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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]...The mass migration means it's really no longer a British city it was 30 years ago. The demographic changes are staggering...just not British any more.

But the museums are still excellent, if a bit woke these days....  [/quote]

Come on, say what you really mean.  You know you want to say it. It's only 14 words.[/quote]

What do you want me to say? That large scale migration of non-native British people have changed the character of the city? Absolutely. It's neither here nor there because it is what it is and it also means it's not the London of the past. It's taken on a different history.

As for the 14 words what are they?[/quote]

Okay, I am gonna assume a little good faith here- the tone of your post sounded a bit like racist dog whistling, but sounds like it's more just like you are commenting on the change, not bemoaning it, per se. I would argue that big cities like London, Paris, NYC are always in flux, and that if you go back through history there are constant waves of migration (not always international, London saw huge numbers of people from northern England, Scotland and Ireland (which was the same nation then!) in the 1800s), and there have been constant worries of "these new people are overwhelming us".  It's the nature of things in big economically strong cities.[/quote]

You can also bemoan the dislocation of a native people without being racist.  You can prefer that people be able to enjoy their homeland.  I'm sure that given the chance, you would find a European influx equal to 60%+ of the population in an African, Indian or Chinese city to be unacceptable (at least that's what college classes on imperialism say).[/quote]

“You can prefer that people be able to enjoy their homeland”? Do you think that London was invaded and the locals were somehow forced out? How are the non-native born stopping others from enjoying London?

I’m no fan of large scale rapid migration but the way you have framed this definitely smacks of racism given the parallel you drew.  For the record, 20 percent of NHS staff are now foreign born so I think the presence of non-native born is definitely necessary and appreciated. [/quote]

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