The imminent arrival of a fourth child has quite naturally thrown a curveball at the Parkers’ finances, living arrangements and transport solutions.
We bought a small house in Cape Town because it was near the school. We had dreams of the kids walking to class but things haven’t turned out like that. For some reason, the City has allowed people to camp in parks and public spaces and – even more bafflingly – some think that it is acceptable to have a community of people living without access to even the most basic sanitation or shelter by a children’s play area next to a school.
It’s a fact that people live in similar conditions on the other side of the mountain and it is fair to apply a simple analysis of the incentives at work. A city doesn’t exist to serve tourists – they ought to feel as safe as anyone else – and for many, the decline of the city centre won’t make much difference.
And it only hurts the poor as urban property prices stagnate, the once-reliable rates bonanza diminishes and the money that should be used to address the systemic causes of homelessness dries up. I shouldn’t have worried – the car took it all in its stride. That two-litre diesel is a good one. Strong and torquey, the V-Class uses its nine gears to optimum effect, allowing for efficient and quiet cruising at freeway speeds, and happy to lean on those 500 Newtons. Surprisingly, in such a large car with large aerodynamic challenges, at no point did I really miss the extra cylinders promised by the V300d nameplate.
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