"I find the idea of living in these areas and then complaining about their extension to meet population growth quite hypocritical."
Indeed.
I live in a bit of late Victorian growth.
I'm sure all the Tollcross, Bruntsfield, Morningside, Marchmont, Southside expansion was more significant at the the time than recent (proposed) add-ons - and previously the New Town.
It's about 'balance' - which will mean different things to different people!
It's about units, and 'affordability' and 'choice' and profit etc.
It's also about Planning Laws and the artificiality of land 'values'.
Clearly it's easier to build on a green field and still a lot a people appear to want their own house/bit of garden. But if it really is about "housing need" it ought to be possible to get things like the Waterfront developed a bit faster.
I think it's a shame that Edinburgh and a East Lothian are comprehensively joining up via developments at Newcraighall - especially as opportunities for decent walk/cycle routes are being lost.
Which is a further issue - the 'impossibility' of having new developments without them turning out to be (predominantly) 'car dependant' - or perhaps more accurately 'car fostering'.
It will be interesting to see how Shawfair with its own, new, station turns out.
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