Making reasonably priced housing a distant prospect | Property

Your piece on “reasonably priced commuter hotspots” was a welcome reminder that, in Britain, affordability is now a theoretical idea finest noticed from a transferring prepare (Revealed: the brand new reasonably priced commuter hotspots in Nice Britain, 7 March). Solely right here may a home turn into “reasonably priced” the second you connect a season ticket priced like a minor surgical process. It’s the type of logic that will make sense solely to somebody who has by no means tried both.

We’ve quietly accepted that the answer to unaffordable housing is … distance. Not constructing properties, not reforming planning, simply encouraging folks to reside far sufficient away that the numbers look respectable on a spreadsheet. The cities newly topped as “reasonably priced” are merely the newest recipients of metropolitan overflow, rewarded with extra commuters and none of the infrastructure.

A extra correct headline may need been: “The place to reside should you get pleasure from trains greater than your private home.” Not less than it might be sincere.Richard EltringhamLeicester

As a resident of Bamford, within the Peak District, I really feel a way of satisfaction and smugness that you simply featured our village in your venerable organ final Saturday. Nonetheless, there may be one important draw back that you simply did not warn potential patrons about. On each effective weekend and financial institution vacation they are going to be subjected to a remorseless barrage of noise from motorcyclists who appear to suppose that all of us need to hear the deafening din of their petrol beasts and use our village as a race monitor. I lengthy for the day when all motorbikes need to be electrical (and in consequence, 90% of as we speak’s bikers promote their bikes and do one thing else, hopefully quieter, as a substitute).Title and deal with provided

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