I moved to London 6 years ago (from another country) and struggle to meet likeminded people. Currently I’m living in an affluent part of London but my lease is up soon and I’m open to living somewhere more normal. It seems most people I meet have grown up here, went to private school, followed all the social rules like going to university, focusing on career, getting married, having children in that order- as a result they all live very wealthy lifestyles now. I’m more of a floaty, creative person and as a result have had my fair share of financial hardships. I’m obviously aware that there is a lot of poverty here too but where are the regular people? What about the struggling artsy types who I always used to meet in my hometown? What about teachers and nurses who typically have normal income? I’d like to make some friends with people who had a similar upbringing to me. I grew up in quite a disadvantaged area, did well for myself eventually but still don’t earn anything compared to my London friends. There’s times when I’m broke and then there’s times I feel I’m doing well. As much as I love my friends here, I find it hard to be fully understood by them and would like to mix with more interesting people. Even the original working class areas in London have a huge rich/ poor divide and I think I’d still struggle to find people who are middle of the road. I don’t feel I fit in anywhere in London as I’m not ‘posh’ but I’m not really working class either. It seems people here either have crazy high salaries or they are really in poverty. Maybe I’m over generalizing but that’s how I feel. I have tried to meet people from all walks of life by volunteering etc but it seems so hard to meet people who are sort of low- middle income in London.