France overtakes UK in homeownership

Generali

nowakee wrote: »

The UK is simply failing to produce sufficient bricks..., never mind houses.

The UK doesn't produce lots of things it consumes nor does it consume everything it makes. That's the great thing about trade: we get to consume the best of things that the world can produce.

zagubov

Isn't it the case that most of developed Europe lives in more spacious housing than us (regardless of population density)?

padington

Measure the size of free cultural activities in London compared to Paris and you might find Paris is tiny by comparison. Measure the job opportunities if you speak the worlds global language and Paris might feel a little small. Measure the degree's of separation in London and Paris might feel a little isolated. Compare the green spaces and Pari's shared Garden size might be a little wanting. Measure the size of taxes and the costs of Paris might be a little unwelcome. Look at Calais and the size of the curb appeal might not be very welcoming.

Size is measured in more than one way.

BarleyGB

martinsurrey wrote: »

You do know that under 10% of the UK is built upon so 10% urban (urban includes rural development and roads) of which 50% is green space anyway and a further 18% is gardens, meaning less that 3% of the UK is actually hard standing?

If we replicated this again and rebuilt every building in the UK again, that would be up to 6%, farmland is over 75%, and this includes all of the under utilized land used for horses, and long term grass land.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18623096

I know people like to think the uk is a concrete jungle, but really its not...

I doubt there's enough land to feed the population so continued immigrations hardly sustainable.

cells

padington wrote: »

Measure the size of free cultural activities in London compared to Paris and you might find Paris is tiny by comparison. Measure the job opportunities if you speak the worlds global language and Paris might feel a little small. Measure the degree's of separation in London and Paris might feel a little isolated. Compare the green spaces and Pari's shared Garden size might be a little wanting. Measure the size of taxes and the costs of Paris might be a little unwelcome. Look at Calais and the size of the curb appeal might not be very welcoming.

Size is measured in more than one way.

All those things were true ten years ago but London house prices were not 11 x GDP back then

cells

BarleyGB wrote: »

I doubt there's enough land to feed the population so continued immigrations hardly sustainable.

There probably is the land to do it but but not the economic necessity. The green revolution and continued work to increasing yield per acre means a lot more food can be grown per unit of land than was the case fifty years ago