In the five minutes since I posted this, I've done a little survey from my desk looking out the front of my house at the little slice of suburbia in front of me: Cars: 58 - none travelling reckl… (View Post)

Hm. Perhaps. I agree there is sub-optimality in this. But I am frequently out and about on roads. I make about 8 trips a day of various sort - on foot, in a car, by bike. With my kids and alone. And … (View Post)

Your point is entirely valid, however I would suggest the reason is a combination of: 1) Inertia (effort is tiring; even when the result is worthwhile, moving house is a massive, massive hassle.) 2) … (View Post)

Mainly through house prices is kind of the point. The older generation were able to afford houses; the current one cannot. Granted some of that will trickle down, especially for those of us in the fi… (View Post)

Looking back, aged 18, I think I saw university as essentially a prize for having done well at school, and didn't really want that prize to be 'lots more work', certainly not 'lot… (View Post)