Literally everyone in my age group who lives here is either broke or living off their parents money/housing. The only way I get by while saving money is by spending comically little money day-to-day. Almost all leisure and luxury this city is full of is inaccessible to me despite being on the median UK salary. And we wonder why there’s a youth mental health crisis…
This describes any capital around the world right now.
First feature. why would anyone be listening to them? …unless they know the person who wrote the story and any coverage is good coverage.
It’s felt the same for me around 15 years ago. You find as much as possible that is free, pick up any extra work you can, make most of your own meals, go on walks, spend time in parks, etc.
IDK what parts of London were considered accessible for young people at that time, it was still far too expensive as a student but you have to find a way to make things work.
I had no idea that young people struggling financially is a new thing! They probably think they invented baggy jeans too.
Is this universally true? A bus trip on upper street, angel islington, has lots of fairly young people dinning out.
And when I was in London when I was 18 (gen x) it wasn’t accessible to me. There wasn’t even a minimum wage in those days. This is nothing new.
Spend less, do less, have less, be happy and suck it up – a summary of suggestions
One of the best capital cities in the world is popular and expensive, what a new and crazy concept.
Yes you’ll need to flats share, yes you won’t have infinite disposable income, yes earning a minimum wage will mean you’ll struggle
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Literally everyone in my age group who lives here is either broke or living off their parents money/housing. The only way I get by while saving money is by spending comically little money day-to-day. Almost all leisure and luxury this city is full of is inaccessible to me despite being on the median UK salary. And we wonder why there’s a youth mental health crisis…
This describes any capital around the world right now.
First feature. why would anyone be listening to them? …unless they know the person who wrote the story and any coverage is good coverage.
It’s felt the same for me around 15 years ago. You find as much as possible that is free, pick up any extra work you can, make most of your own meals, go on walks, spend time in parks, etc.
IDK what parts of London were considered accessible for young people at that time, it was still far too expensive as a student but you have to find a way to make things work.
I had no idea that young people struggling financially is a new thing! They probably think they invented baggy jeans too.
Is this universally true? A bus trip on upper street, angel islington, has lots of fairly young people dinning out.
And when I was in London when I was 18 (gen x) it wasn’t accessible to me. There wasn’t even a minimum wage in those days. This is nothing new.
Spend less, do less, have less, be happy and suck it up – a summary of suggestions
One of the best capital cities in the world is popular and expensive, what a new and crazy concept.
Yes you’ll need to flats share, yes you won’t have infinite disposable income, yes earning a minimum wage will mean you’ll struggle
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