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The language of this survey used in some way perpetuates the situation. It is the language of unearned entitlement which in my view is one of the main causes of this kind of behaviour.
How can anyone in Stokey be "deprived" of employment? They live pretty much in central London. There are more opportunities for employment than anywhere in the country. Perhaps the figures would make more sense if the labels were "Shitness of the local schools"? I don't know.
And are people really "deprived" of income? It's a really odd phrase. Ask anyone you know and they'll probably say they are not paid enough. Is this being deprived of income? What do they mean? Is there some magic figure that they "should" get and they have some right to be pissed off if they don't earn it? If they mean below the poverty line why don't they say it?
Note to Shelter, who need a grasp of basic economics: if everything had risen at the same rate as housing so would wages. It's called inflation. Therefore it would not be untenable. It would actually be better as relative to income and retail prices housing would be far far cheaper. Housing prices are only untenable because they have risen independently of inflation.