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Even so, 1/5 of an acre is an unusually large garden by UK standards. Allotments - small off-site vegetable gardens - are a popular hobby here, but the average size is something like 1/20th.

I suppose if lawnorder breaks down and there's a mad scramble for land, things might rearrange themselves.

The UK has a population density 8 times that of the US, so people might get less than 1/20th of an acre.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 25th, 2007 at 03:55:00 AM EST
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The survivors would possibly get more. Outside of the cities, population density is relatively sparse. Wiltshire is mostly open fields. Out here the density is something like 20 people per square mile.

Google says there are about 14 million arable acres in the UK, and 60 million people. Assuming families of 4 - a bit of a stretch - that's around one acre per family.  

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Mon Jun 25th, 2007 at 09:56:40 AM EST
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