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Originally Posted by garinda
Even better news would be if everyone in Accy had a spare eighty quid in their pocket, to fritter away on things they didn't plan to buy, and therefore had no urgent need for.
Oh what luxury we'd all feel to be in that position.
All the bills paid, and free to spend on whatever took our fancy whilst mooching round Accy.
Luxury brand retailers would soon be opening in Accrington, and Broadway would be giving Fifth Avenue, and the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré a run for their money.
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It doesn't happen very often, let me assure you! However, I still maintain I can't have been the only person in Accrington today that happened to have a bit of spare cash.
It may well be on the list of deprived areas but being all sarcastic about luxury retailers isn't very constructive, is it? I know you call it 'realism' but the whole of Accrington isn't exclusively populated by chavs so where are those people shopping? They will have to travel out of town because the options are not there in Accrington. Rather than the council encouraging more betting shops and pound stores that give town centres a run-down appearance, they could save themselves a future headache by halting the decline now and giving incentives for better quality shops to remain within the shopping centre.
I simply do not believe that Accrington residents are all too poor to need a decent standard of shops. Half of the unemployed people I see are in more expensive designer gear than I could ever reasonably afford! It must come from somewhere.