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Originally Posted by Highinthesky
I don't know what field of work you're in but it doesn't necessarily reflect poorly on one city when it is easier finding a job in a particular field in another.
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I am a business professional and work in consulting. All areas of a regional economy are interconnected and even if the majority of the job problems in the London area are in manufacturing, it causes greater competition for other jobs.
For example, with all the people put out of work in manufacturing, many are left unemployed, while others who find other jobs are often making a fraction of what they were making before. That means less spending power. That means car dealerships, retailers, restaurants, and other businesses have lower sales. Lower sales means less money to pay workers, which leads to more part-time work and more unemployment. That affects virtually all sectors of the economy. While my industry has not been severely affected directly by the economic issues in London, it has been affected indirectly, and job opportunities in many industries in London are limited. The notable exception is medicine.
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Originally Posted by Highinthesky
Comments on good restaurants, live entrainment and friendly people is purely conjecture. Are you really saying that London doesn't have good restaurants and that you can't find live entrainment?
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It is fairly well known among long-time Londoners that live entertainment in London has dwindled in quantity over the past 15 years. The loss of The Embassy and The Brunswick Hotel were big blows, and most of the other clubs that previously had live music only have DJs now. As for restaurants, I admittedly have not tried every single restaurant in London, but a well-respected restaurant publication (whose name escapes me) has commented year after year that London is best avoided if looking for good restaurants.
As for the friendliness of people, I don't even have to talk about my own experiences. My mother has lived all over Canada and found London the most difficult to meet people in. And someone I work with has a friend that moved to London last year with her husband, has lived all over North America, and she has found London by far the most difficult to make friends in. She found instant friends in every other city she has lived in, and yet has yet to make a single friend in London. In essence, what exists in London is not normal in other cities.
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