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I live in Bath, so quite a bit smaller than Bristol, but I really apprecaite the fact that we can be in the city centre in half an hour, or in the countryside in 15 minutes.

If I didn't live in Bath I'd probably live in Bristol, it's a great city. And I absolutely agree that it's kind of the perfect size for a metropolitan area.

I think a lot of London is saved by having so many parks, and so many large parks and commons. I know Paris has a lot less green space than London and when I visited I definitely felt that.

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I like Bristol but the traffic is so bad. It desperately needs a tram system.

Bath is nice though, my son lives there and we love visiting.

Hah, very true. I never drive there for a reason.

Trams would be lovely, but buses would be a start! Apparently, there was once to be a new high-frequency service with six buses an hour between Bedminster and the Centre, but the residents launched a successful petition to stop the plans on the grounds that the buses would 'cause more traffic'. Twenty years on, it appears as if there are once more efforts afoot to improve the transport situation:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn082k4v8zxo

As a fellow Bath resident I had to see if I recognised the name (it's a small place) and turns out we have worked at the same place in Bath (although many years apart!) Bathcamp caught my eye, may look into attending when it next comes round :)

Oh hey fellow Bathonain!

I've worked at a lot of places in my career, you've not narrowed it down :D

Thanks for the reminder. At some point I should try and get BathCamp going again.

I'm being careful not to explicitly out myself to maintain some level of anonymity here :D but safety-critical, that should help narrow it down! There isn't a whole lot of tech stuff happening in Bath so I'll try and remember to keep an eye out to see if you go through with that!

Ah, well now I feel old :D

What amazes me is how dense Westminster is, considering it contains Hyde, Green, St James Park and significant parts of Regents Park and Kensington Gardens

Even with that, it's still the 10th most dense borough.

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