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@luckyjimm
This is very true. Last week I went to look at a room in a council flat behind Shoreditch Park. The flat was in a neglected state, the lounge had been turned into another bedroom, and they wanted £550 a month for a room! So that's £2000-£2200 they'll have been charging, for a grim council flat on a rundown block. How could any locals afford to pay those rents unless they're on housing benefit?