They are grim in Edinburgh. Especially the one in front of New College - what unimaginative, soulless creep thought putting in front of one out most iconic buildings was a good idea. These ones look … (View Post)

I don't mind if the state imposes it's will sometimes - that's one of the necessities of governing 70 million people. I'm just pointing out that NIMBYism is often a perfectly rati… (View Post)

I've never understood the vitriol that NIMBYs get. It's perfectly rational behaviour from private actors - and deeply authoritarian to impose the state's will on those individuals. Lik… (View Post)

You get more privacy in a third floor flat than you do in a Barratt box with a 6ft garden. Perhaps what's needed is two levels of density - detached/semi-detached family homes with decent garden… (View Post)

Ah, the Winchburgh Station saga. Permission granted in 2012, no one's bothered to fund it, massive congestion in the west of the city. (View Post)