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- From: dsg@impmh.uucp (Dave Gordon)
- Subject: Coventry vs. London/etc (was Re: humor in England)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.130949.1853@impmh.uucp>
- Organization: Integrated Micro Products Ltd
- References: <3213@ucl-cs.uucp> <BxtE7J.Kuw@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <BxtIsn.JE0@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <Bxv9zp.J2w@cck.coventry.ac.uk>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 13:09:49 GMT
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- In <Bxv9zp.J2w@cck.coventry.ac.uk> apj003@cck.coventry.ac.uk (James W Bottomley) writes:
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- >As regards the architecture in Coventry, all I can say is that it grows
- >on you. And the roads do work well, despite looking like hell.
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-
- No they don't! Coventry's attempt at a ring-road is a complete disaster;
- there's hardly enough distance for cars to get on to it, while avoiding
- those crossing their paths to get off it. The only other one I know
- that's worse is Reading, which is built to the same plan, but was only
- ever half-completed; for a long time one flyover section just stopped
- in mid-air!
-
- BTW, I don't dislike the rest of Coventry, but I think anyone who picks
- out the road system as a "feature" must be thinking of a different city!
-
- ABTW, I think London's road system is dreadful too!
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