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The village of Bournville in Birmingham was created for this very purpose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville It
by maxehmookau 3y ago
The village of Bournville in Birmingham was created for this very purpose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournville
It didn't go quite as planned now though. The factory is owned by a US multinational and most of the homes are underoccupied and overpriced.
- krisoft 3y ago> It didn't go quite as planned now though. It also doesn't sound like it went too badly either. Quote from the wiki page you linked: Bournville is known as one of the most desirable areas to live in the UK; research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2003 found that it was "one of the nicest places to live in Britain".
- maxehmookau 3y agoOh, don't get me wrong, it's beautiful. (I live very nearby). But it's definitely not a village with affordable housing for the local factory workers. It's a pretty village where rich people live, and aspiring rich people want to live. It went _well_, just not as planned...
- blitzar 3y agoIt went as planned, the rest of the Country went down the toilet.
- _Wintermute 3y agoThe UK is full of nice places where people can't afford to live. I don't see how this is any different.