I disagree that any defintion of a city should include villages and towns miles from the urban area. I doubt anyone on here would seriously include the New Forest as part of the Southhampton Urban Ar… (View Post)

I have looked and it really is rubbish in terms of what we are discussing. According to the OECD a Functional Urban Area includes not only the city but all the adjacent non urban area which serves as… (View Post)

The data is wrong. There are 28 cities/towns larger than 250,000 in the UK Of these 10 are currently served by trams, metro or light rail. A further two are opening this year and a further 3 cities/t… (View Post)

I know we don't agree on many things but on this I do agree. People do forget to stay hydrated even when they don't forget to eat. Hunger is a far more immediate and identifiable sensation … (View Post)

Another issue is Government continually changing the specs of projects. Euston HS2 station has more than doubled in cost from £2.4 billion to £4.8 billion largely because the Government kept changing… (View Post)