As predicted the shopping centre stole the town
@Jackalyn (7559)
Oxford, England
November 3, 2017 8:00pm CST
The new shopping centre attracted lots of the stores off the High Street and Cormarket. Oxford is a mess. Cornmarket has lost so many shops and now even one of the big banks has sold its lovely building to a tutorial school. Empty shop fronts and now, as predicted, charity shops have made Cornmarket a sad place. I hope the street musicians and street acts remain as they won't be allowed in the overpriced travesty. I still long for the streets of my youth..
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
4 Nov 17
What changes have been made? I was there in 1994. Things looked pretty good. Now what does it look like?
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@yanzalong (18984)
• Indonesia
4 Nov 17
@Jackalyn That must be private sectors that have taken over, I believe.
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
4 Nov 17
@yanzalong Bad town planning.What would have been good is interesting non-chain shops.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
4 Nov 17
That's the thing when big investors enter our place. The small players in the market disappear.
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@Jackalyn (7559)
• Oxford, England
4 Nov 17
Oxford is not my childhood home. That was a place called Croydon. Croydon is a monument to town planning lunacy and full of high rise offices that are empty. It has become a joke. I just live about 4 miles away from Oxford in a village.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
4 Nov 17
This is a sad thing when supermalls and megamalls arises, the stores the made our memories in our place are disappearing.
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