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In the UK, and it sounds like San Fran too, there are lots of special-interest-inspired laws making building new housing difficult. In Singapore, unlike many o
by tehwalrus 13y ago
In the UK, and it sounds like San Fran too, there are lots of special-interest-inspired laws making building new housing difficult.
In Singapore, unlike many other countries where people think they're out of space (including the UK), they may well be really running out of space - I believe there are similar problems in Hong Kong.
- gaius 13y agoYou mean like the green belt? Once various plans to rebalance the economy away from London come to fruition (e.g. HS2) things will return to normal.
- tehwalrus 13y agoLOL. Train lines connecting places to the capital just cause the capital to grow further[1]. New high speed lines between Manchester and Sheffield, and up from each to Glasgow and Edinburgh would help rebalance the economy as you suggest. But they're not planned for decades. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-stone-unturned-in-pursuit-of-growth https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/no-stone-unturned... and/or http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20142837 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20142837 - "The Heseltine Review" isn't a primary source of evidence for this assertion, but it's through this coverage that I learned of these ideas.