Posted by actually in the UK on October 23, 2009, 10:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Chelsy Davy steps on the property ladder "
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From the law school, no. From her work placement, wouldn't know, that is between her and (i think) Allen and overy..forgive me if I have the practice wrong..too tired to look it up....Mixed views on the two girls....but most people seem to think Kate is respectable...but think it would be better if she had a proper job....nobody knows how much she is actually working. Chelsy does seem to be properly trying,and intelligent, but she is wild, and her father's connections are a problem. The flat thing, I think that is more of a class thing (Chelsy's flat is beyond that, I admit...) but owning property here is something people try to do right away if they can(getting harder and harder) ..I guess it stems back to the old adage of the gentry being those who owned land. Remember Chelsea (area in London as opposed to Chelsy) is full of impoverished aristos and gentry...the families will go broke before selling their estates, and they live off what little money they have, most being lost in Lloyds...they will own a decent flat but not have much money to go out, and rely on their flashy nouveau friends to spend the real money..(club membership traded for glasses of champagne.) But even for the middle classes, owning is important- I know more single friends here that own than in the US, and many of my US friends here, unless wealthy would rather rent whereas the English try to buy....
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: Legal Practice is what you do while
: studying...many people study at the London
: College of Law....so whole system is
: different than the Americal law school
: system (the American system is more
: difficult...three years of post graduate
: school compared to a year of law with
: practice here!)Sorry if I seem to be
: lecturing, I'm really not, just sometimes we
: don't realise what the differences
: are....anyway, no, that is not a normal
: price to spend on a first home in
: London...even though it is an expensive
: city, that is one great starter flat...
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: So does she or does she not receive a
: paycheck?
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: Some people consider her to be superior to
: Kate because she's got a job (working for
: one's family isn't a "real" job in
: their eyes) and a lot of snide remarks were
: made about how Kate's parents bought her a
: flat.
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: Well, now the two girls are even in the
: parents buying them aplace to live
: department.
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