Progress

[miniman]

God only knows where this should go...

We moved to Sussex in 1979 and at the bottom of the road was a small lane leading up through the fields to a big country house. It was the scene of many walks, bike crashes and probably the odd illicit smoke over the years. Went back there this weekend for the first time in a while - our insatiable demand for housing in the South East has been at work. What a difference 30 years make. I'm both the one on the blue trike, and the one pushing the pram.

1980

1980 by binaryimage, on Flickr

2010

2010 by binaryimage, on Flickr

Quite sad but I guess that's progress for you.

[308mate]

If it's bothering you that much, just buy a bigger trike? They make them quite big now.

[thepawbroon]

Worst "my kid has a really posh pram" thread, ever

[RemaL]

cracking to see and I spot the same pot hole or it it me?

[Jem0911]

Pretty soon there will be no space left.
I yearn for country and space but every village near me is constantly being developed.
Shame really.
I went to look at a 'four' bedroom house that was basically the old garage for a lovely village house. It was minisqule and had no space as it was in the 'old' garden. £425000!!!
It won't stop though, as you say it's progress.

[RemaL]

thepawbroon said:

Worst "my kid has a really posh nan" thread, ever

better

[gareth.e]

I love how the path hasnt changed :P

[miniman]

It's never been resurfaced in the last 30 years although the builders have ripped up a fairly big section.

The lane by binaryimage, on Flickr

Edited by miniman on Tuesday 12th October 21:02

[Mars]

Jem0911 said:

Pretty soon there will be no space left.
I yearn for country and space but every village near me is constantly being developed.
Shame really.
I went to look at a 'four' bedroom house that was basically the old garage for a lovely village house. It was minisqule and had no space as it was in the 'old' garden. £425000!!!
It won't stop though, as you say it's progress.

There's loads of space in the UK.

[miniman]

Mars said:

Jem0911 said:

Pretty soon there will be no space left.
I yearn for country and space but every village near me is constantly being developed.
Shame really.
I went to look at a 'four' bedroom house that was basically the old garage for a lovely village house. It was minisqule and had no space as it was in the 'old' garden. £425000!!!
It won't stop though, as you say it's progress.

There's loads of space in the UK.

There is, sadly we seem intent on building over every square inch in the South East. Easy to argue, of course, that this is preferable to building over the remaining untouched areas and as someone who lives in Wiltshire I can see the attraction.

[V8mate]

Jem0911 said:

... minisqule ...

Awesome. That is genuinely better than the original ever could have been.

I'm going to petition the OED to change to that spelling.

Genuinely the best improvement on a word. Ever.

[Mars]

miniman said:

Mars said:

Jem0911 said:

Pretty soon there will be no space left.
I yearn for country and space but every village near me is constantly being developed.
Shame really.
I went to look at a 'four' bedroom house that was basically the old garage for a lovely village house. It was minisqule and had no space as it was in the 'old' garden. £425000!!!
It won't stop though, as you say it's progress.

There's loads of space in the UK.

There is, sadly we seem intent on building over every square inch in the South East. Easy to argue, of course, that this is preferable to building over the remaining untouched areas and as someone who lives in Wiltshire I can see the attraction.

I've often wondered whether there's any *specific* attraction, other than economic, that draws people to the South East. I mean, if a govt was commited enough, they could build roads to make Wales more accessible (for example), ensure there's adequate networking and services to regions, and build centres of business that would hold genuine attraction for businesses.

Would people start to move away from London and the SE? What would it take apart from a catestrophic disaster visited upon London? In fact, I've often wondered how the future would pan out if London was flooded beyond repair.