However home ownership was possible in most areas of the country without inheritance. Now it’s virtually impossible unless you save for a very long time - difficult to do while renting and average house prices being 9 times higher than average salaries. You couldn’t necessarily accuse boomers for this but many are oblivious to the fact they’ll make it worse with their demands and to stay alive as close to 100 as possible.

Been done to death already I know, but…

‘’Not in this (my) area’’

Instead you get £400k+ flats going up in any spot possible in zones 5 and 6. And they wonder why birthdates in Britain are falling. Estate agent windows look very different now - to not put people off and convince hunters and hopers there are properties in the roads and areas people know of in the area.

It's the natural exploitative nature of humanity, which religion teaches against but which nihilism embraces just with the change of warm words to justify it.

It's like the drowning man who instinctively drags down the nearest to him, drowning them too.....actually being encouraged by modern culture to do that.....rather than the culture advising against the urge.

The boomers (obviously not all) were the first generation raised to put their individual interests first over their group interests.....it's obviously compounded since.

Edited by Stirlingsays (10 Jul 2022 12.50pm)

That middle paragraph reminded me of lots of working people here slagging off the train drivers for getting a decent wage-trying to drag them down to slave labour wages, rather than drag themselves up!

That middle paragraph reminded me of lots of working people here slagging off the train drivers for getting a decent wage-trying to drag them down to slave labour wages, rather than drag themselves up!

Have you not been advocating for more EU nationals to be allowed to work at the airports? What sort of wage/t&cs do you think they are on?
Sorry Becky just seen your post!

Edited by Spiderman (10 Jul 2022 6.31pm)