Property News · April 2, 2017

The lost generation: ‘I’m 30-something and still depressed and broke’


In 2010, Andrew Hankinson wrote about the dire financial plight he and his generation faced. Seven years on, he tells us not much has changed for those whose futures were crushed by the credit crunchIn 2010 I wrote a boo-hoo feature for this magazine about intergenerational unfairness – unaffordable houses, expensive education, crap jobs and diminished pensions. It created a modest stir: it was quoted in the Irish parliament, cited by other writers, and I was invited to discuss it on radio programmes, as well as Newsnight (I made zero impact – “For fuck’s sake, speak Hanks,” a mate texted me), Daily Politics (I didn’t get a mug) and Press TV (I declined). Now, with economic recoveries all round, the Observer wanted an update.So, take your mind back to January 2010, a unique period in which we weren’t as rich as we wanted to be and Labour’s leader was unpopular with voters. About eight months after I wrote that piece, I went for broke in my career, which took less time than I expected. My pregnant wife and I were living in London but decided to move back to our native northeast – to be near family, for her to start a new job, for me to write a book, and so we could afford to rent a flat that was habitable by humans, as well as rodents and fungi. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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