Britain in a few years due to immigration?
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9 years ago
Britain in a few years due to immigration?
You are the Grim Reaper and I claim my five pounds :-)
We have a long way to go before reaching the population density of The Netherlands, or even Belgium. Some of the most densely populated countries and territories in the world are Monaco, Gibraltar, Vatican City, Bahrain, Malta, Jersey and Guernsey.
Hong Kong.
Not sure I would want to live in Hong Kong since it reverted to China.
All of which are unrepresentative due to being tiny.
That's because we have mountainous regions which are not suitable for housing.
They still demonstrate that, give a high enough per capita income, it is possible to live very comfortably with high population densities.
Its possible to live very comnfortably an a 6' x 4' cell.
Its tough to impose it on someone used top living in a cottage surrounded by fields.
Dartmoor/Exmoor/Yorkshire moors. These are all vast areas, largely unpopulated yet, but perfectly habitable. There are many other large areas that are suitable for building houses on.
On 08/04/15 09:56, Nightjar >>> We have a long way to go before reaching the population density of The
The point is though, that most of the world's population have a pretty poor standard of living. If they all quite justifiably demand what the West has, which they will, then consumption and waste will go through the roof. Why do we want to live like rats, when using a bit of intelligence, we could all live comfortably ?
But do we want every square mile of the contry covered in houses ?
Of course not, but there's still plenty of room for many more houses without taking too much of the green belt. There also many brownfield sites to be built on. A heck of a lot of rich landowners need to release the land that they are sitting on and waiting for a profit. They own lots of land that is doing nothing.
I am sure they'd love to - if planning permission were available for housing.
Fix that and there'll be no shortage of land.
Good to hear from one with first hand experience.
Have to admit, I never had TurNiP down as having been a member of a monastic order.
Might explain his fascination with Brian Cox. ;-)
Define "nothing".
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