Colleagues and friends of mine from the UK have recently been applying and in (I think) all cases being granted permanent residency here in Germany. Germany seems pretty happy to pick up skilled workers especially in tech.
The other week I was visiting family outside of Frankfurt. They're in a sleepy commuter suburb which hasn't seen any new construction in decades.
This visit, I could count multiple large apartment/condo buildings being erected around town. The locals told me that downtown Frankfurt is getting too expensive to live so people are moving outward.
We knew the financial types were already fleeing London for France and Germany. This seems to confirm that it's accelerating.
> We knew the financial types were already fleeing London for France and Germany. This seems to confirm that it's accelerating.
Unless you can prove otherwise this simply isn't the case, a quick Google yielding the following news headlines:
'Germany angry Brexit ‘exodus did not happen’ – study shows London continues to lead'
'Bankers Don’t Flee London, Despite Exodus Predictions
Mass departures from U.K.’s financial center so far haven’t happened'
'The Brexit exodus that never was
Frankfurt – not as appealing as it first appeared
Doom-mongers predicted a massive flight from the City. But it simply didn’t happen.'
I don’t think that’s because of any exodus from Britain: I’ve seen such developments happening in various regions in Germany (where I live) and also renovation of houses that had not been touched in the decade prior.
I can’t tell whether it’s the main factor, but a big contributor at least is the lack of returns on other investments. There are big amounts of savings in Germany, and they have been diverted more and more towards real state in the last, say, five years.
Just wondering how is the tech scene there? I'm considering leaving the UK (regardless of any politics, it's because the contractor market is now dead thanks to some tax changes) but I'm not sure where to go. Would appreciate any advice.
It depends what you want to do exactly since German industry is quite siloed by area so you sort of have to know what you want and which places to look but in general the country has a strong engineering culture and appreciation.
I wonder if that's a common theme among long time emigrants? I moved to the UK just over 5 years ago, I love home but find it slightly depressing being back there for more than a couple of days.
Yawn, some people will go. They probably would have anyways. Life goes on. All the celebs who said they'd leave, won't. I'm getting tired of seeing this again and again
Huh? I doubt that anyone is turning their backs on the UK after a Tory win for business reasons. If you're for lax regulations and live in the UK, you might already be drunk earlier than usual.
In a similar vein, it's always amusing to see the Conservatives attacked for misogyny: which of the two main parties has had two female PMs, versus none?
I can't tell if you're purposefully implying that there were many more people who earnestly said that than went through with it as some kind of insult, but regardless, I'd be genuinely curious to know if there are any numbers.
In 1992, when Switzerland voted "NO" to the EEE (European Economic Area), we had all these drama for a few years in the newspapers. The Swiss media kept telling us we would die alone on our island in the middle of Europe...
Please don't post political battle comments to HN. This site is for intellectual curiosity, which leaves the field swiftly when people start bashing each other over the head.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 83.4 ms ] threadThis visit, I could count multiple large apartment/condo buildings being erected around town. The locals told me that downtown Frankfurt is getting too expensive to live so people are moving outward.
We knew the financial types were already fleeing London for France and Germany. This seems to confirm that it's accelerating.
Unless you can prove otherwise this simply isn't the case, a quick Google yielding the following news headlines:
'Germany angry Brexit ‘exodus did not happen’ – study shows London continues to lead'
'Bankers Don’t Flee London, Despite Exodus Predictions Mass departures from U.K.’s financial center so far haven’t happened'
'The Brexit exodus that never was Frankfurt – not as appealing as it first appeared Doom-mongers predicted a massive flight from the City. But it simply didn’t happen.'
I can’t tell whether it’s the main factor, but a big contributor at least is the lack of returns on other investments. There are big amounts of savings in Germany, and they have been diverted more and more towards real state in the last, say, five years.
Labour's Brexit policy was a compromise. The Tories was the opposite. The voters pretty clearly rejected the idea of compromise.
Strange, because to me it looks like The Brexit Party got zero seats, and the (compromising soft-Brexit) Conservative party won.
The deal they did get was a pretty hard Brexit.
> The deal they did get was a pretty hard Brexit.
Gross misrepresentation of the truth.
Labour is the only party along with the BNP (white supremacists) to be Investigated by the human rights commission for racism.
The talk of people of colour wanting to leave is over blown. Look at the cabinet and junior ministers, it's one of the most diverse there has been.
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