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Madhatter · 02-02-2006, 22:06

I agree with that too AB the same happens here all the time, sounds like you'r quite a large town but suffer the problems that we have as a small town proably because your sandwiched between two larger towns.

When I say more shops whispy, what I actually mean is more shops, not buildings, although building more shops isn't such a bad thing as long as it doesn't take the shops out of the buildings in town centre. we are in the unusual situation that not only are they not building more shops but they are taking the existing shops for flats whilst trying to push the town as a tourist town. We're creating a book town but have no sizable shops to put the bookshops in. You need a couple of thousand books out to make it work so i'm told but cant fit that many in a lounge sized sales area. If it works and it seems to be albeit very slow( perhaps better than boom and bust), that will fill all the empty shops up and we'll have no town centre space to build more.

02-02-2006, 22:06	#113
Madhatter God Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wonderland Posts: 2,767 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 43	Re: I almost daren't post this... I agree with that too AB the same happens here all the time, sounds like you'r quite a large town but suffer the problems that we have as a small town proably because your sandwiched between two larger towns. When I say more shops whispy, what I actually mean is more shops, not buildings, although building more shops isn't such a bad thing as long as it doesn't take the shops out of the buildings in town centre. we are in the unusual situation that not only are they not building more shops but they are taking the existing shops for flats whilst trying to push the town as a tourist town. We're creating a book town but have no sizable shops to put the bookshops in. You need a couple of thousand books out to make it work so i'm told but cant fit that many in a lounge sized sales area. If it works and it seems to be albeit very slow( perhaps better than boom and bust), that will fill all the empty shops up and we'll have no town centre space to build more.