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Pfft, like I have to win arguments. The world just wins them for me. :)
It's not only London and Paris, but South Manhattan, too. Mixed-use town centres, surprise, surprise, don't have the same problem.
The biggest advantage that cities have is the flexibility that arises from greater concentration and potential for specialisation. They go through boom cycles (e.g., at the moment, residential is hugely overvalued) but adjust again when the balance normalises.
I did ride through Holloway yesterday, so yes, that was probably me. About half an hour before your post?
Oliver Schick
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I remember a discussion @Oliver Schick on a forum ride about mixed use urban areas. Looking at today's vacancy rates for Canary wharf and La defense he won the argument: mixed use is better. I was Schicked many years ago.
@Oliver Schick did you ride through Holloway today? Looked like you.