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Looking at those videos it seems high rise residential is more clustered in the UK unlike Toronto and also in medium to high density areas not put in low density areas in suburban setting like you see in Toronto.
There are 76 UK Cities and only a handful have significant skylines, and these are usually the cities with the large populations and with a more industrial heritage.
In terms of clusters, the skylines are clustered in relation to specific areas such as parts of city centres or business districts, and the suburbs are generally on the outskirts of cities and tend to be lower density and more traditional housing and apartments rather than high density tall buildings.
As well as the city suburbs, you also have surrounding counties, such as the Home Counties next to London or Cheshire near Manchester etc, and these areas are often wealthy enclaves that act as further suburban commuter zones.
There are 76 UK Cities and only a handful have significant skylines, and these are usually the cities with the large populations and with a more industrial heritage.
In terms of clusters, the skylines are clustered in relation to specific areas such as parts of city centres or business districts, and the suburbs are generally on the outskirts of cities and tend to be lower density and more traditional housing and apartments rather than high density tall buildings.
As well as the city suburbs, you also have surrounding counties, such as the Home Counties next to London or Cheshire near Manchester etc, and these areas are often wealthy enclaves that act as further suburban commuter zones.
Toronto has lot of these high rise residential building in the suburbs with very low density housing next to mall or park most of the time these building are or next to highway or subway line.
It does not matter if it is state run today or private the fact is people make reference to these commie towers because the Soviet Union had crisis of poverty and housing shortage crisis and decided to build high rise residential than houses. The east Europe had highest high rise residential in the world at the time.
If you go to a Russia today they are filled with these high rise residential. It is oblivious city planners in west Europe non communist countries will copy them and give a green light to build that in their city it does matter if it is state run or private the fact is it is high rise residential. It been discussed here many times the USSR had criss of poverty and housing shortage crisis and decided to build high rise residential than houses at the time.
Those inexpensive apartment buildings were built and given to people FREE- no mortgages, inexpensive utilities, no heating equipment or water heaters to take care of - not a bad deal..
Another point you don’t understand is that all those buildings had to be built fast - as the USSR and Eastern Europe were devastated by the most horrific war.. destruction was unbelievable - people needed a place to live and to go on with their lives - free sanitary and safe housing -even small and not luxurious - fit the bill.
The majority of people still live in those , they are now privatized by those who lived there.
There were NEVER homeless in the USSR, no slums like you see even in the Western world now.
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Toronto has lot of these high rise residential building in the suburbs with very low density housing next to mall or park most of the time these building are or next to highway or subway line.
I guess in the UK it more clustered in medium to high density areas and less spread out like Toronto in low density suburbs areas.
I like Canadian cities and Canadians.
Canada, is a very beautiful country, with some fantastic cities and natural wonders.
The main cities with tall buildings and skyscrapers outside of London tend to be Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, with Liverpool and Glasgow both planning more tall buildings.
In terms of Liverpool, there is now a skyscraper blueprint in order to protect the cities historic buildings, as well as Liverpool's famous waterfront skyline.
The plans will see five new skyscraper districts at Liverpool Waters, the Commercial District, Pall Mall, Paddington Village and the southern fringe of the Baltic Triangle.
Other cities also have similar plans in relation to allowing skyscrapers in certain areas, and this is also the case in most European cities with tall buildings and skyscraper.
So you saying because of the historic buildings the city hall have been banning tall buildings in lot of areas? That why tall buildings are more clustered in medium to high density areas?
Does it Montreal or more so Quebec City have more European feel to it? With those older historic buildings that is very European like?
]Those inexpensive apartment buildings were built and given to people FREE- no mortgages, inexpensive utilities, n[/b]o heating equipment or water heaters to take care of - not a bad deal..
Another point you don’t understand is that all those buildings had to be built fast - as the USSR and Eastern Europe were devastated by the most horrific war.. destruction was unbelievable - people needed a place to live and to go on with their lives - free sanitary and safe housing -even small and not luxurious - fit the bill.
The majority of people still live in those , they are now privatized by those who lived there.
There were NEVER homeless in the USSR, no slums like you see even in the Western world now.
Learning is everything
Have those building ever been updated? Removal of lead based paint, asbestos, mold etc? I would certainly hope so for the sake of the tenants
Also good news in terms of train journey times being cut on the East Coast Main Line (ECML).
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Originally Posted by Secret LDN (2024)
Most often, we still opt for taking domestic flights to cut down on travel times, especially when it comes to travelling to and from Scotland. However, this could soon change as LNER is planning to cut down its London to Edinburgh train times to around four hours.
While the flight time itself is roughly an hour, counting in commute times at both destinations and having to arrive early at the airport before the flight takes travellers about four hours to get from point A to point B. Currently, the quickest LNER Azuma train is still only around four hours and 20 minutes, so it’s already not that much longer than flying.
However, the long-planned move to shorten the train journeys is set to encourage passengers to lean towards train travel even more, offering a much greener solution to travel. The 400-mile route starts at London Kings Cross, terminating at Edinburgh Waverley in the heart of the Scottish Capital.
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