Suppose HS2 was cancelled
Discussion
Not looking good for the project:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66352286
Will they carry on regardless or quietly cut their losses, sunk cost fallacy etc...?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66352286
Will they carry on regardless or quietly cut their losses, sunk cost fallacy etc...?
popeyewhite said:
That's been quoted a little earlier but aligns with my belief as an interested observer.Condi said:
Many people said they should have, for exactly this reason!
NIMBY-ism is a massive problem in the UK, it's hugely negatively affecting the supply of housing as well, and as you say, drives up costs for everything.
I agree, there are a few reasons:NIMBY-ism is a massive problem in the UK, it's hugely negatively affecting the supply of housing as well, and as you say, drives up costs for everything.
dense population in some areas
unsympathetic development where an area is covered in buildings which don't blend in (A5 corridor a great example) or "prospective construction" like the Banbury junction warehouses, similar in Worcester at junction six
housing estates build with no requirement to provide the resulting amenties such as schools, healthcare etc
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