Graphic of the week: Londoners work in and live out. This helps explain the city's politics
Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 15 January, 2013 13:53
Londoners live out and work in, compared to other major cities like Hong Kong and New York.
Here’s where people live.

And here’s where people work.

Don’t forget how many people who work in London live in the outer boroughs, or even further out than that, when you’re thinking about the city’s politics. This sort of thing matters a lot.
The graphics come from the Electric City newspaper (PDF link) which accompanied a December 2012 conference.
The Guardian pulled together other interesting graphics from the conference here.
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