The Policy Exchange thing

[karohemd]

Did I miss something? I'm far from being an expert when it comes to the economy but that just sounds stupid.
Shouldn't it be the other way around (encouraging people from the South to move North) to keep things moving up there? There's too much of a North/South divide already.

Even if there was space down here, how could they possibly afford it? I'm down here because my are of work is concentrated down here but I really wouldn't mind living up North. Lower cost of living, an actual countryside and so forth.

*shakes head*

Comments

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

but theres no jobs up here

Where do you imagine jobs come from?

[ikkleruby.livejournal.com]

from new businesses starting up & needing staff, from universities expanding, from pubs & clubs opening, from more tourist attractions opening up, from houses being built up to a saleable or rentable standard so that estate agents & landlords can get into business...etc etc..all of which needs money.

thats a very strange question. i'm not entirely sure what kind of an answer you were looking for.

when i lived in st albans, i got offerred a good 2 or 3 managerial jobs within a month of being unemployed, despite having very little managerial experience. In liverpool-it took about 6 months of solid looking to get a job- and even then the only one i managed to get was in a call centre. jobs in the north are considerably more difficult to get than in the south, in my experience, anyway.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

thats a very strange question. i'm not entirely sure what kind of an answer you were looking for.

Perhaps I should be less terse! ;-)

Employment becomes available via businesses choosing to locate in a particular area. The reason most modern businesses don't generally locate in areas which need regenerating is because these are places where they will not be able to attract the staff they need.

It's cheaper to live in these places because fewer people want to live there. That's the nature of accomodation pricing. But this exact same property of these places is what puts businesses off. Hence my question.

[ikkleruby.livejournal.com]

that makes sense :)

but it boils back down to the main issue- if more money was ploughed into the northern cities, then they could be regenerated & therefore become more popular for businesses.

It's shocking the amount of derelict houses in liverpool- really nice looking, huge houses- some of which have never been regenerated simply because the council doesnt have the money to do it. its such a shame. It's the same with office space- and, I believe, it's similar in Manchester, too.

saying that, though- the council chose to spend the money they got for being the capital of culture 2008 for an elaborate opening night....a few huge tv screens in the town centre..that kind of thing, rather than using any of it to regenerate the city as a living or working space. so maybe they don't deserve the money in the first place. I don't know enough about this to discuss, really.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Nor do I. :-)

[chrisvenus]

It's shocking the amount of derelict houses in liverpool- really nice looking, huge houses- some of which have never been regenerated simply because the council doesnt have the money to do it.

I have every sympathy for teh council. This always ussed to happen to me when I played sim city. I never worked out how to stop it. I usually just sent godzilla in in a tantrum and started a new city elsewhere. Maybe they should try that?

[ikkleruby.livejournal.com]

godzilla would be ace...he could stamp out all the scallies whilst he's at it!

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Would make for some wierd insurance claims.