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Old September 3rd 12, 08:51 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Why did the Metropolitan Railway go to Verney Junction?

On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 07:52:31 +0100
Martin Edwards wrote:
Oh not this fatuous old argument again. There were plenty of british
workmen before the flood gates were opened but guess what - a lot of them
had families to pay for and didn't fancy living 6 to a flat. If you're some
20 something single male sharing rent with a lot of mates of course you
can undercut the indigenous competition.

B2003

So the state can pay for their families. I would have thought that
someone of your political inclination would be against that. The three


Nice tangent to head off on. If the state has to pay for their families
thats because the state caused this mess in the first place.

Polish and one Russian family on my suburban street seem to be able to
live on the husbands' wages.


Are they blue collar? Meanwhile I had 4 romanian guys living next door a while
back running a gardening busines, all sharing the rent and charging low prices
because they were single and didn't have many expenses.

B2003