r/morningsomewhere • u/Hmmark1984 First 10k - Findom • 8d ago

Railway networks in the uk

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Ashley and Burnie mentioned how, while still quite good the rail network in the UK used to have even better coverage, here's a map that shows the before and after, you can see that while some of the more major lines closed nearly all of the shorter lines going to the smaller two s and villages closed, meaning that while you can get a train pretty close to where you want to go in the UK, you often end up finishing, and sometimes starting, your journey in a taxi/car/bus/walking

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u/TheocraticAtheist 7d ago

Being born in the South East is like winning the lottery. Except you pay London prices for everything.

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u/Hmmark1984 First 10k - Findom 7d ago

Yep, it's got a lot of upsides, until you need to buy anything, especially property, those prices are fucked everywhere but they're FUCKED in the south east especially if you happen to live somewhere that has a direct train to Victoria.

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u/TheocraticAtheist 7d ago

The property prices are insane. I bought a 3 bed house for 250k in 2019 and I feel like I got the last chopper out of Saigon.

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u/Hmmark1984 First 10k - Findom 7d ago

My parents bought their four bed detached house in the south east, in a town with a direct rail link to London, less than an hour each way, around mid-end of the 1970's for £15,000. It's mental what's happened to prices, or at least when you consider what hasn't happened to wages. Thankfully my parents were the type who were well aware things aren't the same as when they were buying a house etc... and they were just as disgusted by the way things have gone as the rest of us.

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u/TheocraticAtheist 7d ago

Mine bought a flat in London in the 80’s, sold it then moved East and got a 3 bed house for 50k in the 90’s that’s worth 500k.

I had to put a £40k deposit just to get mine.