{"id":106277,"date":"2019-04-20T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-makes-a-great-place-to-live-answer-its-not-a-shopping-plaza-simon-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2019-04-20T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T05:04:12","slug":"what-makes-a-great-place-to-live-answer-its-not-a-shopping-plaza-simon-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-makes-a-great-place-to-live-answer-its-not-a-shopping-plaza-simon-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"What makes a great place to live? Answer: it\u2019s not a shopping plaza | Simon Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHipster watering holes in formerly run-down neighbourhoods are the new cathedralsThe best place to live in Britain today is Salisbury. So says the Sunday Times. The Office for National Statistics disagrees. It says the best place is Farnborough. No, says the Royal Mail, it is Winchester. The Provident says it is Worcester. The Halifax says it is Stornaway. And so it goes. This is listicle season, and not a magazine is without some daft \u201csurvey\u201d of topographical superlatives. Each year groups of travel editors get together over a good lunch, with a road atlas and contented sponsor to hand. Salisbury\u2019s award appears to be in compensation for last year\u2019s novichok nightmare. To be free of novichok is clearly a marketing asset, but it is hardly a standout virtue. Other criteria include a low crime rate, good schools, transport links, air quality, nice buildings and friendly neighbours. The one thing these lists have in common is that nobody agrees. Apparently if you ask most people the best place to live, they say their home. Good for them. There is nowhere like home. But dig deeper and the trends in modern \u201cliveability\u201d are intriguing. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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