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Livingstone's latest wheeze
"David Boothroyd" wrote in message ... I cannot afford to live in Central London although would love to, so I have to live in the suburbs and commute in. The irony is that despite the best efforts of Westminster City Council there are still a load of people living in Central London for whom it costs almost nothing, and who don't even have jobs that they need to be there for. From where do you get the idea that one should only be permitted to live in central London if one needs to be there for ones' job? My constituents in Westminster, many of whom struggle to find well-paid jobs, would be appalled. The point is that a lot of people with jobs in Central London cannot afford to live there and thus the transport infrastructure is pushed to unnecessary extremities. I've struggle to find well-paid jobs, and I'm appalled at the number of people who have to pay lots of money to live in not-particularly-nice areas that aren't close to their workplaces, and suffer miserable commutes every day. Radical idea, I know, but if people who wanted to do so were actually able to live close to their workplaces, there would be savings in transport costs (both to the customer and the state), reduced pollution, reduced disparity in deprivation, and increased leisure time. BTN |
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