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| There are constants to this column and here's one of the most central; we all want the same things. We may look different, speak differently, but basic human instincts as they manifest themselves on this island are much the same. We'd like to be happy, make a few quid, have a nice spread. The Englishman's home is his castle, but it's not just men and it's not just the English. We all want bricks and mortar and the adjoining grassland that proves we've made something of three score and 10. | There are constants to this column and here's one of the most central; we all want the same things. We may look different, speak differently, but basic human instincts as they manifest themselves on this island are much the same. We'd like to be happy, make a few quid, have a nice spread. The Englishman's home is his castle, but it's not just men and it's not just the English. We all want bricks and mortar and the adjoining grassland that proves we've made something of three score and 10. |
| And here's the thing: more and more of us are getting it. You might not expect an exciting tale under the headline: "Ethnic group population trends and projections for UK local areas under alternative scenarios." But from my point of view it's racy, upbeat stuff. Forget that assumption that poor minorities languish in the deprived inner cities. We're moving to the 'burbs. | And here's the thing: more and more of us are getting it. You might not expect an exciting tale under the headline: "Ethnic group population trends and projections for UK local areas under alternative scenarios." But from my point of view it's racy, upbeat stuff. Forget that assumption that poor minorities languish in the deprived inner cities. We're moving to the 'burbs. |
| It's happening already but it will become significantly more apparent, says Professor Philip Rees of the University of Leeds, whose projections point to much more "internal migration" over the next four decades. "There is quite a substantial deconcentration going on," he says. "Minorities are moving from the inner metropolitan cores to the adjacent commuting towns and they are doing that in all of the conurbations." In his part of the world, you see better-off minorities moving to, say, Skipton, from Manningham and Keighley, or further into the Wharfedale suburbs from inner-city Leeds. People want more housing space; and the second generation don't want to live with their parents or to mirror the lives of their parents. They probably won't head for the countryside; Midsomer can breathe easy. But it will be different. "People need to get used to the idea that their neighbour in the future may be from a group other than themselves." | It's happening already but it will become significantly more apparent, says Professor Philip Rees of the University of Leeds, whose projections point to much more "internal migration" over the next four decades. "There is quite a substantial deconcentration going on," he says. "Minorities are moving from the inner metropolitan cores to the adjacent commuting towns and they are doing that in all of the conurbations." In his part of the world, you see better-off minorities moving to, say, Skipton, from Manningham and Keighley, or further into the Wharfedale suburbs from inner-city Leeds. People want more housing space; and the second generation don't want to live with their parents or to mirror the lives of their parents. They probably won't head for the countryside; Midsomer can breathe easy. But it will be different. "People need to get used to the idea that their neighbour in the future may be from a group other than themselves." |
| It's hot stuff, as one notes from the online reaction to a relatively sober account in the Daily Telegraph of the professor's research. "In 40 years' time, I'd like to think that all non-Europeans will have been deported following the European civil war," says one commenter. "The countryside is the last bastion for the native Britons of these islands. Lose this and the war is over," another says. Meanwhile, in towns and conurbations, history unfolds, life evolves and everyone chases the dream. | It's hot stuff, as one notes from the online reaction to a relatively sober account in the Daily Telegraph of the professor's research. "In 40 years' time, I'd like to think that all non-Europeans will have been deported following the European civil war," says one commenter. "The countryside is the last bastion for the native Britons of these islands. Lose this and the war is over," another says. Meanwhile, in towns and conurbations, history unfolds, life evolves and everyone chases the dream. |
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