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And are impotent to solve, b/c London has what those northern cities do not--which is why people try to live there, etc
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Be that as it may, the northern cities can't be made suddenly desirable by fiat--London's size is a crucial part of what makes it desirable
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London didn't get to where it is today by "attracting" industry & wealth, but by *creating* it, and that creative capacity is what drew ppl
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It drew people, I would add, despite severe *disincentives* like industrial pollution and crowding.
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Leads to social cleansing IF you don't build enough housing and restrict ownership of property by foreigners
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Which is why Greater Tokyo is almost four times the population of Greater London yet doesn't have these "social cleansing" problems
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Not the current growth bubble--I'm talking about how London ended up head and shoulders above other English cities
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