[muninn_]

Will we ever have titles that aren't clickbait?

Nicely designed site/story. But to put it simply: no.

There's simply no reason that London will "fall". Yes the immigration with the EU will cause problems, and yes they will lose a lot of financial industry business but London will continue to exist, and prosper. People will still immigrate to the UK, and people will still live in London. The strength of the city lies not solely as it relates to the EU, but because it is the capitol, and largest city of a long and storied nation that is largely prosperous and innovative.

I really wish we'd stop this whole Brexit == UK falls into the sea forever nonsense. Economic problems? Maybe. But prosperous people are innovative and responsive to change. Immigration is not the sole contributor to economic growth or innovation. If it was, than China, Japan, and many other countries would still be subsistence farming.

[omurphyevans]

It's not saying that. It's pointing our how London is very much the emblem of a modern, integrated, multicultural city, and this is bound to change.

It doesn't say it'll fall into the sea. It wonders how such a city might change, most likely in directions opposed to its current identity.

[muninn_]

Why is that considered "fall" then?

[barrkel]

The idea I had of London as a place I could live for decades when I first moved here: that's starting to fade away. That's the fall. And it's not just me; it's lots of other EU citizens.

[muninn_]

Yea but that doesn't mean London "will fall".

[Arizhel]

Stop being so literal. Rome is still there, and has been for 2000+ years. It just isn't a terribly important city any more, globally; London will be similar.

[muninn_]

I'm not being literal. London will continue to be an important global city. There won't be any "fall".

[usrusr]

London is the idea that a city can have and respect both a past with all its cultural heritage merits/baggage/identity as well as a future as a globalized hotspot. The corporeal hope that you don't have to give up one to have the other. If post-Brexit London turns out to fail on the globalization side of that balancing act, that hope takes a hit not just for Londoners but for everyone who values both sides.

It's the hope that is feared to fall, not the bricks and stones.

[Arizhel]

>The strength of the city lies not solely as it relates to the EU, but because it is the capitol

Not quite true. London is the capital of England, not the capitol. A capitol is a building, not a city.

Anyway, typos aside, you're still wrong. The reason London is as successful as it is is because it's a financial hub, which it got to be by being part of the EU. There really isn't much else going on there; England is not a huge industrial producer any more like it was decades ago. Banks are going to pull out and move to other EU nations, and the local economy is going to implode.

>and yes they will lose a lot of financial industry business but London will continue to exist, and prosper.

Doing what, exactly? That financial industry business you handwave away is what makes the city successful in the first place.

>Immigration is not the sole contributor to economic growth or innovation.

It's not just immigration which makes London successful, it's its membership in the EU and access to the common market. That all goes away with Brexit. England will be about as relevant and economically prosperous as Russia. Well, strike that; Russia actually has natural resources, while England has none. So it'll probably be more like Egypt.

[ghaff]

>Will we ever have titles that aren't clickbait?

No. Because headlines have been written to be "clickbait" for long before there were clicks.

[quicklime]

I think the author probably agrees with you that London won't "fall" in the sense that it will cease to exist, or even fail to prosper. Rather, she's arguing that London is the most important city in the world due to its connectedness to Europe, and as a result of Brexit it will fall behind other cities and lose its position as the most alpha-est world city that there is.

Not catastrophic by any means, but if someone is living in London because they consider it to be the center of the world, then it's a big deal.

[muninn_]

Perhaps, but as you said it's not catastrophic.

Even so, you don't need to be the center of the world.

[quicklime]

Sure, but sometimes people are sad when they lose things, even if they don't "need" them.

I totally agree that the title is clickbaity, but the sentiment expressed in the article is legitimate.