On 2021-03-27, TimS  wrote:
> On 27 Mar 2021 at 21:28:52 GMT, William Unruh  wrote:
>
>> On 2021-03-27, TimS  wrote:
>>>  On 27 Mar 2021 at 17:29:53 GMT, Charlie Gibbs 
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>  On 2021-03-27, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Its rather a study of mine, actually. My tentative observation  is that
>>>>>   those who advocate the purest form of Marxism are in fact simply
showing
>>>>>   a romantic fondness for the lifestyle of the hunter gatherer. Before
>>>>>   farming, before herding even, a population of at best a few million
>>>>>   lived 'in harmony with nature' lacking even the idea of 'private
>>>>>   property' let alone the hierarchies and the discipline that are
>>>>>   necessary for large numbers of people to act in unison.
>>>>
>>>>  This makes it particularly ironic that many societies that
>>>>  are appalled by Karl Marx's philosophy are adopting one of
>>>>  his fundamental tenets: the elimination of private property.
>>>>  Housing prices are climbing so fast that soon none but the
>>>>  very richest will be able to afford their own home;
>>>
>>>  In teh UK it's driven by population pressure, which has increased from 50
to
>>>  65 million in the last 50 years.
>>
>> Almost certainly because of highly restrictive housing construction
>> laws. Building 100000 additional houses a year should not be difficult,
>> unless there is nowhere to build them.
>
> Which is largely the case.
>

But there is lots of land available, and lots of already built land that
could have 2 3 4 ... story housing on it. The UK is not out of land. UK
has half the population density of Holland  England about the same as
Holland and 1/25 of Hong Kong
(although I would not push it that far).
I you want housing in London, yes, it is expensive. If you want it
inNewcastle, not so much so. Although even in London they are a lot less
than in Vancouver Can.

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