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Originally Posted by Neil
Look at the ones worse than us - Blackpool, Blackburn, Burnley and the one just better Preston.
All of these have a decent town centre with big name shops so there must be more to it.
Unless I am missing the point here.
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They all have a much larger population than Accrington. Burnley's 88,500 compared to Accrington's 35,000, for example.
Accrington does have some wealth, just as the Ribble Valley has pockets of poverty, but over all the figures are there in black and white. This area has a relatively low socio-economic majority, and isn't able to sustain many mid to high end retail outlets.
For further evidence just look at the shops in Accrington, and the ones that have left over the last decade or so, of which there have been many.
Most retail outlets employ umpteen analysts to look at the foot fall any business is likely to attract, and exactly what socio-economic class, and how much disposable income the area has, before deciding on a location for any business.