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Posted by Rail Blue on Sun Mar 13 07:19:48 2005, in response to Re: London news, posted by davesgcr on Sun Mar 13 06:59:33 2005. My greateast "concern" is the fate of the swathes of 1930s suburbia - some of which is now ageing badly and despite having good transport links all round (which is why they came into being) are in danger of blight as age creeps in and the desirabity of their status falls through traffic / obsolescence and decay - I cannot think of anyone I know who has really willingly moved in to one.Most attractive are either trendy "inner" areas (where life cycle allows - i.e. no kids) - or the "greenbelt" beyond the M25 ring and attractive towns with fast transport links into mainline terminii.(and often good schools and amenities)A lot of those areas need to be bought up en masse and redeveloped. Some of them have excellent transport links and are distinctly suitable for densification. That should relieve the housing shortage to an extent. The rest can be achieved by perforating the mediaevalistic city wall type green belt in strategic location and restricting development in the real countryside. Not all 1930s suburbs are deteriorating - there remain many excellent , well kept and thriving areas.One of the issues is "genalised travelling time" (the journey to say Stanmore is the same as that to greenbelt Leighton Buzzard or Berkhampstead.Commuting flows on suburnban rail continue to grow - partly as a factor of cheaper fares per mile than Tube fares. Too much has been built in small towns. There needs to be a stop put to wrecking the shires and wrecking London. |
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