How the "global super-rich" have honeycombed London's posh neighbourhoods with sub-basements, sub-sub-basements, and sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-basements

[gracchus]

@simonize

These are rich people that want to live downtown instead of out in the country.

If they want to live downtown they can follow the spirit of the zoning rules and being good neighbours. If they don’t want to follow in that spirit they might at least make their basement workarounds serve a purpose more practical or value-adding than conspicuous consumption.

@simonize

If it makes people feel any better, I’m noticing that like Grenfell tower, there is only one stairway. So if there is a fire upstairs, these people will be similarly trapped with no way out.

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