>"Susan Burchett" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Boating isn't just a luxury. As housing has been priced out of the reach of >>many boating is many peoples home. For them is it a necessity. > >Housing is a necessity. Boating is not. > >Adrian > >................................................................................ >......................... > > >OK - first of all I must say I am only replying to the two above, >and previously snipped, posts. I have not read all the political and >economic argument that have taken place previously on this thread ;-) >Also - when I clicked on *reply* my mail reader assumed I was replying >to a newsgroup - so apologies if this is all cocked up!! > >Looking at the above statements by Sue & Adrian my comment would >be that using a boat as a cheap housing option is not boating in my >opinion. Boating is *using the canals for trade, pleasure, holiday hire >etc*. >Living on a boat without moving is, in my opinion, NOT boating. If >anyone wants to get political on this we still have a welfare state >which provides benefit for people to live on the land............ > >So yes, I have some sympathy with Adrian's argument that boating >is not a necessity. > >Phil
I think that is a very narrow view, people have lived on boats for generations. Surely it is better that people try to provide their own homes than rely on the state. It is certainly cheaper for tax payers. Living in a hostel or bedsit is not a route I would like to go down. Sue nb Nackered Navvy
