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Londons hight limit sucks the skyline is dismal as well as all the other major UK cities the UK is a small island it would make more sense to build up.
Being an Irish person who lived and taught in Scotland I hope she goes the way of the Irish .Scotland for the size of her has produced more scientists and has had a better education and law system than Engand ,but when they asked to have their own television broadcasting system to make programmes about Scotland the B.B.C.
turned her down flat .It is fading but there is a sense of community and a pride in a shared culture which is lacking in England ,whose public school system is very poor and taught no history except of royalty etc.The English people are among the worst educated culturally .In France where I live now the standard is much higher over all.
At the olympics it was mainly a Scottish pipe band that was playing.So distinctive world wide ,but they cannot rule themselves.Who are we kidding ?England has had her day ,now Scotland must have hers.
You're cracking me up; I need a laugh and you surely provided one.
Londons hight limit sucks the skyline is dismal as well as all the other major UK cities the UK is a small island it would make more sense to build up.
Might I suggest that you avoid Washington D.C. then
Londons hight limit sucks the skyline is dismal as well as all the other major UK cities the UK is a small island it would make more sense to build up.
London Bridge Tower will be impressive when it's built, at over 1000 feet, as will the pinnacle.
Given that London only started building skyscrapers relatively recently when compared to some other cities such as NY, and that Londons main clusters are concentrated in the business districts of Canary Wharf and the City, the new buildings will have an impressive impact.
That`s what the 6 have got surely?? If the minority had it`s way it would be joining Eire??
Don`t get me wrong here. I`m for the unification, but after all these years it would have to be on a majority. And while on the subect,,,
That's just no good Lincs, it doesn't support the myth and legend that has grown up about these issues and that are now accepted as fact. The nasty English attacked a poor, helpless, innocent Scotland (and Ireland) without any provocation, grinding her under the jackboot of imperial domination.
The fact that here in Bradford our first church was burnt down by marauding Scots has been expunged from history because, as we all know, it only happened the other way round.
London Bridge Tower will be impressive when it's built, at over 1000 feet, as will the pinnacle.
Given that London only started building skyscrapers relatively recently when compared to some other cities such as NY, and that Londons main clusters are concentrated in the business districts of Canary Wharf and the City, the new buildings will have an impressive impact.
Yeah I agree about the London Bridge Tower it looks cool from the renderings. I have seen some great designs for London and elsewhere over the UK but not got approval for the hight limits.
Washington also has a height limit. No building (except the Washington Monument) can be taller than the Capitol building. So, approximately 13 stories. Some hate it, claiming it is the cause for high rents and less of an urban "feel", some love it claiming it makes the city different and more "European."
It's funny to stand in Georgetown and look across the river to the high rises in the suburb of Rosslyn, VA.
Washington also has a height limit. No building (except the Washington Monument) can be taller than the Capitol building. So, approximately 13 stories. Some hate it, claiming it is the cause for high rents and less of an urban "feel", some love it claiming it makes the city different and more "European."
It's funny to stand in Georgetown and look across the river to the high rises in the suburb of Rosslyn, VA.
I agree that it has a different feel to other US cities. I hadn't thought of it as a European feel at the time but thinking back I can identify with that.
It was the Scottish King who joined up England and Scotland, it wasn't the 'fault' of the English. Wales has been considered a part of England for 800 years.
NI is not part of GB, its part of the UK.
The BBC spends more money on the tv/radio system in Scotland and Wales per capita than in England, as the population of those two countries is very low.
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