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[jkot]

In London it is more like 80%

[dijit → jkot]

I was going to say something to this effect.

This figure does not surprise me in the slightest.

In London I was _easily_ paying 50% of my salary after tax in rent, because I didn't want to share an apartment with someone else.

[ionforce → dijit]

So do software engineers typically live alone in London or no?

[dijit → ionforce]

no, flatsharing (where the living room is converted into another bedroom) is increasingly common.

[aries1980 → ionforce]

Or with a "significant other".