The most obvious place for a new mega city: Bournemouth. No brainer. Great vibe. Best weather in the UK. Airport. 1:45 train to London. Hit the beach after work. Limited existing architectural value so you can smash it all down & stick a million people there. Do it.
Bournemouth is a buzzing, creative place. There is so much happening, a real entrepreneurial spirit and so much potential. Plus, the best writing festival in the world too 😆
So justification is travel time/distance to London? On that basis it's perpetual reinforcement of divide from SE to rest of the country
For the Gazans perhaps.
Couldn’t agree more. Loved your talk at Balliol last week btw. 👍
I moved to Bournemouth to get away from the big city. Build a megacity in Clacton and give them something proper to moan about. 😜😁
I can think of a few options in Australia
For me the more miles from the South ( well London anyway) the better.
I mean, Bournemouth needs investment big time, but also please don't ruin my hometown
Tee hee
What about the north?! Make it Blackpool, with all the advantages of Bournemouth plus it's not near London.
Don't be daft. This Government prefers to cover prime agricultural land with housing and solar panels.
Hi, an American here, sounds nice, we’d like to buy it.
Traffic is a disaster plus you can only go in 3 directions unless you have boat.
Somewhere further north will probably sell a boat to Bournemouth
Not sure the rich people in Sanbanks or talbot would be too happy…but then, it’s already been kicked out of Hampshire so why not?
Or maybe just off the coast of Bournemouth. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Well one of the mega solar farms Milliband approved within days of getting in is mostly below sea level so I guess some of these new towns will be.
Nah, flatten Great Yarmouth and let Nelson city rise from the ashes.
What and bring down the value of housing
Nooooo! I like Bournemouth.
Bournemouth looks like it needs a Trumpover.
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New Ferndown...
And it’s now in Dorset!
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Hi Dan, have you swallowed a Trump digestive biscuit! 😂
Nooooo Bournemouth is beautiful. They are already building hundreds of horrible red boxes in the area . Definitely don’t need any more 😱
Don’t tell Donald
Having been there recently for the first time, looked around and gone “is this it?”, I firmly agree.
Decent football team also.
Been there recently and has definitely gone down hill especially the town centre. Desperately needs to be more Brighton. Needs nice gay people and young creatives to move there and open some cool independent shops, restaurants and cafes.
Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch all one massive sprawl now anyway. If a new mega city needs building start from scratch, building suitable sawage, houses with solar, near a main line train rail, schools, health centres and a hospital. Build for the future rather than sticking plaster solutions.