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Re:UK's elite hardware talent is being wasted by ben_w on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:09AM (#42780927)
> I don't want everywhere in the country built over, which seems to be something here everyone wants for some bonkers reason. If you want to live in a concrete jungle that is fine, I and many others don't. I moved out of Manchester because I hated it there.

Scale issue here: if "everywhere in the country" were build up to the population density of Manchester city, the UK would house 1.2 billion people.

I'm fairly confident there are not 1.2 billion people who currently want to live in the UK.

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Re:UK's elite hardware talent is being wasted by GasVeteran on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @06:04PM (#42786325)
Apparently you don't understand the concept of hyperbole.
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Re:UK's elite hardware talent is being wasted by ben_w on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:40AM (#42790152)
α) Lots of people on this topic act as if the entire world is heading to their specific country.

It's not Poe's law, but it's close: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

β) 1.2 billion demonstrates there's enough room for 90% of the UK to be completely empty at the same time as the population doubles.

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