London Banter - View Single Post - Zone 6 conquers ten further Southern stations

Colin Rosenstiel · November 13th 05, 05:37 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Martin Underwood) wrote:

You'd think that it would make sense for the boundaries between one
"county" and another to be moved from time to time to take account of
any urban sprawl of a city on the boundary, so as always to avoid
splitting that city. The conurbation of Reading is split between
Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham, when it would be much better
for the boundary to be moved so it runs through sparsely-populated
areas between Reading and the surrounding villages. Likewise for
London - though where you (literally!) draw the line between London
and its surroundings is a more difficult one!

A British obsession that will never work. There are no clear boundaries
between conurbations as you seem to think.

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Colin Rosenstiel