UK survey: 40% of respondents pay more than 50% of their incomes on rent

Re:UK survey: 40% of respondents pay more than 50% of their ... by tim333 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @06:48AM (#15155325)

I like the green belts. There are other options - upwards in London or allow more building outside of the belt. Personally I think tall residential buildings in London could work quite well. In places like HCMC, and China they are throwing up 30 story blocks like nobodies business - I think only planning restrictions stop that here. I live in a 5 story block in London and think no one would be much inconvenienced if it had 45 stories instead. Prince Charles might moan but who cares.

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Re:UK survey: 40% of respondents pay more than 50% of their ... by ZenoArrow on Saturday September 02, 2017 @07:14AM (#15155392)

Is the transport infrastructure of HCMC something you'd like to emulate too?

http://static.thanhniennews.com/Uploaded/thuyhang/2016_01_06...

You shouldn't invest increased housing density without an increased investment in other types of infrastructure, including transport. Transport in London is already uncomfortable at peak times. It could be argued that having more people living in London would mean more people could walk / cycle to work, reducing the strain on public transportation, but it's not a gamble I'd be willing to make.

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Re:UK survey: 40% of respondents pay more than 50% of their ... by tim333 on Saturday September 02, 2017 @09:14AM (#15155808)

I was thinking of the new light rail and associated developments http://sggpnews.org.vn/hochiminhcity/first-metro-route-to-co...

The stuff you linked is what they got from low rise sprawl and roads.

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Re:UK survey: 40% of respondents pay more than 50% of their ... by ZenoArrow on Saturday September 02, 2017 @10:43AM (#15156178)

Thanks for the link, good to see that the Vietnamese government is investing in light rail for HCMC.

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Re:UK survey: 40% of respondents pay more than 50% of their ... by namelost on Saturday September 02, 2017 @08:49AM (#15155708)

Wouldn't you rather have parks and green space inside cities, than wrapped around them? Green belts create an artificial pressure to turn green space inside cities into residential and commercial land.

The green belts are a scam. They claim to protect something that doesn't need protecting (England is dominated by rural land that is not part of a green belt), at the cost of something that does (the quality of life for those inside the cities).

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Re:UK survey: 40% of respondents pay more than 50% of their ... by isostatic on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @07:00AM (#15174005)

> Personally I think tall residential buildings in London could work quite well

They don't have a good reputation at the moment. I know that modern towers are far better than Grenfell, but public and press opinion will be quite low for the next few months, may get issues with planning applications.

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