City council survey: Liverpool is brilliant, everywhere else is rubbish
The survey, which interviewed almost 1,500 people, found 96 per cent were feeling 'optimistic' about the future of the city centre; 96 per cent also rated the retail experience as 'positive' and 88 per cent believe there is a good range of entertainment on offer in the city.
The results also found that eight out of ten people think the police are dealing with anti-social behaviour and crime issues although some people commented on the increase of drinking on the street, begging and ‘young people hanging around’.
To improve the city, the public suggested more seating, better quality green spaces and extra public toilets.
“This is the most consistently positive survey of the city centre we have ever had," said councillor Joe Anderson, leader of the city council. “The message coming out of it loud and clear is that the city centre is generally regarded as safe and vibrant with great shops and entertainment.
“There is no doubt that Liverpool One has had a major effect on the way the city is viewed but there are many other aspects of the city centre which are also impressing. In fact when they were asked what they would like to change about the city centre more than 40 per cent could think of nothing to change.”
Ged Gibbons, chief executive of City Central BID, added: “The findings of this annual survey speak volumes for City Central BID and its members, not only reflecting the vibrancy, cleanliness and safety of our city centre, but it is also hugely satisfying that Liverpool has consolidated its position in the top five UK retail destinations, especially given the current economic and social environment.”
Liverpool city centre recently retained its Purple Flag, a national award which recognises a well managed city centre.
The survey which was commissioned by the City Council, Liverpool Vision, Merseytravel, Bid and Citysafe.
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The results also found that eight out of ten people think the police are dealing with anti-social behaviour and crime issues although some people commented on the increase of drinking on the street, begging and 'young people hanging around'.
There was an increase in the number of people who commented on the levels of drinking in the street, begging and 'young people hanging around'. There were also calls for more seating, better quality green spaces and an increase in the number of public
Despite the high poverty level resulting in street begging, it is however evident that during the holy month of Ramadan, beggars are barely found on streets, as they are assured of their meal requirements being catered for by the buoyant class.
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Written by Paul I. Adujie
During these past several days, there were newsworthy events in Nigeria and the Cameroons, two events with national and international consequences, including adverse publicity for both nations with common borders.
First, it was the disbandment of the Super Eagles, the premier member and arrowhead of Nigerian Football Association. The Super Eagles was Nigeria’s representative at the ongoing World Cup fiesta in South Africa, in which the Nigerian team had an embarrassingly lackluster demonstration of soccer or football prowess. The Super Eagles did not even show a scintilla of cohesion and determination to score goals and win matches.
At the end, the Super Eagles of Nigeria were quickly and rapidly eliminated without fanfare. The Super Eagles were famously predicted and forecast for failure by Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike. Upon the elimination of the Super Eagles, the government of Nigeria promptly “banned” the Super Eagles as Nigeria football club and future representative in future football/soccer efforts by Nigeria in international arenas.
In the Cameroons, the local council in Yaonde abruptly and arbitrarily engaged in arresting and rounding off beggars and panhandlers off the streets and off of major roadways intersections, this in an effort to curb what the city council described as a public nuisance and an inconvenience. Some Cameroonians who publicly commented on the city council actions, supported the council, arguing that most of the children are witches with ability to cast spells and sundry ill-wills, bad-luck and unspecified evils. Others commented that the begging phenomenon was an eyesore, a public nuisance with, again, unspecified debilitating effects on public morality and decency etc
Rectitude and moral certainty of a religious type was pervasive and permeated all the comments.
And yet, in both Nigeria and the Cameroons, there were convergences and confluences in both events, the effects and reactions with moral exactitude, but without reticence and or zilch of concerns for the root causes of failures in football/soccer competition by Nigeria and the phenomenon of begging in the Cameroons. The incidences of beggars engaged in public begging or panhandling, is incidentally, very common in Nigeria as well.
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