Reply to: Britain now most crowded country in Europe - official

[Spacecadet]

usual daily mail tripe

Malta is the most densly populated country in Europe and will be for a long time, and they suffer from immigration on a far worse scale than we do

But Malta is a small island with only 400,000 citizens, most of whom live in and around the city of Valletta.

can be translated to:

But England is a small country with 50 million citizens, most of whom live in and around London.

[johnreid]

Aye and it'll get worse. Nae fit for purpose I'm telling ye.

[EternalOptimist]

Yep - - I've seen some recent calculations for one region and there it would take 70 years to give social housing to all those who are in the queue - old people who took part in WW2.

And half of the b@stards wern't even on our side

[tim123]

Labour built thousands of "Soviet" style tower blocks here in the UK in the 70's.

But strangely they turned in derelict crime pockets for crack whores and drug dealers.

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So, no different to the russian ones then

tim

[DimPrawn]

Are they including sheep in these calculations? What happens when you take London out of the equation? I had thought that the UK still had a high level of green space.

Yes they should take all the cities and towns out of the equation.

[lilelvis2000]

Are they including sheep in these calculations? What happens when you take London out of the equation? I had thought that the UK still had a high level of green space.

[AtW]

Even with your (their) declining birth rate?

Yep - there is still official queue of people waiting for state housing. The state is betting that these people will die out before they get house - I've seen some recent calculations for one region and there it would take 70 years to give social housing to all those who are in the queue - old people who took part in WW2.

[Troll]

What I find amusing is that in this country so many people live on such a small territory, yet most houses are 2 levels and many with gardens, yet in Russia with 10000 times more territory (or 1000 times more) people live in tower blocks of 22 storeys in Moscow and there is not enough housing there, never was and it seems never will be.

Even with your (their) declining birth rate?

[dude69]

Labour built thousands of "Soviet" style tower blocks here in the UK in the 70's.

But strangely they turned in derelict crime pockets for crack whores and drug dealers.

Another great Socialist experiment with peoples lives.

They have done up a lot of these: the key thing is to minimise the number of dwellings accessible from a given entrance, otherwise the pikiness spreads all over the entire estate.

Most of the refubs focus on gates and stopping access and movement.

[DimPrawn]

Labour built thousands of "Soviet" style tower blocks here in the UK in the 70's.

But strangely they turned in derelict crime pockets for crack whores and drug dealers.

Another great Socialist experiment with peoples lives.

[AtW]

What I find amusing is that in this country so many people live on such a small territory, yet most houses are 2 levels and many with gardens, yet in Russia with 10000 times more territory (or 1000 times more) people live in tower blocks of 22 storeys in Moscow and there is not enough housing there, never was and it seems never will be.

[DimPrawn]

Evidently a family on Incapacity Benefit would have to earn at least £12/hr each to actually end up with more money in their pockets.

No wonder we have to import millions of workers.

[Clippy]

Oi, Dim, get off my foot.

[milanbenes]

you should thank those in charge for their foresight and hope the trend continues

this is excellent for your house prices and only bodes well for your economic future

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

Good point.