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Old December 22nd 03, 05:26 PM posted to uk.transport,uk.rec.driving,uk.transport.london
Mikael Armstrong Mikael Armstrong is offline
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"Robin May" wrote in message
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"MrBitsy" wrote the following in:


Cast_Iron wrote:
The people who grow the food that you and the rest of us eat and
who would have difficulty doing that job in the middle of a large
conurbation, for example.


What, you mean the poor dears might have to travel to work?


Doesn't this all get a bit ridiculous? People living in cities buy a
second home in the country which they travel long distances to and
from. This forces other people to buy houses far away from where they
work and so they end up travelling long distances to and from work.
They're living in a house that is close to someone else's place of work
and so rather than living there that person has to buy a house where
they can afford to and they have to travel long distances to and from
work.

Living many miles away from where you work and having to travel a long
distance to get there is something that should be discouraged. Not
encouraged so that the rich can buy another castle and leave it empty
for most of the year.

Very true, so why not let people build a few more houses in such areas? The
main problem is the lack of supply that is driving up the prices.

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