London is full of empty luxury apartments bought by foreign investors: at well over one million pounds per bedroom, they’re the only people who can afford them. There are whole blocks with only a scattering of actual tenants in them. They’re really noticeable at night because the whole tower will be in darkness except for two or three lit apartments. There’s also a problem with billionaires buying a row of (already huge) townhouses and turning them into one ridiculously massive house for one family - although the council has really cracked down on this. These things have affected high-end areas like Kensington & Chelsea because it’s caused the population to drop. So, even pre-virus, in the evenings, the streets were getting pretty deserted and lots of shops/bars/restaurants were closing because they didn’t have any local custom any more.
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