London: A global city
Publié le 08/01/2024
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London: A global city
Key question: To what extent can we say that the growth of London
is not always beneficial to all its inhabitants?
Document 1: London Has Become a Better City — for the Rich, Therese
Raphael for Bloomberg Opinion, 9th of March 2023.
In some ways, the UK’s capital city has become more livable since Covid hit,
especially for those with means.
There’s more outdoor dining, more bicycles and
scooters, and improved air quality.
Transport has bounced back but hybrid work
means it’s often less crowded.
And I’ve seen signs of community-building from the
pandemic continue, particularly in organizing support for food banks.
[...]Mayor Sadiq Khan’s so-called “boomerang Londoners” have returned for the
reasons people always flock to cities — the cultural and social life, the car-free
convenience, the anonymity, proximity and vibe.
Increasingly, there are at least
anecdotal reports of older people giving up the country pile for a smaller perch in the
City.
As the UK has been flirting with recession, London’s economy has grown nicely.
Footfall is still down 10.9% for all UK destinations from 2019, but it’s down only 5.1%
in London, according to data from Springboard.
The “Pret index,” a useful proxy for
footfall in busy areas with the lunch shop, shows substantial recovery from pandemic
lows, while recent Office for National Statistics data show levels of growth that Prime
Minister Rishi Sunak could only dream of for the country as a whole.[...]
In important ways, however, Covid has left its mark on the megacity.....
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