tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4413425187073346756..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: NARROWING HORIZONS - YES, YOUR WORLD IS GETTING SMALLER...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-76641390593603907512016-10-04T14:11:57.452+01:002016-10-04T14:11:57.452+01:00I can always rely on you to miss the point, CJ - w...I can always rely on you to miss the point, CJ - which is: My town was built to accommodate Glasgow overspill. Glasgow was just too crowded and people were living on top of one another. When my town was designed, it was designed to be open and spacious so that residents didn't feel suffocated by their surroundings. In the two instances I mention in my post, they're prime examples of current planners cramming houses into spaces that are really too small for them, eating up play-fields and grassy areas that kids play in. The result of this is that an even greater number of kids (as a result of more houses) have fewer places to play, and the whole neighbourhood becomes over-populated and suffocating, which detracts from the overall living experience of the entire populace. More people might have houses to live in, but the quality of their lives is less than it could be, in my view. In effect, these areas become overcrowded ghettos of a sort, where you can't turn around and see a bit of green or blue. Unless one looks directly up or down that is. Of course, there's also the nostalgic aspect of me deploring things being different to what I knew in my day, but hey - what do you expect on a nostalgia blog?!<br /><br />******<br /><br />I CAN understand why they build within the towns, PM, and thereby eat up pleasant areas of greenery that provide an oasis of open space amidst the concrete structures. It's because our 'masters' realize that it's inevitable that greenbelt areas around the towns will eventually HAVE to be built on, but they're trying to delay the process by using any green (or brown) areas within those towns. As I said (and as you know), new towns in Scotland were built to accommodate Glasgow's (and other cities') overspill, but the way they're becoming overcrowded, more new towns will eventually be needed to house the overspill from the new towns. And then, one day, it will begin again. Catch 22, eh? Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-46222299369023841402016-10-04T13:50:09.074+01:002016-10-04T13:50:09.074+01:00A few of my old homes wouldn't have existed if...A few of my old homes wouldn't have existed if fields etc hadn't vanished or areas having been built on, so I can't really complain about that happening now. What does annoy me is when homes (in particular my old homes) in some cases have been run down by the current residents when they are not looking after the houses or they are vandalised (a modern plague it seems). Saying that I don’t have that "link" to my old homes that you have , the few times I have revisited some of them I have felt they were so much "smaller" than I remember (as has the surrounding area) probably as I recall the houses being larger as I was obviously a kid back then. Some of the my previous homes I liked the house, but wasn't that keen on the town / village etc that it was in (being too small – I’m a city boy at heart) so in those cases I was happy to leave the bricks and mortar but can still recall nice memories. I must say that I never understand why in Central Scotland in particular we build so extensively in our existing towns/ cities themselves (like EK) where there is more room around the borders of them (and not all are greenbelt areas).paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982725171182221096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-60151328666429434302016-10-04T13:49:43.403+01:002016-10-04T13:49:43.403+01:00Kid, isn't that just a "nimby" attit...Kid, isn't that just a "nimby" attitude ? You've got a house to live in so why shouldn't other people ? People have to live somewhere. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com