No different for me....but I'm willing to do it so my kids are able to get on with their lives without having to rely on the state.

As a nation it's what great swathes of our ancestors have done for years...it's just that the latest generation has become lazy and defiant expecting everyone else to sort it out for them rather than getting of their arses to MAKE IT WORK

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You certainly raise proper problems that our politicians just don't want to deal with.

They just continually kick a can down the road....until all you have is a road full of cans.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

When you simplify things the solutions are far clearer. How many kids only interact with their mates over the internet via PS4 or Social media...?

My missus said to me that I was the only one that had a large circle of friends (I play footie on Sat and Sundays) and my family is close by...but do you know what...I can skype them; get off my arse and drive down the few hours it'd take to see them face to face...I live no more than 5 miles from them all and rarely see them as it is.

I walked round a brand new 5 bed house in an area that has superfast broadband (top of the kids list); plenty of beautiful villages and countryside...all for £400k....yes...£400k...you cant get a 2 bed flat for that in parts of London.

No brainer

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Good for you; it's still not even close to being a reasonable solution to a societal issue.

Your second paragraph is just nostalgic crap - it has no factual basis.

Why are people so reluctant to acknowledge it's a problem? The only proposed solutions I've had so far are to live with my parents until I'm 30+ and married (my mum had to downsize from the 3bedroom house I grew up in because she could no longer afford it, so not sure how that works) or to walk away from the city I grew up in, my career, family and friends, and relocate to another city.

This sort of turning into a property and how much post
That's ok but short term counting is creating the issue.
There are now 35,40 and 50 year mortgages.
What you cannot put in the equation for purchasing a property is how much you eventually end up paying.
It's all dead money unless you intend regularly moving.
That even being the case shouldn't be a problem.
Bottom line what is most important
Having a home or seeing how cheap you can get it.
You can still make the term shorter by overpaying a small amount each month.
This way of getting on the ladder also means you may need a smaller deposit.

I think the reason property has taken prominence in the thread is that it's one of the things that the Think Tank suggested the £10k would be released for...but the point we're all in agreement with is that with property prices being so high, just how far will that go?

My point is that we've all affected the property market by staying in one place; move and there are opportunities everywhere. Previously everything was here in London...all the 'value chains' of business...but with communication allowing us to talk to the otherside of the world and receive news instantaneously...what used to be justifiable reason to keep most here is now an excuse, because we dont like change.

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