I Don’T Want To Hijack Mikey's Earlier Thread

[Bigbad]

but as the countryside and green belt have been mentioned, I thought I would start a new one as it is a subject that concerns me greatly.

We are constantly being told of the need to build more houses, but where does it stop?
Villages are now becoming towns and suburbs are now ‘joining up’ with cities.

Many of us choose to live in the countryside, and look out of our windows at fields, but will we end up looking at housing developments in the future?

One of the villages I drive through has houses on one side of the road, and fields on the other, but those fields are now being turned into a housing development.
My previous house was chosen because it backed on to a country lane with fields beyond. I believe these fields are also earmarked for development.

Other villages and market towns that I pass through have placards up with things like “say no to more houses in our village”.

So what are the reasons that we need more houses? I do of course, have my own opinions, but will wait and see what others say.

[Svejk]

I agree with jack. You must all be waaycists. How on earth can a yearly 650,000 immigrants have any bearing on the housing shortage.

[tamborine]

Bigbad, my house nr LHR was rural, where sheep & cattle were driven along the street to market. No more livestock on hoof on streets due to motorways & ever expanding airport.

Even the Thames has diversions (flooding villages in inclement weather) for populace pleasure. Ive noticed an absence of wild birds (only 2 magpies today) due to foul prey/phone masts/helicopters & ...kin constant fireworks.

[Hypognosis]

I think what housing developers hate most about council housing is that, if they are not allowed to be sold, at a later date, they don't feed into the housing ponzi scheme.

It's a good job these migrants are all doctors and engineers because that means they can whip together a deposit in just a handful of years and the developers won't have their profits crushed by having to churn out hundreds of thousands of low-profit council houses. Yes, actual hard work, for a change.

[Svejk]

^ It just shows how clever the immigrants are, doesn't it.
It's hard enough to become a doctor or obtain an engineering degree when you can read and write.

[Bigbad]

It was very remiss of me not to mention wildlife, tamborine. Especially as I enjoy seeing all the creatures that visit my garden.
A bit hard to see through 'the red mist' when the subject of immigrants comes up!

[Hypognosis]

@Svejk

//It's hard enough to become a doctor or obtain an engineering degree when you can read and write.//

You've embedded meaning in that which I am unable to fathom. Unless you're trying to paint *all* immigrants as illiterate chancers.

I'm not qualified in medicine or engineering, nor can I understand Arabic, so I'm going to be shoved right to the back of the jobs queue. That said, I can make out which letter is which but that's no good for anything beyond deciphering place names.

[Svejk]

It was supposed to be a joke. (with an edge)

[Hypognosis]

@Svejk

My initial comment was already slyly sarcastic so I guess I wasn't ready for humour which wasn't obviously responding to that.

I'll pay more attention, next time. :0)