Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
It really isn't. England is a very densely populated country. Wales / Scotland and N.Ireland bring the UK's density levels right down.
that's kind of irrelevant. Nobody lives in the whole country. If they suddenly discovered that Devon and cornwall were actually 5 times bigger than they previously thought it would make the population density of England as a whole reduce, but it wouldn't make any day to day difference to someone living in Newcastle or Leeds.
The Netherlands and England are largely pleasant places to live - I've been to both plenty of times and I like them.

I've also been to far more densely populated countries - and those are also pleasant: Hong Kong for example.

England clearly isn't approaching being completely full - there may be problems associated with higher population density - but then there are also significant advantages.