Where will the cool go when they leave London?, Adam Elgar

London is going to be rich, boring and soulless unless we do something to prevent making it a city that is inaccessible to "real" people.

It is a cycle: too expensive for the young so wealthy olds vote to accommodate the wealthy old (and repeat). So "yes", unlikely to change.

However, looked at another way, this is a huge opportunity. All the cool young minds are looking for a new centre of gravity - wherever they settle will be home to the next wave of innovation.

Let's just hope they stay in Britain.

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However, as our government is drawn largely from the beneficiaries of the dullification of London rather than its victims, I don’t see much changing soon. Dave is so out of touch he probably thinks that living in Notting Hill gives him an insight into what the cool kids like. Boris is a cheerleader for the rich and loathsome. And 25 year-olds don’t vote.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10744997/Cool-London-is-dead-and-the-rich-kids-are-to-blame.html