thomasforth

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   by thomasforth 2y ago

   I don't think this is right. Secondary cities in Britain are consistently more positive about development than London. I give the example in the piece of Leeds voting to expand its airport and how this was blocked by the UK government.
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   by thomasforth 2y ago

   "It's funny reading these articles from people who haven't grew up poor, in the north, never seen a council estate, or the way of life". I didn't grow up poor, but I did grow up in the North, went to the local compr
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   by thomasforth 2y ago

   Not a typo I'm afraid. East Germany's economy overtook North England's economy in 2010. Excluding Berlin, East Germany's economy overtook North England's economy in 2013. Every East German large city (Berlin, Dresde
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   by thomasforth 2y ago

   In my comparisons with the Netherlands I explore this in detail. The centre of the Netherlands' main urban region is a six metre below sea level swamp that the Dutch never have and never will build on and which is just as much of an ob
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   by thomasforth 2y ago

   I agree it sounds odd. It's a phrase I've moved to using after fifteen years of being shouted at for using other phrases. North England, while sounding a bit odd, generates much fewer rage replies than other formulations. There&#x
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   by thomasforth 2y ago

   Thanks for reading. For my precise work on the hyper-local angle you're asking after I did this analysis of Greater Manchester when I lived there in 2018 and it holds up really well. https://www.tomforth.co.uk/inequalit