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Originally Posted by Osem
So we build a gazillion new homes in London for more people to live in and still noboday has anything to say about when enough is enough for the infrastructure London relies upon. Not just transport, but stuff like sewers, utilities, schools, hospitals etc.
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Well London already need a gazillion new homes which aren't being built. It is depressing the amount of times I see a new housing development only to find out upon a quick Google it's aimed at the high end of the market. There was a case a few years ago, repeated elsewhere, where a new development didn't have a UK marketing office. It was aimed purely at China and other foreign investors. That is the bigger problem.
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New migrants may well not own cars but anyone who seriously believes that they aspire to build new lives here, have families etc. yet not own cars is living in cloud cuckoo land. Taking kids anywhere on public transport costs a fortune.
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If you live in London, zone 4 or closer especially, owning a car would be a unneeded expense. However I would say the demographic of immigrants in London differs from elsewhere. It's likely to be a very transient population who come and go. People tend to come down from elsewhere in the UK, or the world, for a decade or so before leaving again. People who start families tend to leave as well.
I don't think London suffers the same issues as the rest of the country. It faces different problems and it almost has to be treated differently. What is good for London may not be what is good for the UK and what is good for the UK may well not be good for London. Immigration is one of those issues, housing is another.