nowhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Stuart Rogers <stuart.rogers.clara.co.uk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>They are solving that around here ... by building "affordable" housing
>>>on most grass verges.
>>
>>Indeed. Usually alongside motorways or railways.
>
>
> *Alongside* motorways? Luxury! We used to live in a cardboard box in
> the middle of the motorway.
And shovelled the snow off the roof with your bare hands...?
>>And then using some definition of "affordable" of which I'm utterly
unaware.
>
> Believe me. Both Tony and Gordon could afford them easily.
>
> Speaking of whom, only one UK prime minister has ever been
> assassinated. I think we're due for another.
I suspect you may be attributing Mr Blur with more power than he really
has. I can't think of anything immediately relevant that I'd expect to
change if he were assassinated.
You might also want to consider that a major houseprice crash, while
good for the people who don't own houses, isn't hugely constructive for
those who have taken the plunge and are mortgaged to their ears...
anyone remember the negative equity debacle from the 80s and early 90s?
>>...and, in my area, even the very bottom end of the market is almost
>>five times that national average salary.
>
>
> I think the UK average salary is about 28k, but that doesn't help
> much.
>
Only depresses us all more...
>>>Hence 1st time housebuying age is now over 30 and most people buy
>>>jointly with either a partner or a friend.
>>
>>One of the reasons I want to buy my own house is to get away from
>>having to live with others and to be financially linked to others.
>>I'm considering possibility of buying a boat to live on - I can
>>buy one of those outright, and mooring costs are, relatively
>>speaking, peanuts.
>
>
> Not round here. Mooring costs more than the boat.
Hamble? ****t Solent?
> Mind you, my region does include the most expensive place to live in
> Europe.
> And your boat really has to be a Sunseeker (which are made here, too),
> which is way out of the league of your average Cybil Serpant.
>
Ah, Poole. I'm not sure that living in Poole mandates Sunseeker
owner****p, although it would of course be an excellent way to contribute
to the locally economy.
> [Eastleigh]
>
> I worked near Eastleigh last year.
> I wouldn't go and live there.
>
The trouble with usenet is... you never know who you might be talking
to...
-Sazz, Eastleigh resident
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