Why Livingston?
The difference
The reason
The reason why Livingston was so different from other towns and why it was so much better was because of the LDC's up keeping of the town as well as the planning and construction of it. Livingston was built around neighborhoods, and each neighborhood had its own schools, shops, health services, and other resources. This made Livingston superior to other towns. The town was planned to be divided:
- into several districts;
- each of which had convenient access to roads and pedestrian walkways.
Other convenient transportation links can be found in the south of the town at Murieston, which serves as a connection point for trains traveling between Scotland's two most populous cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The city of Edinburgh can be reached via the town of Bathgate thanks to the rail link that serves the area. Both offer convenient connections for commuting into the capital. Drivers have good access into and out of the town of Livingston as a result of Livingston's close connections to the M8 motorway, which passes through the northern part of the town. One of the reasons that Livingston was chosen as the location for the LDC is because of its location, which was one of the reasons that Cameron Iron Works, which is now known as Wyman and Gordon, was one of the first large companies to settle in the town. Other major corporations, such as Motorola, NEC, Sky, and Gore-Tex, have also set up shop in the city. These are just some of the largest companies to locate in the town.
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