madferrit

It looks like the infamous Ken Livingstone has left his mark on the future of life as we know it in the UK.

News today in the UK that the City of Manchester will most certainly be the next city to get that blasted congestion charge.

CONgestion Charge in Manchester

CeeBee

Thank god i'm getting out at the right time.

On the plus side my flat is inside the major ring road so might go up in value.

W10

I hate to admit it, but the congestion charge (was) great.

They've gone a bit overboard with it now (plans to charge stupid sums for 4x4s etc) but as someone who spends a lot of time within the zone, I have to say in general it has worked.

Having said that - Manchester never really struck me as having appalling traffic. With London I can understand the reasons.

Madam Medusa

oh shame, i love manchester...

MM, xx

madferrit

Initially it worked, but then people realised that the congestion on the outskirts of the zone was horrendous and so they started using the zone again.., thats when Ken raised it to £8. When the zone was extended initially there was an outcry, but then the people in the new zone found that by paying only 10% (90% discount for living in the zone) they were able to drive throughout the entire zone, so we're back to square one again.

I would have been in favour of this if they had got the tube infrasructure into place first. Every weekend there is station after station closed for maintenance and yet they're convinced that the network is working well.

W10

The tube infrastructure in London is still fabulous. Public transport has improved enormously.

And driving through Central London is not difficult at all. Not even close to comparison to five years ago.

Beard Man

every one loves his own country and the city where he was born and reased

but ... would anyone give up all this and consider moving somewhere else forever.. austrailia or canada for example and get new citicenship over there?

or is it always a must for people to go back to where they are from?

what is the real connection that drives someone to go back to where he lived if he can live in a better way somewhere else?

Cleopatra

Pick a thread in any one of the countries listed and you will find pages and pages of reasons why people leave their home countries.

As for moving back, read the Moving back to the UK forum.

What you have asked is why people join this forum in the first place.

CeeBee

[QUOTE=Beard Man;6452450]every one loves his own country and the city where he was born and reased

but ... would anyone give up all this and consider moving somewhere else forever.. austrailia or canada for example and get new citicenship over there?
QUOTE]

Simply put......yes.