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Originally Posted by K-P
i know you like to argue anything i post. but really.. did you even bother to read it this time or are you getting lazy? I have seen first hand what a uni can do to a town.. I watched it grow and spread like a virus.. money isnt everything and shouldnt blind people to other problems..
its an opinion.. thats all.. based on true events as they say in all the best movies  |
I only say something if I happen to believe it's true, and not because it may be the opposite of what you've posted. Your opinion really isn't that important to me, that I need to contradict it just for the sake of something to do.
You mentioned the decline of Preston since it's Polytechnic became the University of Central Lancashire.
You said, and I quote, 'if it does become a proper uni which i doubt.. for me it will ruin the town... it will expand and take over... it will be wall to wall students everywhere... a town full of teenagers from all over the country isnt a good thing. I have seen it happen and its not a pretty sight.'
What you failed to mention is that when Preston had a Polytechnic, it also had a student body of tens of thousands, drawn from all over the U.K., and overseas.
So your perceived decline of Preston isn't down to the fact that it now as a university, because for at least the last forty years previously it has had a large student population, with thousands of students from outside the Preston area.
I think the chances of Accrington having a university are slim, but if it did happen the benefits would only be positive. From the money the students spend in the town's pubs and shops, to the creation of hundreds of jobs, from lecturers and technicians, to cleaners and caterers, the positives would far outweigh the negatives.