Mollerade

What to do with the ever expanding human population and the decrease in rural UK land.

I have no statistics to back these arguments up. However i would like to express them in order to spark a discussion.The world’s population is climbing and there is no sign of it stopping. It worries me to think that the continued urbanization of the UK will never stop until the whole of the country is mixed with concrete. If you go about encroaching on green belt land, the next generation will too. If you don’t set a line and say no further, nor must the future generations. Eventually all that is green and pleasant may only be pleasant. If we seek to protect our countryside and wildlife, then we must not build out, but up. Would it not be better to live on the 109th floor of a super tower and still be able to ride your bike in open fields, ride a horse, walk a dog, run, and play football? Or do you prefer your children or grandchildren to all own a house with a garden 10 foot by 10 foot with a small park nearby that serves the local half million. Building up is expensive, but it’s also very difficult because the government or local councils prevent it from happening. I own a terraced house in south London. It has a small garden too. I love it, but I’d like to add another room to my house, and that would mean extending. Alternatively i could buy a new build house next to open fields for less.. Why? It should be more expensive to buy in the countryside then the city. All this supposes that people in fact want to keep their countryside, which may not be correct. Perhaps people want to live in perpetual urban landscape with parks dotted around the concrete. The choice is ours.