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Boom bust economy?

[Deleted User] · 2019-08-31 07:16:23

Around where I live in the west of Ireland things are flying, no doubt, loads of work, people can hardly find a house to rent, place is doing great. Spoke to someone in Dublin last night who said he can’t even get trainees for quite prestigious, very well paid roles, said it’s the same in many sectors, lot of labour…

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#122 09-10-2019 05:50PM

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Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Just back from Zurich where its so well run its almost jaw dropping. Amazing transport and planning. We seem to build our towns and cities based around cars and semi ds and have lots of one off houses all over ireland.
Why is it far better run places like Switzerland can have high rise apartments everywhere with supporting infrastructure but we cant? I know theyve been filthy rich for centuries but planning is just something we dont do. Building up seems to be sacrilege here.

There's an undeserved reverence for the skyline as it exists right now. It was built in the 1700s and some people think it has to be preserved that was for ever. I'd be delighted if they were to build up in cities with the appropriate infrastructure. But it would be expensive and raising money would rock the boat for the already wealthy and the old who don't tent to care about the future.

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