I've just read this piece in the Guardian and was hoping that I would be left pleasantly surprised by the possibility of a leftie cunt finally admitting that there is something wrong with British town centre high streets and that certain policies are not exactly business friendly.
The piece was entitled; >quote
"Where does ‘taking back control’ leave our local shops? In cloud cuckoo land" >quote
What a fucking bellend. In many towns across the U.K, that rich landlord that they despise so much is actually (unlike the case of this part of Camden Town in London) the local council. They don't want to solve the problems, they simply begrudge the fact that somebody else is making money from it.
Of course, they won't complain about the failure of councils to attract business to an area because big government is exactly what such Commie prick idiots want. As long as there is no private landlord, they're happy with the small local business owners suffering, because they also begrudge them making any decent money too, I think.
Also, I kind of hate town centre high streets constantly turning into clones of each other and am partial to good quality, independent shops but, when they're run by hipsters that so anti-capitalist and pro non-for-profit that they forget to even make any profit, stocking it full of ethical, vegan shite that no fucker wants, is any wonder that they quickly go out of business?
Most normal working class people would rather see a few more KFCs and Burger Kings or Primark/Matalan outlets in their town centres than see another middle class gender studies graduate with a generous trust fund set up yet another fucking genderfluid vegan cake shop. Putting up that rent might actually ensure that local councils are getting a good amount of money from these big corporations, who knows?
Yet there is a balance needs to be achieved, but town planners are probably even more aware of that than I am. Camden Town will always attract big money as it will attract consumers from far and wide, one cannot argue against private landlords getting the maximum return possible for their investment.
Not so desirable towns won't be so lucky, it's simply a case of supply and demand. Certain towns are just so shit that no amount of cheap rent will attract business to the area and those problems run much deeper than artificially high real estate prices.