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Young people are fleeing London’s skyrocketing rents by embracing life on narrowboats—affordable, quirky floating homes costing around forty thousand pounds. While it’s a gritty, hands-on lifestyle demanding constant upkeep and frequent relocations to avoid losing mooring licenses, it offers a tight-knit community, self-sufficiency, and a green twist with solar power, canal water filtration, and compost toilets. For many, it’s not just cheaper—it’s a meaningful alternative to city life, especially for those priced out of traditional housing.

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