Overcrowded UK

[Pootle]

With a strained NHS, crumbling transport system, lack of housing and the governments plan to concrete over the South East of England, when is the sensible time to admit that the country's infrastructure simply cannot and will never be able to cope with the number of people on such a densely populated island? In a 100 years time, will the population be 80 or 90 odd million? What will happen?

[ravi.ramdas.]

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[tartanwiz]

Of course Britain is overcrowded. I drive along cross-country roads every day that are as busy as city streets. Of course, many other countries are overcrowded too.

[robbieh]

Britian ISN'T overcrowded. The roads are busier than 30 years ago - but a much larger percentage of the population have cars. Just look beyond the roads at the square mile after square mile of fields around these cross country road areas and still tell me its overcrowded.

[rod]

I live in the Hampshire and I can assure you in the South we are overcrowded where do you live robbieh the Scottish highlands? -:)

[robbieh]

I also live in the south of England. It isn't anywhere being near overcrowded at all, its just busy. Unless you live in the middle of a town and don't get out much, have you failed to  see the amount of fields?!?!?

[rod]

Yes robbieh lots of fields if you build on them you end up with less fields! The south is overcrowded more houses more roads more cars more pollution the very fields they intend to build on have some of the most fertile soil in the world once built on its gone forever. The majority of southerners (I am a southerner) do not want the south ruined.

[robbieh]

If they were planning on building on 50% of the fields in the south, I would be outraged and say we were way over crowded, 25% i'd be outraged,  10% extremely worried and annoyed, 5% pretty worried but its less than 1%, thats very little. Building such a small amount is not ruining the south at all! Compare this amount to the large amount of development since 1900 for example and its a very small change that constantly gets blown out of proportion. The amount of times people say the government is tarmac or concreting over the south makes me laugh. The development of land has been hapenning for centuries, I don't think its about to change now, especially whilst theres demand for more housing. If we stop building, people will continue to complain about high house prices and then the government will be attacked for not building more houses!