Mike....... wrote:
> Following up to d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
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> >> Listen to Robert Elms, (BBC London "listen
> >> again" or live 12-3pm) he sees the gritty, noisy atmosphere of NY and
> >> London as part of the essential character and dislikes pedestrianised
> >> shopping centres (and that's from a reluctant driver (didnt drive
> >> until he had family), cyclist, city centre liver). I sort of see his
> >> point.
> >
> >I concede that busy traffic is what we're used to in centres of cities.
>
> OK, not interested in Robert Elms view because its different from your
> own.
Er, yes, that tends to be a subset of views I'm not interested in. That
is, it's his _view_ and I don't agree with it.
> (although his view on most things are like yours ie not like
> mine).
>
> >> Can't say windswept shopping plazas with groups of yobs
> >> skateboarding are that great.
> >
> >I can't think of a city centre like that, but never mind. Manchester,
> >Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham as some examples have large pedestrian
> >areas, and the only chance of skateboarders would be at midnight.
> >Otherwise they're filled with, er, pedestrians.
>
> Like the south bank pedestrianised areas of central London and the
> plaza next to the Shell Centre? They are possibly a one off from bad
> design.
What do they have to do with "pedestrianised shopping centres." I must
have missed the M&S underneath the QEH when I was there last week. I
must have missed the skateboarders too, actually. There aren't many
there, and as you seem to have problems understanding your own words
now, it isn't a "pedestrianised shopping centre."
> However, Smaller towns are sometimes a bit like that, but i
> forgot you only do big cities.
I forgot I was debating an utter moron.
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