Anyone would think there aren't thriving cities in other parts of the UK
Obviously Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds, Edinburgh, Manchester & Glasgow don't have an economy.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:24, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

it wasn't that broad; i'm a property lawyer, remember
it was about redevelopment. the stats were about how many people will be living here; how much it will cost; how many new homes are needed etc etc etc.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:26, Reply)

... which won't fit because there isn't any space and which no-one will be able to afford anyway, right?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:28, Reply)

lawyer

paralegal
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:29, Reply)

I'm actually quite interested in this
because there are two, both equally respected (in terms of the "respect" of the economists involved anyway) theories about which way this will go, and they are diametrically opposite.

It's almost - almost - as if economists don't have a fucking clue what will happen, what with economics being based entirely on precedent and there not being any, and are purely producing the most extreme scenarios in a desperate bid for attention. The Lady Gaga approach to economics, if you will.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:27, Reply)

clickin dis

( Peej, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:28, Reply)

When your job involves predicting the future, where there are many variables at play, the capacity for getting it wrong is huge.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:31, Reply)

Shut up and give me my hoverboard!

( Peej, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:32, Reply)

They should hit the shops in a little over a year from now.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:33, Reply)

I want a scram jet

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:33, Reply)

Is that like a mini jet for little people?

( Peej, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:37, Reply)

Hypersonic flight. Mach 5. Australia to London in 2 hours.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet

www.google.com/search?q=scramjet+plane&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=6e-mUoPWBIfxhQfasoGoAg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=784
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:43, Reply)

Absolutely.
It would just be nice the cunts doing it would admit to this.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:32, Reply)

If the tailor had admitted that his plan was to send the emperor out naked, he wouldn't have been paid.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:33, Reply)

profound.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:35, Reply)

or Aberdeen

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:30, Reply)

Yes.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:31, Reply)

Aberdeen is like a microcosm of London economics, sorta. Only more one-dimensional.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:31, Reply)

like a microcosm of London economics, sorta. Only more one-dimensional. fucking shit.
( Peej, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:33, Reply)

It's fucking grey.
It's also fucking wealthy.

The jury's out on "shit" although, granted, that depends on your opinion of class A's, booze and high-end hookers as there's fuck all else to do there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:35, Reply)

*retracts previous statement and packs bags*

( Peej, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:35, Reply)

I think Battered is best qualified to answer this.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:36, Reply)

I had a damn good curry in Aberdeen last year:
www.bluemoon-aberdeen.com/
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:45, Reply)

I used to spend a lot of time in the Holburn Street area.
Never been to that Indian though.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:47, Reply)

It's really good. I had the best aubergine curry there I have ever had and I chose that dish quite often.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:50, Reply)

it's a cool city
What took you that far north? Didn't think there were that many companies in your field up there. It's pretty much all oil and gas.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:52, Reply)

Trialled a couple of new restaurant formats there.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:55, Reply)

Union Street is fucked now
Try Bieldside, Cults and Milltimber. Big money areas.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:57, Reply)

It's unlikely I will be heading there any time soon.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:58, Reply)

Aberdeen is grateful for this

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:14, Reply)

highest cost of living outside of London and the south east
Property prices have doubled in the last ten years. More millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the UK. Terrible poverty, horrific levels of heroin and crack use.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:39, Reply)

Like I said, a one-dimensional microcosm of London.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:50, Reply)

although, oddly unlike the rest of the UK
the smack and crack use doesn't actually directly correlate with the poverty, as a lot of it is the offshore boys.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:55, Reply)

average salary for offshore workers is 73k

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:56, Reply)

boring work + good disposable income = drug use.
As seen in many ex-pat communities around the globe.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 10:57, Reply)

When I was offshore we hD regular piss tests.

(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:16, Reply)

good job class As are out of your system in hours then

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:20, Reply)

Yeah I was mainly a weed smoker
so had to get substitute piss.
(Pookie Bear had some very shiny foez, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:25, Reply)

I see about 20% of my grads go offshore.
Most of them say the tests were, well, while you were offshore.

Most rig boys don't actually shoot up on the rigs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:24, Reply)

I shoot up your mum

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:50, Reply)

She's only class B, you're wasting your money there.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 10 Dec 2013, 11:54, Reply)