Low population density is the best thing about the north - the problem with the south is it's wildly overpopulated. Across the planet, we've about 4 acres per human of land area - packing them togeth… (View Post)
You make my point for me. That's a 40 mile commute each way across one of the busiest bits of the north and you did it regularly for 7 years, so it clearly did work. Doing a 40 mile commute by road i… (View Post)
To pick a different part of the charity sector - heritage railways. Most have charitable status, on the basis that preservation of and education about heritage assets is a public good. How do most vi… (View Post)
. Surely skintness is in no small part a function of income vs expenditure. I left home in 2008 with about £300 in the bank - I was earning £200 a week before tax, probably £160 after. I was in lodgi… (View Post)
The new price is reflected in the second hand market too. A three year old Picanto is going to be maybe £8k, a three years old £21k EV might be £14k. At 7 years old the Picanto is perhaps £3k and the… (View Post)