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I've always associated it with middle-class white people getting the fuck out of London at around the same time they start to have kids, for a better "quality of life"
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Ah I see - it's an actual 'thing' in the US. I even listened to an episode of This American Life about it #stuffwhitepeoplesay
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Or for a bigger house that isn't jokes expensive.
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NotThamesWater
White flight is usually associated with an influx of poor people to middle class areas - this is more an influx of wealthy people to middle class areas.