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> Angry man against immigration: threatens to emigrate. Bit of a weak and snarky straw man, friend. I'm absolutely not against immigration - what I am against

by an9n 5y ago

> Angry man against immigration: threatens to emigrate. Bit of a weak and snarky straw man, friend. I'm absolutely not against immigration - what I am against is immigration to the UK, and any other already overcrowded place for that matter, when it necessarily results in destruction of the environment else destruction of quality of life for the population. Pod life will be miserable (intentionally miserable?) when it comes. I agree with you on the ruling classes - who are ethnically distinct from and apparently contemptuous of the indigenous population, dating back to Norman times.

zamfi 5y ago
> what I am against is immigration to the UK, and any other already overcrowded place for that matter Ah, so you'd like emigrate...off the Earth? /s
- an9n 5y ago
  I guess people made similar wisecracks about people moving to the US (for similar reasons of liberty, QOL etc.) back in the day.
- ticviking 5y ago
  That seems an ideal solution long term. Short term I think we have to find a way to allow more sustainable small multi-polar village life happen so we don’t all crowd into the same dozen or so mega-cities on the planet
  - slyall 5y ago
    Those mega cities are a lot better for the environment than villages or suburbs.
Symbiote 5y ago
Yet you emigrated (at some point) to the Netherlands, which is even more crowded than the UK. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28977602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28977602
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- boogies 5y ago
  > Yet you emigrated (at some point) to the Netherlands, unless born there > which is even more crowded than the UK at least for now (0.37% growth vs. 0.48).
- an9n 5y ago
  Temporarily, for work, somewhat forced due to wanting to make enough money to be able to afford to buy a house in the (overpriced due to overpopulation) UK housing market, and I lived in a (relative) pod, used public transport etc. etc. But well down Sherlock for your bloodhound-like skills.
Angostura 5y ago
It'sprobably better that people emigrate to the UK with its relevatively impoverished forest cover and relieve pressure on countries with better preserved ecology. Or are you against people moving from the countryside to London too?

by an9n 5y ago

zamfi 5y ago

> what I am against is immigration to the UK, and any other already overcrowded place for that matter Ah, so you'd like emigrate...off the Earth? /s

an9n 5y ago
I guess people made similar wisecracks about people moving to the US (for similar reasons of liberty, QOL etc.) back in the day.
ticviking 5y ago
That seems an ideal solution long term. Short term I think we have to find a way to allow more sustainable small multi-polar village life happen so we don’t all crowd into the same dozen or so mega-cities on the planet
- slyall 5y ago
  Those mega cities are a lot better for the environment than villages or suburbs.

Symbiote 5y ago

Yet you emigrated (at some point) to the Netherlands, which is even more crowded than the UK. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28977602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28977602

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boogies 5y ago
> Yet you emigrated (at some point) to the Netherlands, unless born there > which is even more crowded than the UK at least for now (0.37% growth vs. 0.48).
an9n 5y ago
Temporarily, for work, somewhat forced due to wanting to make enough money to be able to afford to buy a house in the (overpriced due to overpopulation) UK housing market, and I lived in a (relative) pod, used public transport etc. etc. But well down Sherlock for your bloodhound-like skills.

Angostura 5y ago

It'sprobably better that people emigrate to the UK with its relevatively impoverished forest cover and relieve pressure on countries with better preserved ecology. Or are you against people moving from the countryside to London too?