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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
Then maybe my view of the world is just different to yours. Personally speaking, I like shopping in Accrington and can see all of its positives. I can also see that shopping habits have changed and there is no miracle cure which will see the streets paved with gold as they apparently were in the 1970s, despite what certain would-be MPs are saying.
I don't see the streets awash with either drunks or needle-brandishing druggies (not that I'm denying they are out there) and I don't see how moving the bus station 200 yards and putting a car park on Peel Street is going to damage the town centre more than a retail park at Whitebirk.
I've never shopped in Morrisons and have been in M&S once (even that was only to spend a gift voucher). These places are not the be-all and end-all that they are being peddled as. If I'm brutally honest then I think that Homebase is massively overpriced and hasn't moved with the times which is why it is shutting down stores everywhere. Morrisons also did quite poorly over the Christmas period and is reining in developments nationwide, as is Tesco.
People decry Poundland and the charity shops as if that's all there is but it's not true and the ones which are there are busy all the time which proves there is a market for them. Truth be told I wouldn't say no to a Primark here myself.
I'll say it again however, there is only so much money to go around.
So here's the question: how are commercial decisions the fault of the Council?
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Our council wastes money. They do not listen to the electorate. Ask Graham Jones or June Harrison about a £2000 Christmas Tree.