Join for free
Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 > Last »
AnnieS's Avatar
AnnieS
Chatterbox
AnnieS is offline
United Kingdom
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 18,420
AnnieS is female  AnnieS has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 10:24 PM
1

Is the world getting too crowded?

Just saw this on the news :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48489158

If cruise ships are now killing tourists in Venice, does this simply mean that our developed world is just getting too crowded?

Friends recently went to Florence and all the commentary was about the crowds and queues for every attraction.

Do you think we will just end up with total gridlock?
Omah's Avatar
Omah
Chatterbox
Omah is offline
Ludlow
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 10,147
Omah is male  Omah has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 10:28 PM
2

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

If the peaks of Snowdon and Everest are anything to go by then the world is getting chock-a-block .....

Snowdon:



Besoeker's Avatar
Besoeker
Chatterbox
Besoeker is offline
Doncaster, UK
Joined: Jun 2018
Posts: 7,276
Besoeker is male  Besoeker has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 10:33 PM
3

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Originally Posted by Omah ->
If the peaks of Snowden and Everest are anything to go by then the world is getting chock-a-block .....
There are vast unpopulated areas.
AnnieS's Avatar
AnnieS
Chatterbox
AnnieS is offline
United Kingdom
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 18,420
AnnieS is female  AnnieS has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 10:38 PM
4

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
There are vast unpopulated areas.
Surely they are uninhabitable? Vast areas of North America are not inhabited, but they are either desert or mountain with no access to utilities, water etc.
AnnieS's Avatar
AnnieS
Chatterbox
AnnieS is offline
United Kingdom
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 18,420
AnnieS is female  AnnieS has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 10:40 PM
5

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Everest is another good example. How many deaths in a few weeks?
Besoeker's Avatar
Besoeker
Chatterbox
Besoeker is offline
Doncaster, UK
Joined: Jun 2018
Posts: 7,276
Besoeker is male  Besoeker has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 10:42 PM
6

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Originally Posted by AnnieS ->
Surely they are uninhabitable? Vast areas of North America are not inhabited, but they are either desert or mountain with no access to utilities, water etc.
None that can't be addressed.
AnnieS's Avatar
AnnieS
Chatterbox
AnnieS is offline
United Kingdom
Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 18,420
AnnieS is female  AnnieS has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 10:45 PM
7

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
None that can't be addressed.
As I understand it there are financial reasons that things are the way they are. I haven't been to the US for a while but last time it was a road trip right across the mid west down to Vegas and basically at that point they didn't get newspapers or supplies in some places on that route purely because it was not profitable to supply them. None of these places will be inhabited as far as I can see. Some of the temperatures get to beyond humanly endurable. Plus nobody wants to live there.
Puddle Duck's Avatar
Puddle Duck
Senior Member
Puddle Duck is offline
Cheshire. UK
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 4,600
Puddle Duck is female  Puddle Duck has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 11:06 PM
8

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Originally Posted by AnnieS ->
Everest is another good example. How many deaths in a few weeks?
It's a bottleneck up there. Pictures shown a couple of weeks ago. Too many being given passes apparently.

Yes, the world is getting too crowded, but we ( the people of the world)have also been encouraged to spend money on tourism and leisure pursuits. One way of keeping the world spinning on dollars.
So many more people are travelling now far beyond Torremolinos , but the awful thing is, when one place is spoilt big hotel groups move onto the next beautiful place. Prime example is Madeira. Once a beautiful island with only a couple of hotels. It's very different now.

Venice is something different from all accounts. There can be numerous ships in at the same time and I think the volume of people is in fact leading to the crumbling and destruction . Just what I was told.
Bratti's Avatar
Bratti
Chatterbox
Bratti is offline
Canada
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 5,255
Bratti is female  Bratti has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 11:13 PM
9

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Yes. The world is grossly over populated
Solasch's Avatar
Solasch
Chatterbox
Solasch is offline
Netherlands
Joined: Sep 2018
Posts: 8,963
Solasch is male  Solasch has posted at least 25 times and has been a member for 3 months or more 
 
02-06-2019, 11:41 PM
10

Re: Is the world getting too crowded?

Originally Posted by AnnieS ->
Just saw this on the news :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48489158

If cruise ships are now killing tourists in Venice, does this simply mean that our developed world is just getting too crowded?

Friends recently went to Florence and all the commentary was about the crowds and queues for every attraction.

Do you think we will just end up with total gridlock?
Remember the club of rome and their 1972 report, "limits to growth"?
All the natural resources their report was based on have been used up. Yet the growth has not been diminished, if anything, it has increased. There are several explanations for that, but the present day crisis, endearingly presented by our youth, will be resolved.
 
Page 1 of 11 1 2 3 > Last »

Thread Tools


© Copyright 2009, Over50sForum   Contact Us | Over 50s Forum! | Archive | Privacy Statement | Terms of Use | Top

Powered by vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.