54% of adults polled have thought about leaving, due to food inflation, high rent and taxes. 1 in 4 renters and 1 in 6 mortgagees likely to move in the next 6 months.

Poll of 500 18+ adults, by CityAM and Freshwater strategy.

by tylerthe-theatre

23 comments

  1. The demographic change could have enormous political impacts. Imagine those Tory seats on the fringes of London swinging left.

  3. Most of my friends have left London, at least those who cannot count on the bank of mummy and daddy to settle down, buy property, afford childcare.
    And I’m talking about people with degrees, successful careers, often multilingual, often with side jobs on top of their full time job. This place is cooked, pricing out everyone but the super wealthy.

  4. London is screwed for so many working class people that grew up there now can’t even afford to live there.

  5. I’m a young adult and currently London/UK is making me reconsider my opportunities. I’ve had a small pay increase and bonus but the likelihood of getting a promotion if I stay is next to nothing. The goal posts keep moving and the drawbridge keeps getting pulled up every time I’m close to getting somewhere, I’m heading towards burnout and they keep wanting more on top. I’m looking towards Europe for a better balance but it’s not going to be easy.

  6. The super wealthy will now have to hire the merely wealthy to clean their houses and care for their children.

  7. Being single in London and trying to live alone is so rough.

  10. 25% of young renters likely to leave on the next six months? That seems unrealistic… 

  11. Any wonder then that young, professional Londoners are emigrating in huge numbers? Businesses shuttering because of skyrocketing rents. Private renters being milked for every penny and paying 75% of their income in rent.

    The system is broken and it’s sickening.

  12. i know a few dozen family and friends that now live in northern england since the pandemic

  13. People always say that 

    Anyway, it’s normal

    Middle-class people have been moving out of London to buy houses in the Home Counties for generations 

  14. I recently left London for Kent. It’s not a huge difference but I managed to get more for my money. In the meantime, I hope the capital enjoys its empty flats owned by Arab millionaires and rich pensioners with three-bedroom townhouses, I guess?

  17. I don’t want to leave London at all, I love it here so much. But I could actually buy a house up north and that’s the pull

  18. I want to leave London because I’m always on edge. It feels like everyone is geared to fight, everyone is angry all the time and that puts you in the same mindset. I fucking hate who I’ve become, I’m bitter, angry and hateful because everyone around me is that way.

  19. Does anyone blame them? Being a single working person and living in a house (or flat) share with barely enough room for a double bed and living with people you don’t even like is stress. Then when said person decides to go out a fucking guiness is £6

  20. Yeah…the issue isn’t really better than anywhere else. I think what a lot of people don’t see is the percentage you pay instead of the price. Like yes things outside London are cheaper….but the wage you get is also less, so you are essentially paying the same percentage in terms of rent and bills from your salary.

    Essentially: it’s fucked everywhere.

  21. “1 in 4 renters and 1 in 6 mortgagees likely to move in the next 6 months.”

    LOL. Do they know what likely means?

  22. Speaking as somebody who left, I absolutely recommend it. Wages are lower, but I can actually buy a house.

  23. I sadly left this year because the cost of living just got too insane and it no longer made sense. Like half my friend group ended up leaving as well.

    Love London but I need to realistically be earning more then double what I am to enjoy it.

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