28-10-2015, 11:36 PM
Frankly I don't get the north/south divide 
your housing is cheaper, your bills are cheaper, you don't earn any less.
In the 5 years I've lived up here I've only seen true poverty a couple of times, once was a young school boy age lad begging for money (which i gave him some despite coming back from a failed job interview) and a group of children who hung around my friends car when we were doing a head swap but wouldn't look out of place in a "if you gave £3 a month" charity advert. Although when i asked around about them it turns out they were from the questionable eastern European house with boarded up windows and a child who would sit watch for police. Felt sorry for them until they tried to steal a thermostat ..
In regards to londons wealthy. Whether you like it or not we need them.
London is seen as 'the place to be' and as such attracts over foreign wealth, this foreign wealth then spends money in the local economy and builds new structures. These structures use (or did) British made steel in areas like Scunthorpes tata steel plant or one of the other steel fabrication shops located in the north. They also use northern companies (like mine) to design and engineer them. The engineering company then hires people on a pretty decent wage including the shop lads, who then pay their taxes which goes to fund the people who moan that the rich don't give them shit.
I might seem quite conservative but sometimes i fail to see why people struggle when my parents have done alright through shear hard work.
your housing is cheaper, your bills are cheaper, you don't earn any less. In the 5 years I've lived up here I've only seen true poverty a couple of times, once was a young school boy age lad begging for money (which i gave him some despite coming back from a failed job interview) and a group of children who hung around my friends car when we were doing a head swap but wouldn't look out of place in a "if you gave £3 a month" charity advert. Although when i asked around about them it turns out they were from the questionable eastern European house with boarded up windows and a child who would sit watch for police. Felt sorry for them until they tried to steal a thermostat ..
In regards to londons wealthy. Whether you like it or not we need them.
London is seen as 'the place to be' and as such attracts over foreign wealth, this foreign wealth then spends money in the local economy and builds new structures. These structures use (or did) British made steel in areas like Scunthorpes tata steel plant or one of the other steel fabrication shops located in the north. They also use northern companies (like mine) to design and engineer them. The engineering company then hires people on a pretty decent wage including the shop lads, who then pay their taxes which goes to fund the people who moan that the rich don't give them shit.
I might seem quite conservative but sometimes i fail to see why people struggle when my parents have done alright through shear hard work.
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