leena norms | I'm glad I was priced out of London. @leenanorms | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Is it big city or bust? Do you have to live in the capital to really live at all? Here's my reflections on leaving, and why it's complicated.
/// SOURCES ///
savills.co.uk/blog/article/298109/residential-property/the-house-price-gap--tracking-50-years-of-london-v-the-rest-of-the-uk.aspx
bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3h7sg8/revision
landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ukhpi/browse?from=1977-06-01&location=http%3A%2F%2Flandregistry.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fregion%2Flondon&to=2018-06-01&lang=en
/// TIMESTAMPS ///
00:00 INTRO
00:41 THE MYTH
01:54 THE MAGIC
03:05 THE MAYHEM
11:12 THE MOVING ON
/// SUPPORT ///
JOIN THE GUMPTION CLUB: patreon.com/thegumptionclub
Being in the club means you get: a free weekly podcast, access to a secret facebook group, a free poetry collection and play written by me, access to livestreams AND you get to access to all my videos before anyone else sees them!
CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP - for those lovely people who don't want to use Patreon and aren't bothered about the patreon perks, but who'd like to buy me a drink as a thank you for the free videos... youtube.com/channel/UCpqf-UHCeCSd0BqoxxrDv8g/join
ORDER my poetry collection, BARGAIN BIN ROM-COM! https://linktr.ee/bargainbinromcom
// COME AND HANG WITH ME IN BETWEEN UPLOADS //
IF NEWSLETTERS ARE YOUR THING, sign up to get a little letter in your inbox from me once in a while! As a thank you for signing up, you’ll get a FREE downloadable list of my best books of all time: leenanorms.substack.com/subscribe
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/leenanorms
TWITTER: twitter.com/leenanorms
I use Octopus Energy which are a clean green sustainable energy company - if you're in the UK and are curious, here are the two videos I talk about them in:
youtu.be/O0TR7RvVRlI and youtu.be/IEqf94lb44U
And here's my referral link if you'd like to get £50 off (I get £50 off too, woo!) https://share.octopus.energy/fun-hawk-883
All music used is licensed through Epidemic Sound - I've been using them for years and hand-on-heart it's really fab. You get unlimited use of their music per month for a pretty bargain fee. Here's my referral link (if you sign up through it I get a free month): epidemicsound.com/referral/1b1yhj
If you're a company that makes plastic-free products, pays their tax and doesn't exploit people, I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to sponsor the channel: leenanorms@gmail.com
Is it big city or bust? Do you have to live in the capital to really live at all? Here's my reflections on leaving, and why it's complicated.
/// SOURCES ///
savills.co.uk/blog/article/298109/residential-property/the-house-price-gap--tracking-50-years-of-london-v-the-rest-of-the-uk.aspx
bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3h7sg8/revision
landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ukhpi/browse?from=1977-06-01&location=http%3A%2F%2Flandregistry.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fregion%2Flondon&to=2018-06-01&lang=en
/// TIMESTAMPS ///
00:00 INTRO
00:41 THE MYTH
01:54 THE MAGIC
03:05 THE MAYHEM
11:12 THE MOVING ON
/// SUPPORT ///
JOIN THE GUMPTION CLUB: patreon.com/thegumptionclub
Being in the club means you get: a free weekly podcast, access to a secret facebook group, a free poetry collection and play written by me, access to livestreams AND you get to access to all my videos before anyone else sees them!
CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP - for those lovely people who don't want to use Patreon and aren't bothered about the patreon perks, but who'd like to buy me a drink as a thank you for the free videos... youtube.com/channel/UCpqf-UHCeCSd0BqoxxrDv8g/join
ORDER my poetry collection, BARGAIN BIN ROM-COM! https://linktr.ee/bargainbinromcom
// COME AND HANG WITH ME IN BETWEEN UPLOADS //
IF NEWSLETTERS ARE YOUR THING, sign up to get a little letter in your inbox from me once in a while! As a thank you for signing up, you’ll get a FREE downloadable list of my best books of all time: leenanorms.substack.com/subscribe
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/leenanorms
TWITTER: twitter.com/leenanorms
I use Octopus Energy which are a clean green sustainable energy company - if you're in the UK and are curious, here are the two videos I talk about them in:
youtu.be/O0TR7RvVRlI and youtu.be/IEqf94lb44U
And here's my referral link if you'd like to get £50 off (I get £50 off too, woo!) https://share.octopus.energy/fun-hawk-883
All music used is licensed through Epidemic Sound - I've been using them for years and hand-on-heart it's really fab. You get unlimited use of their music per month for a pretty bargain fee. Here's my referral link (if you sign up through it I get a free month): epidemicsound.com/referral/1b1yhj
If you're a company that makes plastic-free products, pays their tax and doesn't exploit people, I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to sponsor the channel: leenanorms@gmail.com
