>> but I still remember wondering at age 23 how a bloke in Doncaster, same age
>> and grade, could afford a new XR3I and personalised number plate. (Of course there are
>> any number of other factors but I recall when we discussed it, a large bit
>> of it was that his cost of living was considerably lower than mine.)
London Weighting of around £1200 was a bonus for my first year or so in London when I lived in a subsidised Civil Service Hostel. Once a group of us struck out alone renting a house for £360/month it was a different kettle of fish.
If I'd been an EO in Leeds, perhaps living with my parents, I'd have had a car long before I did and a far better one than the 9yo rusty Mini I bought in 1982.
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