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JNugent

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JNugent wrote:

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Greg Hennessy wrote:

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If you were to believe the CPRE, the SE is currently like
downtown Hong Hong during the rush hour, when the reality
is that approximately 15% of the land within 1 hours
commute of charring cross is built on.

A one hour commute by your favoured mode is only about ten miles at
most. Are you suggesting that there are open fields within that
area?

He didn't specify the mode, but it seemed pretty obvious to me that he
meant by train. Even people whose favourite method of getting around
is by car would think twice about using it to commute to Charing
Cross.

A one hour journey by car can take one (easily) up to 60 miles
(probably not a lot more, unless one lives adjacent to a motorway
interchange).
So what are you talking about?

You can commute a lot further on a jet aircraft (from LCY airport)
So what are you talking about??

[Yes, I know that completely misses the point of JNugent's question,
but his missing the point of the previous question is my real point]

The previous question was "Are you suggesting that there are open fields
within that area?" ("that area" being a one-hour commute from Charing
Cross). There are plenty of open fields in "that area", and my response
about being able to travel 60 miles in an hour in "that area" would reflect
that even literally, but in any case, the PP's question was not about
agriculture but was about whether you can get outside the inner London
built-up area within an hour, and you can.