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You are missing the point. Yes it could be worse, just about, but as the county town it should be the BEST. And it is patently a long way from being the best.It could be worse, many town centres didn't put up chrismas lights let alone have a parade lol.
You are missing the point. Yes it could be worse, just about, but as the county town it should be the BEST. And it is patently a long way from being the best.
People like you are exactly the reason why Stafford is in the state it is in. No pride in the town , no ambition for it, happy to settle for second or third best.You talk some b******s and I think you missing my point, I was implying it could be worse...you imagine being in a town where why the council can't put up lights.
Not sure what rule that says a county has to be the best. Just where exactly is Stafford worse than??
Tamworth, cannock burton, newcastle, stoke, hanley, tunstall.....the latter 3 are definitely in worst 3 category.
Not sure this poll has the definitions right really.
The town isn't run down at all.....empty shops don't look great but it does not mean run down.
Run down tends to be falling apart, grotty in disrepair etc. The town centre is far from run down and as a town in general it is even further from run down. There are sections of the town that are ugly....I.e. back of the former co-op area but run down they are not.
You want to see rundown......Tunstall is your place for a fine example of such.
I think the 'powers that be' have a planning role in the town, but ultimately, surely, if you don't use it, you lose it. Two points I want to make are: we the people elect the powers that be, so collectively we've got who we voted for in a free election, and market forces determine what shops we have and their success or not, depending on whether customers decide to spend their money in them.
The people make any town what it is, ultimately. I said before that Stafford people are generally intelligent and capable, so we need to work hard to promote our town, use it, and start new businesses, not rely on 'someone else', then when things fail, blame the council or the government or brexit or whatever.
Also if we keep talking it down in a public forum, no-one new will want to come because they'll think it's a dump. It really isn't!
The crisis was caused by the council and us being made worse by blinkered people like you who allow things to get worse and will not challenge anything. My role, as the voice of reason, is to highlight the weaknesses of Stafford and raise awareness of the issues rather than simply burying my head in the sand like you and thinking everything is ok, which it is not.What are you doing about it, and who do you blame for the 'crisis'?
I have no idea who you are, and that is irelevant anyway. I am not blaming 'someone else', I am blaming a specific and identifiable group of people - the council. No one person could do this much damage, however incompetent they were.With respect, you don't know me or my role in this town, but just as I thought, you're blaming 'someone else'. It really isn't the way to resolve any problem.
That has to be the most ironic comment of 2016.It does seem that I am the only person here on here trying to save Stafford.