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Yeah, when I lived in the UK I was surprised by how much open space there was. The cities and towns are better designed than those of new world countries which

• hydrox24 9y ago
  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.
  • baud147258 9y ago
    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).
    • blibble 9y ago
      the UK has the green belt system to try to prevent this happening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom) if anything it's too successful
• EliRivers 9y ago
  As an aside (with apologies for sloppy definitions), I understand that the UK is about 0.1% densely built on (more than 80% of ground covered by artifical surface), and about 5.5% urban. I understand this is much, much less than people typically think, which isn't just an interesting fact; people base their opinions on development on the unchecked feeling that the UK is 50% concrete.