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    Should I live in London? You asked Google – here’s the answer | Hannah Jane Parkinson

    Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
    by Hannah Jane Parkinson Apr 18, 2018 4 minutes
    ‘The view that you love so much, the glass skyline glittering in the sun, is a half-illusion punctured by the Shard, given that 27% of Londoners live in poverty.’ Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

    According to films – yes. But if you move to W11 thinking you’ll nab a cute one-bed on a bookseller’s salary and bump into Julia Roberts, well, think again. The average flat price in Notting Hill is currently £890,000 according to (shudder) Foxtons. Julia Roberts is based in Malibu. And there are just an estimated 112 independent bookshops left in London. I am afraid that, as with a lot of big cities, living in London is a bit like playing roulette. Some win big, some struggle to catch a break. Either way, there is always someone waiting to take your place.

    Why live in London? Some feel they have to. Mostly this is for work. It goes without saying (there’s an annual arm wrestle in a cocktail bar with Wall Street bankers to maintain the title). Hospitality, tourism and services are all booming. In fact, London’s economy, as it is never tires of boasting, props up the whole of the UK – and .

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