Northern rock.(high demand for York-stone paving in England)(Brief Article)

Economist (US), The, March, 2000

HUDDERSFIELD

THE demand for more housing in the south-east is one symptom of the population drift from the north of England to the more prosperous south, where jobs are relatively plentiful. But it is not only the people who are migrating southwards. The streets and roads of the towns and cities of the north are also moving south piece by piece.

The cobbled streets and natural stone paving, which once echoed to armies of clog-wearing workers, are now in demand by the construction industry of the south. Newly cut stone is available, but takes a hundred years of wear to achieve the distressed patina builders and architects prefer.

Prices for these worn chunks of rock have rocketed. York-stone paving as it is called now sells for Pounds30 a...

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