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What we need to build more than anything else in communities
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What we need to build more than anything else in communities
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Well its obvious why roads are there, but just building houses with no concern about the wildlife (Something that is still recovering from the 1800s, i might add), then a precedent is set and its all up in flames.
As the person above in the page said, they just want houses, no one is really caring about schools or hospitals or any other public service.
Did I say with no concern?
I also fully agree with surfaces, and not just the bigger picture of schools/transports.
Why the **** in this day and age is the developer/council/goverment, not insisting ducting for services are installed under every new road, so virgin/BT/sky or whoever can rent and run a cable through. It's insane we have to dig roads up to run a cable.
Im not sure of the reason to be honest. but ill bet that building a big estate is a hell of a lot more profitable than a few houses.
We dont need to be building in greenbelt land. There are other places to go before that.
That rather depends on the individual...and how hairy you like your 'women'
I think moving to the country is something that is best done when youve settled a bit. Have a wife/long term gf and wanna start a family.
Like where? Inner city where you have to cram it all in.
Read that PDF I posted ~90 of uk is country side, there's loads of space to be found without wrecking our access to countryside.
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Exactly why I want to emigrate
Orgies, its a fact.
Are you talking about greenbelts or the countryside?
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My favourite option for a focal point would be Audrey Tautou sat on the village green.
A great enhancement for any community.
or Stephanie Ruhle off Bloomberg
Well I dont think the same way about them both
Greenbelts are vitally important and I dont think the planning rules should be changed. In the country? Well it depends on the specific area. I live in the country and there is a lot of building going on.
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I only watched first 10 minutes I'm about to watch rest but instantly I knew yes this program is going to slam the nail on the head,
I've discussed all these concepts with friends of mine (it's all books I read anyway)
That would be the one of the worst decisions this, or indeed any, government could make.
No it isn't!
The price of housing is determined by the availability of money, not the availability of Housing. The only way that people can pay so much is because they are allowed to borrow so much! If people had to buy houses with their own money rather than the banks (As they mostly did in the past) prices would be much lower (As they mostly were in the past, Even in central London) If (SAY) it was made the Law that people could only borrow 150% of combined annual income (In 1982 it was 2.5+1 IIRC) and/or they have to put down a 50% deposit (SAY) then initially the market would stagnate but eventually houses would have to change hands at very much lower prices because there simply wouldn't be the money available to allow them to change hands at higher prices. If you were to be really aggressive and insist that houses couldn't be mortgaged at all then the price fall would be even more dramatic (This is not as off the wall as you might think, it wasn't that long ago when you couldn't normally get mortgages on properties more than 70 years old)
Of course this would be the end of the world as we know it! Our entire political/economic system has become hooked on highly geared debt This is so obviously the best way to run things that I cannot see anybody in government suggesting that it might be an idea to do things differently any time soon!!