[sweeneyrod]

You absolutely can find a 1-bed in super-central London for well under £2000/month, e.g. it took 2 minutes searching to find this one https://ww2.zoopla.co.uk/to-rent/details/57988484/?search_id...

But furthermore, you can find 2-beds in the same location for around £2000/month (I live in one). Suggestions that an analyst at GS or an E3 at FB earning 70-100k isn't actually that well off because rents are high are silly, if they're struggling how is someone on a more normal grad salary of 35k supposed to be coping?

[gambiting]

That's not what I'm suggesting at all :-) I just know some people who were on 50k in the North East and moved down to London to be on 80k - well, after the increase in costs it was pretty much a wash, the biggest upside is living in London, but also the biggest downside is living in London. But if you can swing 100k salary in London then yes, you're very well off regardless.