I have always lived in Northampton in the Abington area and I have recently moved to kingsthorpe. I never really took notice whether the area I lived was sustainable or not before but since I moved to kingsthorpe (boughton green road) I have noticed some slight differences.
The area I live now I don’t think is very sustainable. The area I live in is very busy and the road I live is like a main road. There are many things near by i.e. the university, schools, pubs, supermarket etc so there is always traffic in the area especially cars and buses which creates a vast amount of emissions and environmental damage to the area.
There are a lot of old houses and buildings and right now there is a lot of building work being carried out along the nearer roads which causes congestion.
The area in which I live according to the SOA has 887 that travel by car/ van to work, 35 by bicycle and 261 walking. This shows a great amount of people travelling by car which reduces sustainability. Also there are 1,175 families claiming benefits and altogether 1550 families claiming child benefit for children of 5 – 19, showing that many people are unemployed or are on a low income. On a whole I think the area I live is unsustainable but hopefully in time will change and become a more sustainable place to live.
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