’Town-scapes are changing. The open-plan city belongs to the past – no more ramblas, no more pedestrian precincts, no more left banks and Latin quarters. We’re moving into the age of security grilles and defensible space. As for living, our surveillance cameras can do that for us. People are locking their doors and switching off their nervous systems.’ J G Ballard Cocaine Nights

Tuesday, 29 March 2011

England's most deprived town

An article from today's Guardian names the town that comes top in the Indices of Multiple Deprivation 2010 - surprisingly, perhaps, it is in the south and very near to the capital. Also another piece on the burst property bubble in Spain and its unsightly aftermath.

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