Re: Launceston


"cashbuster" <cashbuster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:wJSdnVAI77gVAPjYRVnytA@xxxxxxxxx
Nice place Launceston - - shame about the town council.
Shops closing all over the place.
Same old pattern - shop closes - charity shop opens - another shop closes - another Building Society opens - another shop goes out of business- another Estate agent opens.
Someone at the council had the brilliant idea to attract more people to the town.
Build a bigger car park.
Wonderful way of thinking. More Cars equals more people. More people spend more money. Shops get busier - everyone happy.
WRONG.
Council builds bigger car park.
Council increases car parking charges.
Shoppers go elsewhere. Shops sell less - shops close.
No need for big car park after all.
Launceston has a huge car park - 90% Empty.

I was looking for something else when I picked this up but since I travel through Launceston every day I thought I could comment.

I don't shop there. I may go to Tesco. Its easy to get at but even then I find their car park congested and the positioning of the exit a nightmare so I prefer to go to Asda in Plymouth or Bodmin.

I think everyone has to catch up with one thing. Town centres are dead and gone. I havent been into a town for years. I wont go to Plymouth because they desperately try to keep cars out. I dont go to Launceston because there is nothing to go in for that I cant get out of town on a nice easy to reach and easy to park out of town centre. Its a nightmare just negotiating it. The roads are steep and narrow and its awful. Thats the geography and cannot be changed.

Town centres are finished and everyone needs to wake up to that , not just the council

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