▲ 105 ▼ England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/europe@feddit.de 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (2 children) On a national level there's a lot of cheap places in sparsely populated areas. Just like the US. England has some "country" but it's a much smaller percentage so city prices aren't offset as much. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] taladar@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago England also has a very unusual distribution for the population. The Greater London area is something in the order of 1/3 of the entire population alone. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) Canada is just as urbanized as the UK. The population in both countries is largely concentrated in a handful of cities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, but the uk doesn’t have the spare non urban centres. The uk is densely populated throughout, pretty much. London to Brighton is really one big city, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, but the uk doesn’t have the spare non urban centres There is plenty of space in the north of the UK, where the climate is far milder than in the immense majority of the territory in Canada. Windsor to Montreal is also really one big city. Unsurprisingly since it's one of the areas with relatively mild climate, compared to places like Nunavut. Space is not the problem. The problem is that we welcome over a million people coming to the country per year and we are not building nearly enough housing for them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* Crazy stat I heard is that 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border while at the same time the country is the 2nd largest in the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] taladar@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago England also has a very unusual distribution for the population. The Greater London area is something in the order of 1/3 of the entire population alone. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) Canada is just as urbanized as the UK. The population in both countries is largely concentrated in a handful of cities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, but the uk doesn’t have the spare non urban centres. The uk is densely populated throughout, pretty much. London to Brighton is really one big city, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, but the uk doesn’t have the spare non urban centres There is plenty of space in the north of the UK, where the climate is far milder than in the immense majority of the territory in Canada. Windsor to Montreal is also really one big city. Unsurprisingly since it's one of the areas with relatively mild climate, compared to places like Nunavut. Space is not the problem. The problem is that we welcome over a million people coming to the country per year and we are not building nearly enough housing for them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* Crazy stat I heard is that 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border while at the same time the country is the 2nd largest in the world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, but the uk doesn’t have the spare non urban centres. The uk is densely populated throughout, pretty much. London to Brighton is really one big city, for instance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, but the uk doesn’t have the spare non urban centres There is plenty of space in the north of the UK, where the climate is far milder than in the immense majority of the territory in Canada. Windsor to Montreal is also really one big city. Unsurprisingly since it's one of the areas with relatively mild climate, compared to places like Nunavut. Space is not the problem. The problem is that we welcome over a million people coming to the country per year and we are not building nearly enough housing for them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Yes, but the uk doesn’t have the spare non urban centres There is plenty of space in the north of the UK, where the climate is far milder than in the immense majority of the territory in Canada. Windsor to Montreal is also really one big city. Unsurprisingly since it's one of the areas with relatively mild climate, compared to places like Nunavut. Space is not the problem. The problem is that we welcome over a million people coming to the country per year and we are not building nearly enough housing for them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago* Crazy stat I heard is that 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border while at the same time the country is the 2nd largest in the world. permalink fedilink source parent