I agree in a lot of ways. I've kind of dramatised the point for clarity. I live in London, out in Zone 6. In some ways it's the best of both worlds, but often

I agree in a lot of ways. I've kind of dramatised the point for clarity. I live in London, out in Zone 6. In some ways it's the best of both worlds, but often it feels daft that I don't just live in the actual countryside. (I previously lived in Z1/2 - great for 'doing stuff', but it had me feeling like a farm animal fairly rapidly). There is indeed lots of green space, within the city and outside of the city. But it's still a city. It's almost completely manmade, there's pollution or at least distraction everywhere (billboards, vehicle noise and fumes, people). It doesn't appeal to everyone, and the idea that it's the 'way forward' I find quite obscene. We should be giving people the choice. There are lots of parts of living in the city I enjoy, and lots of parts of living in the country that I enjoy, and I think we should be setting up society so that people can choose their poison. Remote working would be a great start. I think the most basic issue I have is with the idea that all of the problems of cities can be solved. There's at least one which is impossible to solve - and that is the sheer number of humans and the restrictions that go along with that. I don't want to live in a street or a tower block that has 10,000 other humans in. It makes me feel like I'm in an ant farm.