RE: BBC major article " Wy have all the white people left London"
I have actually worked for / with families who if asked formally as to why they have moved to Cumbria/ Durham/ North Yorks / Northumberland etc they will all say stuff like " Better schools for kids", Down sizing, wanting a more rural lifestyle, wanting to get closer to nature, getting out of the rat race etc. But in private I would say most if not all would admit that a large part of why they moved involved the changing ethnic demographics of the cities they fled from. I reckon that yes many of them can read the writing on the wall like we can and want to be more secure and self reliant, but equally they can also see how the culture / social make up / psychology etc of our cities is changing for the worse.
One point I do keep noting is that more than a few of the folks I worked with commented about how other city dwellers were following the analogy of the frog in a bowl of hot water over a fire. IE They life in the city but cannot fully percieve the gradual worsening change in the city culture and will still be there when its too late.
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