No Wonder the High Street is Dying

custardy

lostinrates wrote: »

Mine do. Or more to the point, i do.

every purchase?
I do love the UK carcentric,they all hate us view
I often see them sitting in their cars queuing to park,while I walk past to the shops

Idiophreak

custardy wrote: »

every purchase?
I do love the UK carcentric,they all hate us view
I often see them sitting in their cars queuing to park,while I walk past to the shops

Wow, what an amazing human being you are.
Well done.
:T

(damn it, how do I get that thing to clap slower...)

lostinrates

custardy wrote: »

every purchase?
I do love the UK carcentric,they all hate us view
I often see them sitting in their cars queuing to park,while I walk past to the shops

Yes, every purchase....i live in a rural area not a town or large village and drive to the nearest high street. Its not too far to walk or cycle....but i am not able to walk long distances usually or cycle.

Even for the perfectly able bodies, with a full time job or a family their doesn't exist the luxury of a couple of hours walk in a day when other stuff must be done too.

Perhaps you walk past me in m car, but i am pretty sure even sitting ina traffic jam i would get to the high street and back in the car before you have done a one way journey on foot! I certainly guarantee i would not make it there most days, and if i did carring shopping home with the walking stick i would need by then would be a bit of a pita tbh. Nevermind where it ohysically hurt!

For your situation i am sure you are right, for others of us your soltuion is not reasonably viable, especially if someone is prepared to deliver what we need to the home!

lisyloo

every purchase?

For goodness sake, have some empathy or even sympathy.
Some people do not have the use of their legs.

I do and I enjoy walking to the supermarket in summer but I get frustrated at the amount that I can carry in a rucksack.
I would be delighted to spend several hours walking to my doctors on a nice day, but I cannot talk the time off during the working day.

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

custardy wrote: »

every purchase?
I do love the UK carcentric,they all hate us view
I often see them sitting in their cars queuing to park,while I walk past to the shops

Not an option for the large numbers of people who live in rural areas though, is it?

lostinrates

lisyloo wrote: »

For goodness sake, have some empathy or even sympathy.
Some people do not have the use of their legs.

I do and I enjoy walking to the supermarket in summer but I get frustrated at the amount that I can carry in a rucksack.
I would be delighted to spend several hours walking to my doctors on a nice day, but I cannot talk the time off during the working day.

From my pov its ok, its a valid argument imo raised, and also, shows how very easy it is to solve a problem from our own pov on the interent ....not considerig the situation of others.


The other thing about living rurally, a sometime cripple or not, is that you tend not to go out for a little purchase to often. You go rarely, fill the car up, come home. And hole up again for a few weeks.


I want high streets to be good, i want to enjoy shopping again, i am after all a woman.

Mrs_Arcanum

Road_Hog wrote: »

It's quite simple. Councils hate motorists. People with cars tend to spend more money than those on public transport. You have a boot, great for transporting weekly shopping or heavy items.

Councils will only be happy when the high street is devoid of cars and consists of boarded up shops, Poundland and charity shops.

The exact opposite of our area, with free parking throughout - even the multi story. Free parking provision is the "sacred cow" of our local council. So the shops do have to charge more to help pay for it.

Admittedly it is a real pain for anyone working who needs to use a car.

Trouble is when you have been all over town and found it impossible to buy an in-line dual switch, is it any wonder people use the internet.

lostinrates

Somethingnelse occured to me tonight when i went to the wrong town to collect dh from the train station.

People like me..rural or village dwellers have immense choice and power. I live near two cities, and four towns. High street shop choice, parking and ease of road network make the decision more than distance,..on which they are fairly evenly matched. The nearest small town loses out most often...it did better until a parking charge came in, before that i used the green grocer at least weekly.

The towns, i drive a little further to the one that has niche interest shops, antiques, independant book shops. They might not benefit from my trade each time, but the other shops benefit from their drawing me there.

The cities are evenly matched. One is one of the most charming british cities, but a wretch to drive into. The other is also nice, a little further, but excellent parking and level, ehich makes a difference to me getting about.

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I wanted school clothes of my child so I bought multiple styles all in multiple sizes and returned what was not wanted. That would have been nigh on impossible instore as surely some styles or sizes would be unavailable.

Wife wanted boots so ordered 6 styles in 2 sizes and kept 4 from 12.

Cashback, fuel, car parking charges, likelihood of not having your size, together with online discounts mean that it can save you hours and perhaps 25% off the total bill, with no risk of impulse purchases either. You'd be mad to go to the high street for many things.

Road_Hog

custardy wrote: »

every purchase?
I do love the UK carcentric,they all hate us view
I often see them sitting in their cars queuing to park,while I walk past to the shops

I do hope you're going to vote for independence.