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Re:Britain's Next Megaproject: A Coast-To-Coast Forest by hydrox24 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @05:02PM (#16119552)
The old—even ancient—cities of Europe avoided the mistake of suburban building and have a naturally high-density shape from having been built before the automobile.
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Re:Britain's Next Megaproject: A Coast-To-Coast Forest by baud147258 on Thursday January 11, 2018 @05:24AM (#16122726)
It's not visible in the center of cities, but an urban sprawl has developed on the periphery of cities. Such sprawls are similar to those existing in the US (car mandatory, few or no services, little public transportation).
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Re:Britain's Next Megaproject: A Coast-To-Coast Forest by blibble on Thursday January 11, 2018 @08:16AM (#16123539)
the UK has the green belt system to try to prevent this happening

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom)

if anything it's too successful

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