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In 1947, in an attempt to stop the continuous outward growth of London and Britain's other metros, the government implemented Green Belts

What it does is designate rings around cities where new residential, commercial, and industrial development is off limits in an attempt to preserve pristine land for agriculture and recreation.

But it has caused a housing shortage in London is resulted in sprawl beyond the green belt. And the reasoning behind it is faulty. It's unlikely that London would have expanded to cover all of Britain if it hadn't been implemented.

So what if hadn't been implemented and Britain's cities were allowed to just keep growing out?
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