Urban regeneration for beginners

Posted by Drewster at HPC:

Lots of cities outside London north have had office->flat conversions in the bubble decade. I can think of several in Liverpool and in Bristol.

*rant*

It's completely stupid - the city-centre offices are converted into city-centre flats, but then all the jobs move to "office parks" on the outskirts of town, so city-dwellers need cars. However there's never enough parking for the new flats, and of course they're tiny inside, so people with jobs move out to the suburbs. City centre flats become slum towns; everyone becomes more car-dependent, making a mockery of the government's supposed green credentials.

A lose-lose situation.

*/rant*