> On Sep 15, 3:17 pm, "Mike P" privacy.net> wrote:

>> Fod wrote:

>>> I know that some think that the solution to our current gridlock is to
>>> build up the cities and have everyone jammed into shoe boxes next to
>>> their place of work. But is this idea just a way to bring back the
>>> slums we've had to get rid off in the past?
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7612384.stm
>>> "New homes in England are being built smaller than almost anywhere
>>> else in Europe, a new exhibition reveals. Are the gleaming new
>>> apartment buildings of the past decade the inner-city slums of
>>> tomorrow?"
>>> I'm sure Tommy is on pint number 7 or 8 by now so probably no reply
>>> from him.
>>> And Doug hates it when I point out a flaw in his master race... sorry
>>> I mean master plan.
>>> Anyone else have a view? Shoebox in the city or space in the burbs or
>>> country?

>> Give me the country anytime!!
>>
>> Anyway, what will happen when they pave over all the areas that water drains
>> from?

>
> Whats already happening - floods. Apparently people paving over their
> front gardens is already causing far more run off to go into the
> drains instead of into the soil. Of course the question of why anyone
> would want the front of their house to consist of an ugly slab of
> concrete for their car when you can just park on the road hasn't been
> answered. Perhaps they're all too fat to walk an extra 20 feet.
>
> B2003