Comment: 'boomerang London returners are realising the capital is worth the cost'

London has its downsides – air pollution, expensive housing, the impossibility of not spending £14 every time you leave the house.

But compared to the downsides of not-London, I think extortionate rent and mortgage payments are a price worth paying for a functioning public transport system, thriving cultural scene, trend-setting restaurants and general sense of being at the heart of the action.