they usually have kids or grandkids of their own. So you'd think they were rather more clued up and aware. Maybe they are only interested in news and current affairs that may affect them, and they tune out all that tedious yoof stuff.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostA lot of smug retirees are hopelessly out of touch and have absolutely no idea of the difficulties faced by young people these days.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostManchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, North Wales, loads of places, take your pick...Comment
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Originally posted by PurpleGorilla View PostSorry how does a £50k permie job in Leeds help buy a £500k house in Warminster.
I don't know anyone in Leeds either. I'm not sure I would like the cleanliness...
2 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in 22 Pasture Lane, Malton, YO17 7BS, YO17
and that detached house in Warminster was unaffordable in 1980's as well.
A young computer engineer in London in the 1980's earned around 12 grand a year.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View Postand that detached house in Warminster was unaffordable in 1980's as well.
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