[zimablue]

Great post, worth noting that the marketing of the destruction of social housing as "right to buy" was a work of evil genius, and the citizens who know the most about it are people whose parents made a killing from it and are unsurprisingly very happy with the policy.

Catchment areas for schools are also a significant factor, mandatory ballots for school entry would make a massive difference but our government has been going in precisely the opposite direction, privatising the education system and leading to an expulsion crisis which is having knock on effects in crime.

Also London specifically is one of the lowest density major capital cities, the centre is often old and beautiful but we could stand to build a bit higher.