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    NHS Designed Towns

    Psst! It's almost 1984...

    No takeaways, no pubs and all roads lead go the local sports centre.

    Would you want to live there?

    #2
    Reminds me of the Urban Pacification Centre from Space Empire III. Dystopia here we come...
    Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

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      #3
      Is an NHS designed town one where you spend 6 months on a waiting list and when you get there you have to share your house with six other people, the food is inedible and the TV doesn't work?
      Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
        Psst! It's almost 1984...

        No takeaways, no pubs and all roads lead go the local sports centre.

        Would you want to live there?
        None of that is actually what the article says, for those who would rather react to it without reading... it mentions banning takeaway outlets NEAR SCHOOLS (hardly a horrible idea) and opening 60s' style cafes for older and dementia-suffering people (rather cute)
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #5
          Originally posted by d000hg View Post
          None of that is actually what the article says, for those who would rather react to it without reading... it mentions banning takeaway outlets NEAR SCHOOLS (hardly a horrible idea) and opening 60s' style cafes for older and dementia-suffering people (rather cute)
          You don't honestly think I read it do you?

          Anyhow, it sounds like they used Bradley Stoke as a blueprint...

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            #6
            Still has to be better than living in Luton
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              #7
              Originally posted by Gumbo Robot View Post
              Psst! It's almost 1984...

              No takeaways, no pubs and all roads lead go the local sports centre.

              Would you want to live there?
              Sounds like the Quaker villages.
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #8
                Just hope there's budget to update the 1960s themed cafes to 1970s punk and BCR hang outs in a decade.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                  Sounds like the Quaker villages.
                  Except there's no mention of pubs or alcohol at all in the article. Signs informing people the walking time into town, etc... they sound a great idea.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                    Except there's no mention of pubs or alcohol at all in the article.
                    If they are conforming to the Chief Medical Officer of England's current advice on alcohol they will be even worse than the Quaker villages - no pubs, no shops selling alcohol, no newsagents/shops selling sweets, no takeaways, no fields to do sports like rugby and cricket in due to risk of head injuries...
                    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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