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It's a reasonable concern, but I don't think that LTNs are a major driving factor in the challenge to find affordable places to live (in London or elsewhere). I mean what a miserable situation we must be in if the response to improvements in the public realm are "please don't make it nice, otherwise I won't be able to live here any more". Bleak.
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I don't think that LTNs are a major driving factor in the challenge to find affordable places to live
Yeah, I'm wondering how much they do affect the price. Not as damaging as replacing actually affordable and social housing I guess.
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please don't make it nice, otherwise I won't be able to live here any more
Yeah, though I guess gentrified areas lose more than just the crime rate.
It's an discussion thats pretty removed from LTNs I suppose.
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It's a reasonable concern, but I don't think that LTNs are a major driving factor in the challenge to find affordable places to live (in London or elsewhere).
Well, filtering increases house prices. You can have a debate about how much it contributes, but it certainly does.
I mean what a miserable situation we must be in if the response to improvements in the public realm are "please don't make it nice, otherwise I won't be able to live here any more". Bleak.
I'm afraid that worry is a lived reality for a lot of people. I've seen it happening in Hackney over the last 20 years and I've seen dozens of people I know priced out of it. Obviously, it mainly happens to people renting and people who want to buy a flat or house, but they generally have to move further out.
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Yeah, I don't buy the ghettoistion in already wealthy areas thing (also feels like a weird term to use for privileged segregation)
It was more on the point of people living hand to mouth getting priced out of rentals because an area is getting 'nicer'
And rent regulations are lacking.