Submitted 22 hours ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
I’ve noticed this in the town I grew up.
They’ve recently added on three housing developments at the edge of the town. There’s no local shops. No pub. No pedestrian or cycle routes to connect it to anything. No schools, community halls, doctors surgeries.
No town planning whatsoever. You buy a house and are expected to just exist in it.
it’s more you’re expected to buy a car to get to the only pub in the tri-metro area which is itself owned by one of two large corporations who control the entire market. what’s that? you don’t like the idea of dedicating 1/3 of your income or more to being a motor vehicle owner? well, there’s always bootstraps.
suburbanism isn’t the only shitty american thing you guys have imported from us as of late but it’s probably one of the more starkly visible ones.
i’m frankly surprised either of our nations have made it this long. the anglosphere is cooked, man.
Naich@lemmings.world 20 hours ago
Developers will promise anything to build houses, and deliver nothing until forced to do so. Playgrounds don’t make them money.