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[–] EnderMB 8 points 6 days ago

Many of our airports are also owned by foreign companies. My local airport is owned primarily by the Canadian public pensions fund...

I think some would accept it more if public transport was good, but getting the train into London is so expensive I could literally put a deposit on a flat up north for the price of a season ticket. I'm literally self-funding a visa to the US for a third of the price of my train ticket to London...