Why banks once flocked to Canary Wharf’s high-tech superstructures, but are now starting to return to the City

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1. The wharf’s just gonna turn into luxury accommodation in 20 years for the rich cunts who work in the city itself.

2. People ain’t returning because it involves getting on a train for 90 minutes each way so they can do a job the same from home.

3. Didn’t read but presumably because bank is much better connected and there’s loads of office space there now post covid

4. Worked in the city for 7 years now. Never had any desire to work at CW. The city just has so much more going for it.

5. Canary Wharf is a hell hole, the developments that have gone up are too big, not designed to be places where people actually live and worse dont actually provide any addiotional infrastructure (like schools, hospitals etc) that would be needed for such a theoretiocal mass influx of people.

   There has been a lot of over ruling of the local planners in that area, it’s quite depressingly unsurprising who is involved – like this, for example:

   [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53159091](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53159091)

6. Imagine the size of the grows ya could in one of them blocks

7. You couldn’t have a better spot to turn into a dystopian hellscape,

   A bit like Ponte City in Johannesburg before it got renovated.

8. Canary wharf is the fucking worst place I’ve ever been to.

9. As someone who passes through CW frequently enough, I feel like it’s gotten way better than what it used to be in terms of overall atmosphere.

   I say that based on visiting during the week, I Imagine it’s still pretty soulless on the weekends still.

   All of the new residential that’s gone up is definitely not catered to families however I can say that for sure! It’s definitely targeting generation rent and chinese/Hong Kong property investors.