On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 10:31:15PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 01:56:59PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > There's the "New Town", Milton Keynes, which is totally designed > > around the car. It is _huge_ (by British standards). It is possible to > > get from one side to the other in about the same time as for a > > traditional British city, but that's because it is both legal and > > practical to do 70mph most of the way. If you live in Milton Keynes > > and you haven't got a car, you're buggered. The fact that everybody > > hates the place hasn't stopped lots of other towns building > > Milton-Keynes-esque urbomas around the outside. > > Not to mention it having more roundabouts than most of the rest of the > UK put together, and the legendary concrete cows.
Bedford, not to be outdone, now has wire sheep. (For non-UK readers, they are "neighbouring" towns - approx. 20 miles apart.) > Then again, on roundabouts: > > http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm and don't forget http://www.hemelhempsteadtoday.co.uk/custom_pages/CustomPage.asp?Page=263 Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
