Why doesn't Bristol build anything?

[Honkytonk]

Quite interesting article that talks about the lack of new anything in Bristol, specifically stadiums. Compares it with Cardiff too, which amuses me greatly as it's likely to piss off Bristolians.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-24924792

[4D]

They have had a city centre redeveloped. Cardiff is the capital of Wales, hence the national stadium. Bristol should build one decent stadium that city and rovers could share 

[Abrahammer]

They sure know how to redevelopment stuff though. The transformation of the Harbourside area in the last 10 years is very impressive, great area now.

[Honkytonk]

They sure know how to redevelopment stuff though. The transformation of the Harbourside area in the last 10 years is very impressive, great area now.

I'll drink to that, hadn't been to central Bristol in years till a few months ago and barely recognised the place.

[pauld]

If we could do half of what they've done in Brizzle City Centre to our town centre over the past decade, Swindon would be a much better place to live and work. But while they've got on with it, our lot have pissed about and focused on the important issues - Riki Hunt's wifi scam and building yet more out of town developments to ensure that in the unlikely event we ever do regenerate the town centre, it's got no chance of succeeding. Hurrah for strategic vision!

[Baggins]

I love Swindon - I grew up there, I still think of it in some way as home, and of course its home to my club.  However, having been away 11 years and lived and worked in towns with far less favourable locations and economic opportunities achieving impressive and sustainable redevelopments, I'm sad to say that when I come back and see Swindon Town center it makes me quite angry.  Surely, it could and should be a nicer, more welcoming and desirable place that it is.

[Arriba]

We Swindonians have no reason to mock Bristol. Our town is a disgrace thanks to the bloody awful councils past and present. A sprawl of houses with no infrastructure or culture.

[Reg Smeeton]

We Swindonians have no reason to mock Bristol.

How about this...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/12/bristols-streets-history-horror-slavery

[ronnie21]

We Swindonians have no reason to mock Bristol. Our town is a disgrace thanks to the bloody awful councils past and present. A sprawl of houses with no infrastructure or culture.

This

[Samdy Gray]

Yay for another round of Swindon bashing!

[Peter Venkman]

I love Swindon - I grew up there, I still think of it in some way as home, and of course its home to my club.  However, having been away 11 years and lived and worked in towns with far less favourable locations and economic opportunities achieving impressive and sustainable redevelopments, I'm sad to say that when I come back and see Swindon Town center it makes me quite angry.  Surely, it could and should be a nicer, more welcoming and desirable place that it is.

Same for me, having been away 11 years myself, it has so much potential yet achieved nothing.

[pauld]

Yay for another round of Swindon bashing!

It's not really. If it was just people saying "Oooh, Swindon's a shithole" with no basis then fair enough. But look at what Reading, Bristol etc have done in the same time our council have sat on their hands (or pointed fingers at each other) and look at the abject failure to progress our town centre and tell me there isn't a problem there? The town is being allowed to rot through neglect, incompetence and failure of political will. if anything, it's council bashing, not Swindon bashing

[Bewster]

I love Swindon - I grew up there, I still think of it in some way as home, and of course its home to my club.  However, having been away 11 years and lived and worked in towns with far less favourable locations and economic opportunities achieving impressive and sustainable redevelopments, I'm sad to say that when I come back and see Swindon Town center it makes me quite angry.  Surely, it could and should be a nicer, more welcoming and desirable place that it is.

Same here. Even my wife who first visited Swindon 15 years ago remarks on the decline she has seen in that period.

[Sippo]

They are building another cinema though on the old college site.

Wahoo!

[fuzzy]

I was born and dragged up in the Medway Towns area. My link to Swindon was born when I met SWMBO and decided to stay attached. I started to visit the town in the early 80's and my link developed when Swindon was one of the fastest developing towns in Europe.

Oh how times change.