Many young Brits say the queen's funeral proceedings distracted from other issues — like ordinary people struggling to make ends meet. 'How am I just going to live?' one recent master's graduate said.
Bunmie Moj, 33, says the cost of living is one of her top concerns. She runs a custom printing company and needs to make sure the business stays afloat so she doesn't have to worry too much in the winter."I just take every day as it comes," she says."But I know other people, it's affecting them a lot more ... A lot of their bills are going up and there's a lot of concern about how they're going to pay it.
Cakmak had long thought about leaving Turkey because of the state of its economy, particularly the weak lira. She says she only plans to go back as a visitor.Rachel Treisman/NPRFrida Cakmak at the ice cream truck where she works in London's busy Piccadilly Circus on Tuesday."I'm here and I'm so happy living in London, really," she says."The social life is better, the working life is better and, of course, the money is really, really good here.
"I just think it's quite depressing at the moment," she says, adding that Britain seems to be dealing with economic issues that its European neighbors have handled better."I turn on the news and all that's there is just sad stories and depressing news all the time."
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