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Originally Posted by garinda
Because for those of us old enough to remember, Accrington used to be a thriving town, before the council involved themselves with the costly 'regeneration' of the town centre, and followed a policy of building even more retail premises, whilst we already had a plethora of empty shops.
Empty shops that because of high council tax rates are now only attractive to charity, and cut price shops.
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Sorry am I understanding this correctly? The reason our town has gone to pot is because the local council set tax too high on shops, therefore only the pound and charity shops have the economic might to stay open?