4 ms·
> Gallup, a pollster, estimated in 2013 that ... 42m would move to Britain. That's about 5 London's. Where would these people live? Will cities magically appea
by 21 9y ago
> Gallup, a pollster, estimated in 2013 that ... 42m would move to Britain.
That's about 5 London's. Where would these people live? Will cities magically appear from the ground?
UK favellas?
- ben_w 9y agoI imagine the migrants would get paid by other migrants to build the hypothetical cities. That is the way literally every US city happened after all — well, migrants or their descendants.
- fche 9y agoThere's a bit of a chicken & egg problem there - if the immigrants come in a giant burst, they won't have any money to pay for new cities with.
- programmarchy 9y agoThen why aren't the migrants doing that in the places they live now?