Is this the future for Britain?

[gnvqsos]

The most densely populated area in Britain lies within the M25,it is also the most affluent.This is repeated in Manhattan,Hong Kong and in Shanghai.By contrast the poorest area globally must be Antarctica also sparsely populated.It is hard to make inferences about living standards from population density,but there are links to xenophobic attitudes.

[jfish1936]

Don't forget the "habitability" of the land area.

Australia is an uncrowded country by land area, but so much of it has very poor water supply; so the population are crowded into East and West coastal strips.

 

It surprises many Australians who visit Britain to see many areas of low population -- admittedly, outside major cities!

Rural Norfolk and rural Yorkshire are two that have produced surprised reactions from Aussie friends and relatives.

[SAAB_]

Our country is nowhere near 'massively overcrowded'. If your fervid imagination makes you believe that this is the case, perhaps you need to emigrate.

Maybe you could try Iran. Lovely people the Iranians.

 

Iran is full of dangerous nutters. I know ive been but back on topic i agree, Britain is no where near as over crowded as Japan.

Besides, can you imagine a carriage full of brits all squashed up like that?

There'd be mass brawling inside 30 seconds.

Either that or the train simply wouldnt turn up in the first place.

[Lockjaw]

The most densely populated area in Britain lies within the M25,it is also the most affluent.This is repeated in Manhattan,Hong Kong and in Shanghai.By contrast the poorest area globally must be Antarctica also sparsely populated.It is hard to make inferences about living standards from population density,but there are links to xenophobic attitudes.

 

Don't normally do this but:

 

Great post!

 

 

 

And, since I'm going out of character for a bit:

[gnvqsos]

Don't forget the "habitability" of the land area.

Australia is an uncrowded country by land area, but so much of it has very poor water supply; so the population are crowded into East and West coastal strips.

 

It surprises many Australians who visit Britain to see many areas of low population -- admittedly, outside major cities!

Rural Norfolk and rural Yorkshire are two that have produced surprised reactions from Aussie friends and relatives.

 

Australia is the most urbanised nation in the world.

[MrSmith]

The most densely populated area in Britain lies within the M25,it is also the most affluent.This is repeated in Manhattan,Hong Kong and in Shanghai.By contrast the poorest area globally must be Antarctica also sparsely populated.It is hard to make inferences about living standards from population density,but there are links to xenophobic attitudes.

 

It’s nothing to do with wealth and everything to do with sustainability, the population of London can only survive because of the exploitation of recourses from outside London. London’s population would need half of the UK to be self sufficient. The UK population needs the combined recourses of France and Germany to be self sufficient. The population of earth needs another two earths to be sustainable at our current level of consumption, the world’s population is still growing and consumption still increasing, I don’t think we are close to exploiting the resources of other worlds, so I guess at some point we will simply run out of many of the things we take for granted.

 

 

The world's richest countries, based on gross domestic product (PPP) per capita 2008-2012

Singapore tops the list but the other most densely populated countries don't feature near the top of the list, so wealth and population density don't appear to be linked. It’s more likely that wealth attracts people, rather than density of people creating wealth.

 

Then there’s the wealth gap which will be significantly higher in London than the rest of the UK. Population density and wealth hasn’t reduced poverty.

 

 

Income and wealth inequality.

London, and Inner London in particular, is more unequal than any other region of England. In Inner London, 17% of people live in the poorest tenth of households in the country and 18% live in the richest tenth.

 

The richest tenth of London households by income account for 40% of all income. This is more than twice as much as the entire bottom half of households.

 

But differences by wealth are more striking still. The richest 10% in terms of financial wealth account for two-thirds of all such wealth in London. The bottom half effectively account for none of the financial wealth in the capital.

 

Income Inequality and Poverty in Singapore

Whoever said that a rising tide lifts all boats obviously wasn't referring to Singapore. As the country became richer, the wealth did not spread equitably to all its people. The poor in society were firmly anchored to the bottom while the richest floated with fabulous wealth.

 

Singapore Has The Highest Income Inequality Compared to the OECD Countries

 

Urban neighbourhoods with high deprivation, population density and inequality found to have higher rates of schizophrenia

 

New research suggests that higher rates of schizophrenia in urban areas can be attributed to increased deprivation, increased population density and an increase in inequality within a neighbourhood. The study published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, was led by the University of Cambridge in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London, and supported by the Wellcome Trust and NIHR.

[gnvqsos]

It’s nothing to do with wealth and everything to do with sustainability, the population of London can only survive because of the exploitation of recourses from outside London. London’s population would need half of the UK to be self sufficient. The UK population needs the combined recourses of France and Germany to be self sufficient. The population of earth needs another two earths to be sustainable at our current level of consumption, the world’s population is still growing and consumption still increasing, I don’t think we are close to exploiting the resources of other worlds, so I guess at some point we will simply run out of many of the things we take for granted.

 

 

The world's richest countries, based on gross domestic product (PPP) per capita 2008-2012

Singapore tops the list but the other most densely populated countries don't feature near the top of the list, so wealth and population density don't appear to be linked. It’s more likely that wealth attracts people, rather than density of people creating wealth.

 

Then there’s the wealth gap which will be significantly higher in London than the rest of the UK. Population density and wealth hasn’t reduced poverty.

 

 

Income and wealth inequality.

London, and Inner London in particular, is more unequal than any other region of England. In Inner London, 17% of people live in the poorest tenth of households in the country and 18% live in the richest tenth.

 

The richest tenth of London households by income account for 40% of all income. This is more than twice as much as the entire bottom half of households.

 

But differences by wealth are more striking still. The richest 10% in terms of financial wealth account for two-thirds of all such wealth in London. The bottom half effectively account for none of the financial wealth in the capital.

 

Income Inequality and Poverty in Singapore

Whoever said that a rising tide lifts all boats obviously wasn't referring to Singapore. As the country became richer, the wealth did not spread equitably to all its people. The poor in society were firmly anchored to the bottom while the richest floated with fabulous wealth.

 

Singapore Has The Highest Income Inequality Compared to the OECD Countries

 

Urban neighbourhoods with high deprivation, population density and inequality found to have higher rates of schizophrenia

 

New research suggests that higher rates of schizophrenia in urban areas can be attributed to increased deprivation, increased population density and an increase in inequality within a neighbourhood. The study published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, was led by the University of Cambridge in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London, and supported by the Wellcome Trust and NIHR.

 

 

Copy and pate,copy and ,copy ......

[MrSmith]

Copy and pate,copy and ,copy ......

 

Correcting you with links and the key points copied and pasted was the most appropriate way to construct the post.

[Happ Hazzard]

I miss the kind of pastoral society that we had in the past. I wish it could be that way again.

[melthebell]

ooh a thread of crap to try and prop up some warped view on immigration as usual