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Views (cont'd): Housing supply
Sep. 6th, 2017 07:25 pmHousing is very expensive in the UK; we still rent because incurring debt many times my annual income alarms me. ( Perhaps inequality keeps many from becoming homeowners. )
Some parts of the country cannot easily support many more people: anybody trying to commute into London other than by air can testify to that. If more houses need be built elsewhere then I am inclined to support the creation of more ( cities with mixed-use neighborhoods. )
In contrast to the design of Milton Keynes I would like Britain to depend less on cars, in part for environmental and safety reasons. Sufficiently dense cities make it entirely workable to depend on foot, bicycle or public transport for most journeys and on car clubs and rental agencies for obtaining an appropriate car for one's occasional true need. Government can help to make this viable: for example, ( in regulating car insurance. )
Many other social changes are needed to enable less car travel. For instance, ( in not always having to visit doctors, colleges and workplaces in person. )
Trying to reduce travel and increase telepresence raises the specter of globalization: competing in a worldwide labor market. I suspect that there is some inevitability here that is best faced. Nonetheless, with the general liberalization of international trade, such agreements remind me ( that I favor significantly shortening the duration of intellectual property protections. )
I think that these seven recent entries on my political views have now covered a good range of policy areas. It may have been useful for me to articulate these opinions publicly, at least to throw more light on my other entries on politics, but I do not claim that these views are all sincerely held and well-justified. I am used to differing with friends and sometimes being wrong.
Some parts of the country cannot easily support many more people: anybody trying to commute into London other than by air can testify to that. If more houses need be built elsewhere then I am inclined to support the creation of more ( cities with mixed-use neighborhoods. )
In contrast to the design of Milton Keynes I would like Britain to depend less on cars, in part for environmental and safety reasons. Sufficiently dense cities make it entirely workable to depend on foot, bicycle or public transport for most journeys and on car clubs and rental agencies for obtaining an appropriate car for one's occasional true need. Government can help to make this viable: for example, ( in regulating car insurance. )
Many other social changes are needed to enable less car travel. For instance, ( in not always having to visit doctors, colleges and workplaces in person. )
Trying to reduce travel and increase telepresence raises the specter of globalization: competing in a worldwide labor market. I suspect that there is some inevitability here that is best faced. Nonetheless, with the general liberalization of international trade, such agreements remind me ( that I favor significantly shortening the duration of intellectual property protections. )
I think that these seven recent entries on my political views have now covered a good range of policy areas. It may have been useful for me to articulate these opinions publicly, at least to throw more light on my other entries on politics, but I do not claim that these views are all sincerely held and well-justified. I am used to differing with friends and sometimes being wrong.
