Anton_Berg
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There have been seasons when the biggest gate at the Riverside was on Boxing Day, that is, when there is no public transport. This has to be taken into account when talking about about improving public transport.
That has to do with tradition, and households getting larger as people come Driving Home for Christmas.There have been seasons when the biggest gate at the Riverside was on Boxing Day, that is, when there is no public transport. This has to be taken into account when talking about about improving public transport.
Were you sent here by the Devil?
Infrastructure is definitely the most important thing. Build it, and they will come. But not at the expense of the admittedly shoddy network that already exists, it has to be new and modern. Imagine a joined up Tees Valley area with rapid transport links into the middle of towns and urban areas.
Would cost millions and millions, and is not attractive enough to those in Westminster. Private funding required? Yeah good luck with that.
Agree.I'd say infrastructure is only PART of the solution. You say "build it and they will come" but why are they coming ?
You need to attract investment / visitors to the town, and you're not going to do that just through a good transport network. You need to create a reason for people to want to travel around the area.
This might be unpopular but I’ll say it anyway.Need to work on the attitude of the people. Too many want to just damage their local area, happy to live on benefits, not care about scraping the barrel of life. You could bring all the jobs, but if people just want to deal drugs/ take drugs, then those jobs wont get filled.
Think about Middlesbrough and Stockton - how many areas within those towns are 1. sh*tholes? 2. alright? 3. nice? Both towns have more 1s than 2s and 3s and it's down to the people bringing down their areas.
We need a magic pill to raise everyone's intelligence, so they can think about their actions and consequences. We need competent, not corrupt police doing actual work. We need a change of people's attitudes.
What about us brain dead slobs?No good sir, I'm on the level.
What about us brain dead slobs?
Hopefully the evolution of WFH and hybrid working models for traditional office based roles will help with that.One of the other key things that's needed to improve a city / town is to reduce "brain drain" where graduates feel a need to move away to make a career for themselves, because the opportunities just aren't there on Teesside.
My wife (girlfriend at the time) and I moved away 20 odd years ago when we finished uni, as our earning potential was so much higher in London / South East, and are now settled down here. If there was the same type of jobs available when we left uni then perhaps we'd still be living on Teesside?