A very nice post. I kind of weave in and out of agreement. I'll touch on a few disagreements though.
I grew up in suburbia. Not too far from Blackheath. But we always thought Blackheath was terribly posh and our suburb was shit. I grew up in a council house and I will be forever grateful. I think council houses lost their shine when they stopped being a leg-up for poor families like mine and a safety net for people who were hard on their luck. My council house neighbours were delightful. I don't think you can say that any more.
I live in the city now. Cities were horrible when I grew up in my crappy suburbia but they are lovely now. Make 'em denser, please! High rises would be lovely. High rises for poor people didn't work out but rich people love high rises and they turn out very nice, thank you.
I lived in a high-rise in Manhattan. One of the loveliest places I have ever lived — and all those amenities are within walking distance! These days, in suburbia, you need three cars jamming up your streets and your front gardens and you need to drive miles to the Big Box store to pick up a jar of pickles. We walk to the Tesco across the street. Maybe when we figure out how to make the 15-minute neighbourhoods work and we have cheap, efficient public transport, we won't need all those cars and suburbs can be nice again.
I'm with the Conservatives on the Green Belt. It's lovely. Let's not build over it. Our population will be shrinking soon and will shrink even faster if we bring immigration under control.
A very nice post. I kind of weave in and out of agreement. I'll touch on a few disagreements though.
I grew up in suburbia. Not too far from Blackheath. But we always thought Blackheath was terribly posh and our suburb was shit. I grew up in a council house and I will be forever grateful. I think council houses lost their shine when they stopped being a leg-up for poor families like mine and a safety net for people who were hard on their luck. My council house neighbours were delightful. I don't think you can say that any more.
I live in the city now. Cities were horrible when I grew up in my crappy suburbia but they are lovely now. Make 'em denser, please! High rises would be lovely. High rises for poor people didn't work out but rich people love high rises and they turn out very nice, thank you.
I lived in a high-rise in Manhattan. One of the loveliest places I have ever lived — and all those amenities are within walking distance! These days, in suburbia, you need three cars jamming up your streets and your front gardens and you need to drive miles to the Big Box store to pick up a jar of pickles. We walk to the Tesco across the street. Maybe when we figure out how to make the 15-minute neighbourhoods work and we have cheap, efficient public transport, we won't need all those cars and suburbs can be nice again.
I'm with the Conservatives on the Green Belt. It's lovely. Let's not build over it. Our population will be shrinking soon and will shrink even faster if we bring immigration under control.