True_Blue69
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my view of this is that the old model, the centralised office model with shops and eateries, high streets, is dead. We are moving, and have been for years, towards a weird mix of localism and online services. People have appetites to be away from jam packed commutes to city centres, be at home more and support what they consider (rightly or misguidedly) to be local business. then you throw in the almost exponential rise of Amazon and other delivery service culture and the high street and city centre model seems oddly quaint and on its last legs. Support should now be given to localism, good train systems and start ups.
Not sure I agree with that. Although high street shops may not be doing as well as they used to eateries and bars have thrived and town used to be hammered every day with these places doing a great trade. I don't think I have ever seen Manchester's nightlife doing as well as it was in the run up to the pandemic, the impact on the city centre has been devastating.