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.