I would like to see a development plan that focuses on a city that works for its occupants.
A city that does not work only for vested interests; both individual and corporate
A city that does not allow its historic core to decay and sink into dereliction
A city the places more value in the arts; creating spaces in which they thrive
A city where the rights of the many to have a liveable space outweighs the rights of the individual to own and hoard property.
A city that doesn't commodify its urban space to be traded for profit; where its use value to its citizens is more important than its commercial value.
This city can be achieved with the will and vision to do it.
"The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas, but in escaping from old ones"
- John Maynard Keynes