Another point re Bakerloo lines and these global far right: there is this obession with posting examples of litter, graffiti (and often pictures of ethnically mixed groups of people) and equating the latter with the former. All wrapped up in a narrative of decline of public spaces.
But even on the overarching narrarive of decline in the q…
Another point re Bakerloo lines and these global far right: there is this obession with posting examples of litter, graffiti (and often pictures of ethnically mixed groups of people) and equating the latter with the former. All wrapped up in a narrative of decline of public spaces.
But even on the overarching narrarive of decline in the quality of public spaces, it takes barely five minutes to look up pictures of London from the 1980s so see just how much things have improved on that front. The same can be said to a lesser extent for New York.
And they helped create the damage by nobbling the state since the 1970's Thanks Milton Friedman and Keith Joseph. Smash everything up, extract value and then blame others.
I can't wholeheartedly agree with this take. Load up google street view and go to your local high street in the early 2000's, or just find any photo of a bus, train, etc from that time period, and compare to now. I feel like you're looking in the wrong timeframe.
500m cut in grant for LU- once Boris safely out the door- managed decline since 1955 until the fire. The fire and death of 31 at KX had to happen to stop the rot. Trust me the period you quote in under TFL. The Routemaster was designed in 1954- still in service in the 21C is not great design but a result of decades of underinvestment.
Another point re Bakerloo lines and these global far right: there is this obession with posting examples of litter, graffiti (and often pictures of ethnically mixed groups of people) and equating the latter with the former. All wrapped up in a narrative of decline of public spaces.
But even on the overarching narrarive of decline in the quality of public spaces, it takes barely five minutes to look up pictures of London from the 1980s so see just how much things have improved on that front. The same can be said to a lesser extent for New York.
And they helped create the damage by nobbling the state since the 1970's Thanks Milton Friedman and Keith Joseph. Smash everything up, extract value and then blame others.
I can't wholeheartedly agree with this take. Load up google street view and go to your local high street in the early 2000's, or just find any photo of a bus, train, etc from that time period, and compare to now. I feel like you're looking in the wrong timeframe.
And who was in charge in Whitehall?
500m cut in grant for LU- once Boris safely out the door- managed decline since 1955 until the fire. The fire and death of 31 at KX had to happen to stop the rot. Trust me the period you quote in under TFL. The Routemaster was designed in 1954- still in service in the 21C is not great design but a result of decades of underinvestment.