Wednesday, October 19, 2005
"Inverness Not A City - Will Never Be A City."
Edinburgh City Council's design leader, Riccardo Marini says, "Inverness is not a city. It's the fastest growing housing estate in Europe. It will never be a city."
Predictably, the Highland Council have responded with childish jibes and insults, and a local builder has said he thinks Edinburgh is jealous of Inverness.
Oh yes. Of course. Inverness is such a beautiful place compared to Edinburgh.
I sometimes wonder if any of these characters have ever been further south than their own noses are from their eyes.
Marini is right. Inverness is a city only in name, and it doesn't deserve the title. It does lack the social spaces found in real cities, the housing estates are mediocre and are the only thing growing in Inverness apart from the weeds.
See previous post, "Inverness? Oh Dear."
Predictably, the Highland Council have responded with childish jibes and insults, and a local builder has said he thinks Edinburgh is jealous of Inverness.
Oh yes. Of course. Inverness is such a beautiful place compared to Edinburgh.
I sometimes wonder if any of these characters have ever been further south than their own noses are from their eyes.
Marini is right. Inverness is a city only in name, and it doesn't deserve the title. It does lack the social spaces found in real cities, the housing estates are mediocre and are the only thing growing in Inverness apart from the weeds.
See previous post, "Inverness? Oh Dear."
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