The upshot of that is that the other houses that the developers build which they aren't providing for free are much more expensive. If 20% of an estate has to be provided for free, the other 80%… (View Post)

Except the things we'ŕe talking about are gimmicks, not attempts to fix serious problems. Smoking in beer gardens? Tax on private schools? No doubt there is serious stuff going on too. Most of t… (View Post)

Yes, it's very easy as a healthy 40 something able to afford a car to overlook the significant number of people who either can't afford a car or can't drive one even if they could. (View Post)

Going back to the Netherlands again - it is a bit of a myth that the Netherlands is anti-car. In fact, @BartholomewRoberts would love it. It's disconcertingly like being in a massive new town - … (View Post)

I don't think you and Eabhal are necessarily disagreeing here. He's not saying that owning a car is bad - just that owning a car is so expensive that once you have one it makes sense to use… (View Post)