Bole Blasts Nimby Boomers with Brickbats

GeorgeHowell

I don't remember Boles saying anything about Baby Boomers, that's just the stuff of sad little leftie wind-up merchants and trolls with massive chips on their shoulders..

kabayiri

the_flying_pig wrote: »

so more houses will mean better living standards will mean more people - and this would be a bad thing?

you could make exactly the same point about anything that government might do to improve living standards [e.g. spending on health, education, roads, whatever] - there's no point because it'd just suck more people into the country.

by the same token we should reduce all wages and benefits to £1 a day. that'd properly demolish living standards. then no-one would want to live here and it'd be a paradise?

You write this as though building more houses in the SE is the only solution.

Of course, it is not. It's one of a number.

The next wave of telecommuting could change completely our perception of where we live and work.

Radiantsoul

kabayiri wrote: »

You write this as though building more houses in the SE is the only solution.

Of course, it is not. It's one of a number.

The next wave of telecommuting could change completely our perception of where we live and work.

But cities are nice. They offer opportunities for leisure as well as work. And cities can offer a wider range of consumption options, so a village might just have a village pub but London can support restaurants with foods from all over the world.

Telecommuting will offer some benefits, but I doubt it will encourage people to live in Bradford.

ruggedtoast

GeorgeHowell wrote: »

I don't remember Boles saying anything about Baby Boomers, that's just the stuff of sad little leftie wind-up merchants and trolls with massive chips on their shoulders..

He didnt say boomers by name for fear of provoking Boomer Armageddon, but I think when he mentioned appealing to homeowners better nature by making them think of their kids and grandkids its pretty clear who he means.

When it comes to high house prices, boomers have benefitted.

kabayiri

Radiantsoul wrote: »

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Telecommuting will offer some benefits, but I doubt it will encourage people to live in Bradford.

I'm not sure of anything to encourage living in Bradford

THE_DEZERVING_BOOMERZ

GeorgeHowell wrote: »

I don't remember Boles saying anything about Baby Boomers, that's just the stuff of sad little leftie wind-up merchants and trolls with massive chips on their shoulders..

When Rugged sees examples of boomers lifestyles, it always provokes a reaction.



:rotfl:

StevieJ

kabayiri wrote: »

I'm not sure of anything to encourage living in Bradford

Bradford area is not bad, Wuthering heights and all that

ILW

StevieJ wrote: »

Bradford area is not bad, Wuthering heights and all that

That's like saying Harlesden is only a few miles from Mayfair.

StevieJ

ILW wrote: »

That's like saying Harlesden is only a few miles from Mayfair.

Yes OK.
http://www.visitbradford.com/bronte_country/

Conrad

I'm viewing 2 lots of agricultural land tomorrow with a view to holding and tyring for permission later or sub dividing and selling on using a dedicated website I would create, something along the lines of small gift parcels for the grandchild or something.

It seems agri land is all of a sudden flying off the shelves. The very worse can happen is I own a piece a land I can camp on (the one I have in mind has nice coniferous woodland too), and one day sell it on or just keep it for fun. I am checking on what the ongoing upkeep costs will be but they so far don't onerous. Other ideas could be a karting track / archery centre / camp site / climbing centre. They don't make land anymore so I forsee the demand for ones only little bit of English land increasing sharply.