General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

if you have spent time in the USA you will find most towns shopping look like retail parks were you park your car grab what you need and drive off its not designed to browse.... Europe is a great example for how towns are set up with art on the street and parks trees greenery not just concrete and tin

billy connolly spoke about him growing up in Glasgow in the tenement housing and the community spirit that came with living there then in the 60s they knocked them down and he moved to Multi-storey flats and the community spirit was lost even though he had hot water..... when they built flats they did not think what people needed to live a balanced and fulfilling life it was just about a roof over the head .. getting back to shopping the last few year wigan new building has been built around what is good for the retailer/car not the shopper