agreed.

allowing drive thrus to be developed in an urban area is effectively telegraphing to the world and your own citizens that you wished it was a motorway. the ultimate in giving up really

This, i think, is the source of anglo malaise. We demand the right to make choices that come with tradeoffs, while also not feeling the costs of them. We all want to live in unspoiled countryside. Yet we don't want to pay for expensive council services, or see the pylons that carry our energy to us.

the fundamental problem seems to be that we let people get away with flytipping, which means that they aren't forced to confront the tradeoffs of their choice (to live in the countryside and demand low taxes), because they can just commit a crime to offload the costs

its actually surprising how much restoring the balls and the lanterns made it feel so much more complete. glad to see attn to detail has paid off, will enjoy the 20 days of this we get before chrimbo market lmao