London didn't push me out. It bled me out.
Month after month, rent climbed. Services collapsed. Energy dropped. I was grinding harder for smaller wins in a city that ran on nostalgia and denial.
It wasn’t dramatic. It was gradual.
You don’t notice the rot when you live inside it.
But here’s the moment it snapped:
I realised I was paying premium city prices to run a remote business… built entirely on the internet.
The infrastructure was failing. The upside was gone. And I didn’t need to be there anymore.
So I left.
Now I pay a fraction of what I did - for silence, speed, and sunlight.
That’s not a lifestyle upgrade. That’s a leverage shift.
Why I Left the UK
The cost-to-output ratio was broken.
I wasn’t living — I was surviving. Burning energy just to stand still. There’s no creativity in that. No growth. Just slow decay.
The digital gate is open.
If you can earn online, you can live anywhere. Code. Design. Write. Consult. Whatever your skill - the internet made geography optional.
The UK is regressing.
Politically unstable. Economically stuck. Infrastructure failing. It’s a first-world flag draped over a crumbling system.
What You Need to Leave
- Online income - freelancing, productised service, SaaS, consulting, remote employment.
- EU passport or legal residency route - the door’s wide open if you’ve got the right paper.
- One honest question: Are you staying for opportunity - or out of fear?
If you can answer that without flinching, you already know the next step.
What Life Looks Like Now
- I build what I want, when I want.
- I eat lunch in the sun.
- My burn rate dropped.
- My mental clarity? Off the charts.
I’m not retired. I’m not coasting. I’m building harder than ever - just without the dead weight of a collapsing city on my back.
Final Truth
You don’t need permission to leave.
You don’t need to explain it to anyone.
You just need signal, a skill, and the guts to unplug from a game rigged against you.
London is lost.
But you’re not.
Not yet.