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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
High Speed Rail's current plans are extremely debatable. Do you not think it more likely they'd merely enlarge the commuting area to London, and are going to be expensive anyway?
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Not if you have the City far enough away, which is why I think Manchester makes more sense than Birmingham. I certainly see the latter become a even further extension of London if there is a high speed rail between the two, it's already close enough and making it faster will make it very commutable.
Manchester on the other hand is far enough away to make it mostly impractical and expensive for a daily commute. However the speed at which London can be accessed would be a benefit to businesses. Let Manchester grow and take pressure of London.