tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204378759296573150.post6500096886581463002..comments2024-02-03T22:10:00.197+00:00Comments on where eagles fear to perch: Long live the North-South divide.....where eagles fear to perchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05764927121970691170noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204378759296573150.post-7882936261835909092014-03-04T19:24:25.556+00:002014-03-04T19:24:25.556+00:00Hi. Many thanks for stopping by.
Point taken on ...Hi. Many thanks for stopping by.<br /><br />Point taken on the local shops, they ain't exactly going to be short-listed for awards for diversity and quality.<br /><br />Although in your quest for FI, I do hope you're not regularly spending 10% of your monthly food budget on two slices of Italian cured ham from the latest fashionable Deli, even if they do claim the pig was humanely slaughtered on silk cushions to the strains of Puccini's La Boheme ! :-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> where eagles fear to perchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764927121970691170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204378759296573150.post-22826075726622537082014-03-03T15:25:57.739+00:002014-03-03T15:25:57.739+00:00All your local shops sound a bit grim ;-) ..... yo...All your local shops sound a bit grim ;-) ..... you just can't beat the variety of food shopping choices in London for pure culinary delight.<br /><br />And don't get me started on "the national high street favourites" as they are almost universally soul destroying places. I'm not being snobby - i just don't buy much on my path to FI so all the useless tat they sell is pretty much the same from London to Edinburgh. <br /><br />That being said, house prices are just insane down here, & I have no idea what my kids are going to do in 15 years time..... that is the more worrying component. Living cheap in Londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204378759296573150.post-12068135711367802382014-02-13T13:03:23.224+00:002014-02-13T13:03:23.224+00:00Hah don't get me started on that. I met up wit...Hah don't get me started on that. I met up with a friends that bought only 3-4 years ago in London and they were talking about now selling. One had gone up by £100K and the other just over £200K. My flat has gone up a measley £20K at best in the meantime... Some you win some you lose ay!theFIREstarterhttp://thefirestarter.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204378759296573150.post-32986927832845581582014-02-10T21:05:34.451+00:002014-02-10T21:05:34.451+00:00Thanks for the comment. I really love London as a...Thanks for the comment. I really love London as a place to visit. A former colleague of mine and I once thought about buying a place together when we were both working there. It would have been the best investment we never made !where eagles fear to perchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764927121970691170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1204378759296573150.post-73035173241090751082014-02-10T19:22:33.958+00:002014-02-10T19:22:33.958+00:00I have to say that I totally agree... And I live d...I have to say that I totally agree... And I live darn South and work in London!<br /><br />I'm not going to moan about it as I know that I could technically move anywhere I wanted to so it's my choice to stay put. We have friends and family down here so it's a sacrifice we are willing to make. I am sure I could reach FI in half the time if we moved oop North though!theFIREstarterhttp://thefirestarter.co.uknoreply@blogger.com