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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostI had classmates whose parents were cleaners who they lived on council estates and rented. Then again this was in London where house prices are always higher.
BTW they let that slip by accident. Oddly no-one bullied them for it.Comment
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostTime for retrospectively defined tax evaders to be put to the land to dig for victory.Comment
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostOr perhaps housing costs need to come down? I remember in the early 1990s when even on low pay you could by yourself a small flat above a shop.Comment
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostI remember houses in Lewisham and Peckham where about £50k in the early/mid 90s, so flats were probably about £30K (which is a shade below £60K in real terms). These were just about obtainable for anyone who had full-time work.
And 1990 was the top of a housing bubble."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostAll the low paid jobs I mentioned apart from retail and some hotel work tended to be part-time.
And 1990 was the top of a housing bubble.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAnd now 1990 looks like a great time to have bought.Do what thou wiltComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostAll the low paid jobs I mentioned apart from retail and some hotel work tended to be part-time.
And 1990 was the top of a housing bubble.Comment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostAnd now 1990 looks like a great time to have bought.Comment
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Getting on for 100k in prisons. Bring back chain gangsbloggoth
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