What is so good about Sheffield City Centre?

[Daven 10]

It's an initiative - it won't happen overnight mate. You will have to be patient.

Why are you feeling embarrassed ?

 

 

 

"Known as the Steel City, many innovations were developed locally, including crucible and stainless steel, fuelling an almost tenfold increase in the population in the Industrial Revolution. Sheffield received its municipal charter in 1843, becoming the City of Sheffield in 1893"

 

For everyones information - Sheffield became a City before it became trendy.

Edited August 17, 2018 by Daven

[truman 10]

It's an initiative - it won't happen overnight mate. You will have to be patient.

Why are you feeling embarrassed ?

 

How long does it take? It's been going for 2 years hasn't it?

 

https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/alive-after-five-bid-to-transform-sheffield-city-centre-welcomed-1-8000085

[Michael_N 36]

Why would anyone want to come to a desolate <removed> city centre like Sheffield? We have Meadowhall for that, where you can remain cool in the summer or warm and dry in the winter, don't have beggars and spice heads lurking in every doorway and feel in a safe environment - with free parking and leisure facilities too.

 

People drag down Meadowhall no end, but I don't think they realise just how much it attracts in investment and people coming to the area.

Edited August 17, 2018 by nikki-red

[Daven 10]

Maybe we should all go shopping in Rotherham Michael - then we really WOULD appreciate Sheffield

[bendix 10]

It's an initiative - it won't happen overnight mate. You will have to be patient.

Why are you feeling embarrassed ?

 

 

 

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It's been going for two-three years. I feel embarassed for Sheffield because when you walk around Manchester and Leeds at 7.30pm, it is still lively with places to go, shopping, bars, cafes - both are vibrant, alive places. When you walk around Sheffield at 7.30pm the shopping is limited to Poundland and Primark.

[Guest makapaka]

It's been going for two-three years. I feel embarassed for Sheffield because when you walk around Manchester and Leeds at 7.30pm, it is still lively with places to go, shopping, bars, cafes - both are vibrant, alive places. When you walk around Sheffield at 7.30pm the shopping is limited to Poundland and Primark.

 

Go to Meadowhall for your shopping if you need to do it after 730pm.

 

There are scores of bars and cafes open in Sheffield city centre after 730pm.

[Cyclone 10]

Go to meadowhall if you need to do shopping after 1700 would be more accurate wouldn't it.

 

And yes, there are bars open, and restaurants (not so much cafes), but the centre is dead after 1700, and that's largely down to the inability to do any shopping in combination with getting a bite to eat.

 

(I've actually tried to get a sandwich or quick snack at 1800, if you don't want a full meal it's actually pretty difficult, most of the cafes are actually closed).

[chakademus 10]

Sheffield's highlights are it's communities outside the city centre. It just hasn't had the city centre investment of Manchester or Leeds, it's virtually dead after 6pm. SCC doesn't help with poor town planning & parking restrictions.

 

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It does have interesting suburbs with decent restaurants, cafes & bars. Focus on the positives.

[bendix 10]

Sheffield's highlights are it's communities outside the city centre. It just hasn't had the city centre investment of Manchester or Leeds, it's virtually dead after 6pm. SCC doesn't help with poor town planning & parking restrictions.

 

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It does have interesting suburbs with decent restaurants, cafes & bars. Focus on the positives.

 

Indeed, and that's what makes it very livable. Forget the city centre and focus on the inner suburbs or the countryside. They are truly lovely.

 

However, that doesn't mean the centre should be left to rot. The city must work harder to attract the investment Leeds or Manchester had, else it will lose even those who enjoy the rest of the place. Why? Because quite simply it won't have the businesses here to sustain a middle class lifestyle and it will simply become a Poundland / Primark city, like so many others.

 

And it is so much better than that, potentially.

[chakademus 10]

Indeed, and that's what makes it very livable. Forget the city centre and focus on the inner suburbs or the countryside. They are truly lovely.

 

However, that doesn't mean the centre should be left to rot. The city must work harder to attract the investment Leeds or Manchester had, else it will lose even those who enjoy the rest of the place. Why? Because quite simply it won't have the businesses here to sustain a middle class lifestyle and it will simply become a Poundland / Primark city, like so many others.

 

And it is so much better than that, potentially.

 

Then again Sheffield's affordable! A wider outlook comes with a price tag.

[Longcol 604]

Indeed, and that's what makes it very livable. Forget the city centre and focus on the inner suburbs or the countryside. They are truly lovely.

 

However, that doesn't mean the centre should be left to rot. The city must work harder to attract the investment Leeds or Manchester had, else it will lose even those who enjoy the rest of the place.

 

To get that sort of investment we need to conjure up another million or so people living in the area.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_the_United_Kingdom

[Guest makapaka]

Indeed, and that's what makes it very livable. Forget the city centre and focus on the inner suburbs or the countryside. They are truly lovely.

 

However, that doesn't mean the centre should be left to rot. The city must work harder to attract the investment Leeds or Manchester had, else it will lose even those who enjoy the rest of the place. Why? Because quite simply it won't have the businesses here to sustain a middle class lifestyle and it will simply become a Poundland / Primark city, like so many others.

 

And it is so much better than that, potentially.

 

Theres always r0om for improvement but you are massively underselling what we do have.

 

Why are we going to become a "poundland/primark city"?