Bad publicity for Blackpool again

I suppose things could be a lot worse.



No 20 million visitors there to bump up certain metrics like Blackpool does.
 
Blackpool Are Back! said:
Very positive article about Blackpool.
Not sure it should be in the thread titled "Bad Publicity For Blackpool Again " though.
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Well, it's not an improvement so didn't put it in my thread. Not worth it's own thread so put it here to show it's not all bad publicity.

We've already explained why the numbers for Blackpool would be far higher, given the number of visitors not factored in.
 
Loco said:
Strange article. Can someone explain this comment please?
"Advertisements say the hotel is a two minute walk from the promenade, but later we discover it’s “four tram stops” away."
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That's in the play about 1976 Blackpool.
 
BFC4EVA said:
Probably because we have millions of tourists every year compared to other towns
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It’s worth probably taking out the offences on the prom and town centre in every area then you will get a better impression of the residential town. Middlesbrough definitely feels more edgy.
 
Cuthbert said:
It’s worth probably taking out the offences on the prom and town centre in every area then you will get a better impression of the residential town. Middlesbrough definitely feels more edgy.
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I agree with that.

My son has just started working for Cleveland Police. Stockton is the most violent district in the force area closely followed by Middlesbrough and Hartlepool.

Mostly drugs

What I don't understand is why Cleveland is considered a rural force by the Home Office which means we get less money than other areas with similar crime rates.
 
I worked at Thanet for two years. Nice in parts but not so in others much like here. Margate has some charm but also some serious crime issues.
 
Walk on the wilde side dis a video of the car on the beach but he'd been with Wendall who does a lot of deprived area videos particularly seaside locations down south. He's been with walk on the wild side so I hope he's goven him the balanced view, the good and the bad. As Blackpool has issues but many places he visited have the same issues yet very little of the upsides.

There's also a lot of regeneration happening, which my other long thread shows, including that very recent 90 million for inner Blackpool homes etc, his video is probably out next week, will keep an eye out for it.
 
The best cities in the UK for first time buyers:1) Swansea – score 81.5/1002) Edinburgh – score 78.5/1003) Plymouth – score 74.2/1004) Sunderland – score 74/1005) Newport – score 68.3/1006) Leeds – score 68.1/1007) Blackpool – score 68.1/1008) Sheffield – score 68.1/1009) Stoke-on-Trent – score 68/10010) Derby – score 66.6/100

Looks like we're either the best or the worst. 7th best city for first time house buyers is good, especially as we're not even a city.
 
I got the tram to north pier yesterday and went up Church Street past St. John’s Square, the number of young blokes and some women, shouting was incredible, you could see they were on something, be it alcohol or drugs and were paying for it.

Apart from that, the council and government can spend as many millions as they like, but people will be put off by these dossers.
 
Curryman said:
I feel safer walking through Blackpool than I do walking through the ghost town that is Bradford. Gangs of youths (male and female) drinking in the street, few buses after 6pm. beggars and ner do wells on every corner. Daytime and night time. Cars with banging exhausts travelling at high speeds. ignoring red lights, parking and double parking on pavements. Rubbish thrown all around the take aways, bins unused, It is a city with a total disregard for rules, regulations and authority. I pity the Police, who have a thankless task.

Ladies and Gentlemen this is your City of Culture 2025.
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Not to mention the many uninsured drivers roaming the Bradford streets!
 
Blackpool Are Back! said:
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Some standard stuff, interview a few down and outs, a guy who's on the piss with a can in hand who's actually part of the problem, see a few of the well known areas that sadly are on show for all to see if they look, not hidden away in some estate where no-one goes. He admits he looks for this sort of stuff and will find it.

Nothing new learned for us lot who know it, just need the big projects to get done and also the regeneration of the inner areas. He did say that the town centre is decent, the front, but we knew that. But that is the plan, the focus had to be to get the front done, as that is the heart of Blackpool and if that's shite it would have killed the town and then there'd really be deprivation if tourism failed, same with the centre. Get that thriving and it'll help the town thrive, along with it booming from tourism as a whole as well.

People always say... why do they spend money on the centre and not here, (even though there is money spent elsewhere too, like the airport enterprise zone for eg) well that's why in the main, as the benefits will spread from there. The vast majority who do visit won't visit all those run down areas, but they will the front and centre, so clearly they are a priority.

There are though plans to improve those problem areas, the revoe masterplan and central drive along with Blackpool central. Bond street was mentioned recently etc. As said in the other thread there should be some sort of operation face-lift, where houses etc are painted, empty properties are at least boarded up with colourful boards, like they do in some cities, until something can be done, it improves the appearance at least.

Will be interesting to see what they say the 90 million just acquired will go towards, as it's going towards better housing and neighbourhoods in the inner areas, not tourism.

As for some of the scum, you can only improve prospects, living conditions and if people still want to drink themselves to oblivion then so be it. Get tough on crime, there was an improvement in anti-social behaviour due to this scheme.

www.lancs.live

Blackpool anti-social behaviour crackdown leads to drop in offending

Since the launch of Operation Centurion, police say there has been a 42 per cent reduction in recorded incidents with 29 arrests
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Improving housing, streets with greenery, better education in schools and better further education, more jobs, thriving tourism and centre, it'll mean the next generation are better off and are also less likely to leave, which then means less come in from elsewhere to replace them.

It'll take time to fully regenerate and begin to undo some of the inner decline, but for me it's underway or in the pipeline and will pay off when the big projects are done and in future years. They'll always be poor areas but you can lessen the deprivation, make it less obvious, visually improve the areas and go from there in the short term and start to change things in the longer term.
 
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