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Whichever direction you enter the town centre at the moment it’s a disgrace, boarded up buildings, stupid road systems, filth and scumbags, I love our town but it’s time to change the people who run it, immediately !
That’s not just Wigan, it just about sums up most of the North West.
Had a holiday down in Dorset last summer. Different world. Bournemouth was almost like being abroad….and I don’t mean because of all the Poles and Czechs, etc! (can’t recall seeing any. Just a really top British holiday resort) The beach was on a par with anything I have seen in Europe, and wasn’t far behind the one we were on in Jamaica. Just a totally different attitude and feeling about the place.
But even nearer to home, in Lancaster, there is definitely more optimism. Visit the place quite a lot, as the wife hails from up there. New businesses, new buildings being thrown up all the time, just a good ‘get up and go’ vibe about the place. A small city, that hasn’t been stereotyped as everywhere else with just the ‘same old, same old’ shops and chains. Still an air of individuality about the place. Lived up there for 2 years, and it was boss.
I have to admit, parts of Wigan DO resemble something from the blitz, at the moment. That old run-down building near Franco’s Italian, is a disgrace. Either flatten it, or renovate it, for pete’s sake! And they also bring out ‘Free swimming for all’…..just as they are demolishing the baths! :shock:
Some bright sparks about, eh?[/quote]
I visit lancaster quite a bit with my work and i agree it is a smashing little city with fine architecture and a laid back atmosphere.It does have its downsides though with a couple of grotty sink estates hidden away.
Morecambe its next door neighbour is a complete sh/thole loaded up with the usual chavs and single parents ,druggy scrotes that we see in towns all over the north west.I was there this afternoon and was dismayed at the rot and decay that seems to get worse every time i visit.Whichever direction you enter the town centre at the moment it’s a disgrace, boarded up buildings, stupid road systems, filth and scumbags, I love our town but it’s time to change the people who run it, immediately !
That’s not just Wigan, it just about sums up most of the North West.
Had a holiday down in Dorset last summer. Different world. Bournemouth was almost like being abroad….and I don’t mean because of all the Poles and Czechs, etc! (can’t recall seeing any. Just a really top British holiday resort) The beach was on a par with anything I have seen in Europe, and wasn’t far behind the one we were on in Jamaica. Just a totally different attitude and feeling about the place.
But even nearer to home, in Lancaster, there is definitely more optimism. Visit the place quite a lot, as the wife hails from up there. New businesses, new buildings being thrown up all the time, just a good ‘get up and go’ vibe about the place. A small city, that hasn’t been stereotyped as everywhere else with just the ‘same old, same old’ shops and chains. Still an air of individuality about the place. Lived up there for 2 years, and it was boss.
I have to admit, parts of Wigan DO resemble something from the blitz, at the moment. That old run-down building near Franco’s Italian, is a disgrace. Either flatten it, or renovate it, for pete’s sake! And they also bring out ‘Free swimming for all’…..just as they are demolishing the baths! :shock:
Some bright sparks about, eh?[/quote]
I visit lancaster quite a bit with my work and i agree it is a smashing little city with fine architecture and a laid back atmosphere.It does have its downsides though with a couple of grotty sink estates hidden away.
Morecambe its next door neighbour is a complete sh/thole loaded up with the usual chavs and single parents ,druggy scrotes that we see in towns all over the north west.I was there this afternoon and was dismayed at the rot and decay that seems to get worse every time i visit.[/quote]Ryelands is nice I believe !!
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