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Originally Posted by Halcyon
The high street in many cities is now becoming three things, restaurants, banks, and pound shops.
Council's seem to sit and do nothing whilst these streets slowly become nothing.
And then they wonder why their town is not popular.
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In fairness, the local councils can do all they want, but two major problems are retail parks and out of town shopping centres. In both cases, the nearest councils have sometimes objected (or even refused planning permission) only to be overruled by the government.