That was my point, though. People invested rationally. Like me. It was a one-way bet, almost. The problem is that the underlying system is broken. Nobody cared through much of the noughties, but I’d … (View Post)

Finally, it’s absurd to claim that there is no “room”. London - which is where people want to be because of proximity to jobs - is incorrigibly low-rise compared to New York, Tokyo, Paris, or Madrid.… (View Post)

I agree with Leon, though, that this site is experiencing a marked fall-off in quality. Like Britain itself, this board feels enervated and exhausted. (View Post)

I don’t think it’s about consuming less, per se. Articulated thus, no wonder we’ve lost hope. And I’m not sure Gen X has “failed”. OK, my daughter has offered to help me re-organise the library which… (View Post)

I feel like posters have run out of ideas. And that seems to reflect the wider “debate” in the UK. Brexit has turned out to be a hoax. Centrist dad-ism doesn’t seem to work either. A lot of what my g… (View Post)