[Margaret Pilkington]

And as for the issue on the regeneration subject....why should you care what happens in Accrington?
You have made no secret of the fact that you think it is a backwater, and all of us who live here are no better than we ought to be.
Maybe the older generations who were asked for their opinions can remember when Accrington had a busy thriving market....and people used to come just for that alone....maybe these people can remember when the town was a hive of industry, maybe these people have seen what a shambles has been made of other projects that were supposed to make the town a better, more pleasant place to live.

It isn't negativity, it is their opinion, and they were asked for their opinion.

According to you, you are going to be hot footing it out of the area as fast as your legs will take you, so it shouldn't really matter much to you anyway.