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Comment by dukeyukey | Hacker News Reader

I've lived in London for the past 6 years and I wouldn't say that at all. Food and energy has gone up (comparably to the rest of Europe), but there's a feeling that Sunak is more competent than the previous lot. Plus we're getting loads of tech investment.

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I lived in London pretty much since I was born (2000), I moved away last year because of how bad it's gotten, and it has very little to do with food and energy. There is basically no sense of social cohesion left anymore, you cannot expect safety, you cannot leave a car parked outside and expect it not to be broken into. I've had a guy almost pull a knife on me because I accidentally came up behind him and he thought I was from an opposing gang. This sort of thing was a not-so-uncommon experience for my peers at school.

This is just so alien to me. I'm in a not-so-great area of North Islington, and never even _seen_ violent crime happening.

I can't walk down the street any more without saying hi to people, the chippy guy who goes on Sunday runs, the coffee shop owner who lets me know when they're trying a new roaster, the elderly women walking their dogs at lunchtime. It's almost like my old hometown.

You were born in London and say "gotten"?

I'm very Americanized owing to the amount of American content I've consumed, especially due to the internet. For example: I also say 'dude' and use American spellings for words.

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