#BBCBreakfast: "... families had to be led to safety through the flames.. it wasn't just homes, cars were also torched by young masked men in these predominantly unionist streets, but the target here was immigrants.."
This is what the likes of Reform are inciting.
Lots of people are mentioning that other metropolitan areas like Manchester also provide the racial diversity - and I agree.
But London being the political centre and economic powerhouse of the country - and everything that comes with that - means it's ahead of the alternatives.
3. Wealth accrual. Being able to live at home as a young adult and commute to a well paying job using Oyster is huge for saving cash and wealth accrual via housing stocks/shares etc.
Plenty of Londoners have bought homes without the Bank of Mum and Dad simply because of this.