Interest rates and Inflation

And that's exactly why it's an opinion, not a fact.



Yet some of the most densely-populated parts of the country are amongst the most expensive to live, while some of the most sparsely populated are amongst the cheapest...

Local authority areas by population density...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population_density
UK average - 281/km2... That would put it at the 225th densest in England out of 317, 251st in UK out of 371 - Most average? Fife, exactly the same. Or Basingstoke & Deane in England.
English average - 432/km2... 195th out of 317, equal with Maidstone in Kent or Tendring in Essex (Clacton, Harwich, Frinton, Brightlingsea).

The UK is not exactly overcrowded.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41901294

But your fellow forumites don't even agree with me that having more space per person is a good thing. Where is the evidence of that they cry?

When I point out such a thing comes down to core belief I'm then further attacked for not prefacing my comments with "I think that...". Such a preface is clear for all comments from all forumites unless stated otherwise. 

Regarding your drawbridge comments, that along with changes to planning law and incentives to keep your family size modest might all feed into the solution but right now nobody here agrees with me that there are too many people and probably enough houses already.

Well personally, I'm a country lad at heart. Was bought up there. then spent quite a lot of time in London (around 20+ years). Before moving elsewhere. My heart though has always been to be out with boots on my feet and hills in my eyes and heart. Or out on my bike, out in the countryside and hills. I'd also like to be able to walk out my front door every night and see the beauty of a night sky without light pollution. Like I could as a kid, and still can when I am back at the family home. Actually, more importantly than that, I'd like every young kid that is around today to experience that, so that they can appreciate the sheer joy and wonder that comes from looking up at a clear milky way.

So from that angle I would love 'less people, less houses'. But if I was to express that as a belief of what we should be doing, as a 'rage against the machine', without saying how I would get to that: well that would be me just exhibiting a child like naivety and frankly self indulgence. 

So no, I wouldn't "criticise" anyone for saying they "believe" there are too many houses and too many people. But doing so while failing to say what they propose as practical alternatives is an act of wishful thinking. It is kind of a nice and comforting statement, while entirely skirting around the idea of how you do it: geronticide anyone ?  forcible removable of (largely old) people from houses larger than they need, to smaller ones to free up multi room housing stock ? Deportation ? provide incentives for people to have fewer kids to take the reproductive rate even lower behind the replacement rate ? foreign spouses of UK citizens to not have rights to UK residency (even when 'with' their spouse) ? likewise their offspring whether born in the UK or not ? 

And then of course have a vision how the significantly changed demographic can reasonably function economically compared to how it does currently. 

Anybody ever watch Logans Run?
Would take brave politician to back the theory but would solve a lot of problems.

You are of course correct that they don't qualify to have "UK Residency" status. They are of course though - in the vast majority of cases - able to legally be resident in the UK. So for the purposes of UK population/head count it amounts to the same thing. There is also of course then a route to UK citizenship should they so wish. 

Criticism is not the same as an attack. But I am sorry you feel that I did attack you. To prevent that happening going forwards I'll simply try to avoid responding to you.