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"Cast_Iron" wrote in message
... Mikael Armstrong wrote: "Cast_Iron" wrote in message ... Mikael Armstrong wrote: "Robin May" wrote in message .4... Living many miles away from where you work and having to travel a long distance to get there is something that should be discouraged. Not encouraged so that the rich can buy another castle and leave it empty for most of the year. Very true, so why not let people build a few more houses in such areas? The main problem is the lack of supply that is driving up the prices. errrr, no. The only thing driving up house prices is greed. So why do we not have the same situation with cars? Cars themselves can be bought for less now than ever in real terms. This is due to the fact that there is far greater supply so people buying cars can shop around for a good deal. The laws of supply and demand will always work things out, and in the housing market, the market is artificially being held high by restricting supply. If you were to take note of news broadcasts you would have noticed that the present government took action to force down the price of cars. Another part of the reason is that houses last considerably longer than cars generally speaking. But just for the hell of it, see what price you would have to pay for a Mk1 Cortina now, it will be significantly above it price when new. The government action to reduce the price of cars has not really made much difference. Cars are still even cheaper in other EU countries. The main reduction in price of cars between now and 20 years ago has been increased competition in the market, increased efficiency in car production and fewer trade restrictions. Thankfully we have a far greater choice these days and don't have to buy Mk1 Cortinas. People who wish to buy "classic cars" are obviously free to do so. |
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"Oliver Keating" wrote in
message The richest people in this country are Estate agents and Lawyers, and they get rich by screwing other people. That's complete tosh -- just how many of the richest 500 people in the country are estate agents or lawyers? I suspect not one of the top 500 is an estate agent, and any lawyers in that group probably got that rich in some other occupation. And by what definition do either of these professions get rich by "screwing other people" -- they provide a service that those people are apparently prepared to pay for in a free market, which is more than is true of the average denizen of a university (including Imperial College). And before you start a socialist rant against me, I am not an estate agent or lawyer, have done very little to enrich either profession, don't have a second home and do have a master's degree from IC. |
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"JNugent" wrote the following
in: wrote: Greg Hennessy wrote: [ ... ] If you were to believe the CPRE, the SE is currently like downtown Hong Hong during the rush hour, when the reality is that approximately 15% of the land within 1 hours commute of charring cross is built on. A one hour commute by your favoured mode is only about ten miles at most. Are you suggesting that there are open fields within that area? A one hour journey by car can take one (easily) up to 60 miles (probably not a lot more, unless one lives adjacent to a motorway interchange). You'll have to travel a fair distance from Charing Cross before you can do anything more than 30mph and even that is pretty ambitious as an average speed, especially considering the fact that you'll face congestion and a lot of traffic lights. I'd be absolutely amazed if you could travel as much as 60 miles. Even half that seems optimistic. So what are you talking about? More to the point, what are you talking about? -- message by Robin May, but you can call me Mr Smith. Enjoy the Routemaster while you still can. "Handlebar catch and nipple." |
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The richest people in this country are Estate agents and Lawyers, and they
get rich by screwing other people. Can you count prostitutes in that description? |
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Besides, houses are a form of investment, which is only accessible to the
very rich. Not at all. Easy thing to do is rent a cheap flat to live in, buy a small house that's run down, do all the work on it yourself, rent it out, buy a slightly larger one... etc... etc... |
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"Tim S Kemp" wrote the following in:
The richest people in this country are Estate agents and Lawyers, and they get rich by screwing other people. Can you count prostitutes in that description? They don't usually get rich, do they? -- message by Robin May, but you can call me Mr Smith. Enjoy the Routemaster while you still can. "Handlebar catch and nipple." |
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