tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277215496195926573.post3251332730701931572..comments2024-01-01T07:41:51.347-08:00Comments on RALPHONOMICS: Immigration raises house prices. Ralph Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09443857766263185665noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277215496195926573.post-27761922393099042612013-11-18T13:48:06.896-08:002013-11-18T13:48:06.896-08:00In Canada we have lots of room although immigrants...In Canada we have lots of room although immigrants tend to congregate in our larger cities. The UK just doesn't have the space for large scale immigration.John Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986833434755638518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277215496195926573.post-26989708292819546302013-11-18T01:56:12.623-08:002013-11-18T01:56:12.623-08:00There's also the pressure on agricultural land...There's also the pressure on agricultural land. More houses = less food. I don't think agricultural productivity has increased that much recently.<br /><br />House builders are not guilt free. They clearly hoard land to hold up prices, and any review of the moribund planning system should make the building land much more liquid, to the point where it would be a hot potato for any commercial entity to hold.<br /><br />Immigration is fine as long as it is controlled. Something along the lines of what they have in Australia, NZ, and Canada is perfectly reasonable. <br /><br />Open door policies and neo-liberal ideas that essentially try and turn everybody into wandering gypsies moving from one insecure job to the next across an entire continent are no longer acceptable.<br /><br />Which is why the EU as it stands is really no longer acceptable. <br /><br />NeilWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565959939525324309noreply@blogger.com