>>>You've just described Holland as a sort of UK lite. We have all those points but more severely.
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>>Hmmm, I don't think a lot of UK citizens would cross the border and still work in the UK for housepricing...
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>I think there's a slightly different approach on the matter of borders. You behave as if the border isn't really there; the Brits have the problem of border watered down.

That is the point.. it would be more difficult for them to live outside the UK and still work there.