Why Sheffield is so empty ??

[EricaJane 10]

The Mamma and Papa pound, shirley?

[JoaquiNation 10]

I think the fact Sheffield is dead in the summer is something that is commonplace in most large cities in England. Here in London you can tell when the students have gone because the weather improves and you no longer have eye candy when you're out'n'bout on a Friday/Saturday night!

[Fareast 10]

I wonder where the missing students go to ? Maybe abroad ?

Surely most of them return to their home towns and cities , in which case you'd think the streets would fill up a bit with local students on holiday.

Then again , they might all be locked in their rooms , studying feverishly for next terms exams.

They must go SOMEWHERE ; after all the number is roughly constant.

[foo_fighter 10]

Originally posted by JoaquiNation

...Here in London you can tell when the students have gone because the weather improves...

Wow!

 

Do you think those facts are directly related, so...

 

...even the sun avoids students...

 

...or maybe it's just the clouds follow them "home" (wherever that is).

 

 

[eguin 10]

Originally posted by goldenfleece

If the Universities **** down completely then Sheffield would effectively also shut down completely......we would lose many, many bars, almost all the nightclubs, and a great variety of shops and facilities. In fact the only thing to thrive in Sheffield if all the students left forever would be the Unemployment offices......

 

Students bring more money into Sheffield in terms of spending power for the local economy than you can possibly imagine......

 

But we are told students have no money!

[Zebra 10]

I seem to remember that the student population accounts for 50% of Sheffields overall population or some similar sort of thing.

So, if there are people working, commuting and studying surely it would be quiet, plus most people will be rushing home to enjoy the four days of summer we'll be getting for the forthcoming millenia

[UnkleBob 10]

another factor for the city emptying may be that lots of factories and businesses are moving out of town to the industrial estates on the outskirts of the city.

[Don_Kiddick 11]

The Tax Payers Pound - shirley?

[lucymamba 10]

Originally posted by mattgarnett

im so happy the students have gone home for summer they take up all our space and bars and fooyball pitches and they get a student loan and dont spend it on tuition fees but instead clothes ..booze and all there other disgustin habits

 

But you get us locals who go to uni elsewhere back, sorry to ruin your happiness

 

And as for 'disgustin habits' etc, hows about the fact we spend it on finding somewhere to live during term time (and often having to pay even after we go home), feeding ourselves, and generally living on an amount half of what the majority get in wages?

 

Yes we don't earn it and it's a loan, but it IS paid back, and as others have said, if students didn't bring their money to pretty much all the major cities, there would be hardly any bars/amenities around anyway for you to think are too full

 

Sorry, just HAVE to go on the defensive when 'the student bunch' as a whole are moaned about

[trans 10]

Wait while the last 2 weeks in July first 2 in August

[margarete 10]

Ex pound?

 

Com pound?

[ADC_28 10]

Originally posted by margarete

Ex pound?

 

Love it!

 

Maybe that's just the money spent by the postgrads, though...