From where I stand, my local villages and little towns are all small, full of character and thriving quite nicely thank you, without the addition of Lego-Land housing bestates/b. People live in villages because they are (mainly) visually unspoilt, ... There is no requirement to provide parking, for example, so people park on the broads/b, making them congested and dangerous to bcross/b. Oh yes, and the government already has plans in progress to concrete over the 'green belt'. ...
The Little America Tour is coming soon ? just five or six weeks away. And, boy, am I looking forward to it. An escape from my adult life and stresses. Me, the Beetle, the iPod, the road. Friends at every stop, bloggers at every cocktail ...
