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Originally Posted by GEaston
I don't mind sparing with you Less but sticking to the thread subject I just think the town can do better. It's worse than most Midlands towns and I'm curious why. The obvious difference that I see is the number of people high on substances wandering around during the day. Maybe you are used to that seeing it day in day out to the point where you accept it as normal, but it was shocking to me (although I don't normally venture so far south. Accrington is a long way from Newcastle).
Sure you get pockets of that in Northern towns, but its not endemic like it is in your town (except maybe Hull).
Terrible housing stock also likely unhelpful to the town.
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Accy is in North East Lancashire, part of the North West of the Country, if it were moved to the Midland then it would no doubt be the pits of that area.
As for people high on substances, we are lucky enough that one of the investments that took place in the town was Maundy Grange, which made us the sink hole for other towns evicted. I, like many others avoid the areas these people congregate, e.g. around the outside market, in the inside market, and generally begging around the town hall, if that is, they aren't urinating or defecating in a nearby alley, though they don't go there to throw up however, that is worn on their chest like the badge for some elite club.
So you see, although it may appear that people from Accrington are like that, usually it's someone that was dragged up elsewhere and came for the charity.
