Why is Coventry so crap? (32 Viewers)

[Otis]

To be fair it's pretty offensive to Stalingrad.

Have you been?

I have and your comment is just ridiculous in the extreme.

 

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[Grendel]

because the council are cretins who haven't got a clue.

No council in their right mind hands a flag ship town centre building over to Primark if they're serious about doing something to revive the city centre.

Look at their latest bit of genius, (apart from teaming up with an out of town rugby club to try and kill the Citys 130 year old football team).
Friargate - looks good, coming along nicely, only problem is the rail companies might be cutting Services from Coventry to London but no one thought to check! Whole thing could be (another) white elephant!

Spot on

 

[Grendel]

Have you been?

I have and your comment is just ridiculous in the extreme.

Volgograd? Yes I have actually.

 

[Otis]

Spot on

They won't cut services I'm sure.

Sure the stat is that outside London Coventry is either the busiest or fastest growing.

Can't remember the exact fact, but I am sure they won't cut services to London.

Friargate should be really nice. Grendel is incredibly biased towards Coventry and his pure, blind hatred of the place is embarrassing.

No-one is saying the place is great, but we should rightly condemn what is wrong with the place, but then be honest enough to accentuate the positives.

Friargate should be very nice and the opening up of the Sherbourne opposite the transport museum with cafes alongside should be very nice too. Charterhouse sounds like it is going to be lovely.

Around the cathedral is very nice and the old cathedral and St. Mary's Guildhall and the transport museum and the Herbert are all popular with tourists.

 

[Otis]

A lot of shitty areas, but some of it is just fine.

 

[Samo]

It's when you bumped it from

What? You've lost me.

 

[Samo]

It is. Nottingham and Leicester are similar size and are vastly superior. The retail choice is greater and the footfall so much greater. Coventry pays homage to Stalingrad.

Ah yes Nottingham, what a fabulous reputation that city has!

 

[Nick]

What? You've lost me.

The last post was nearly 8 years ago..

 

[vow]

What? You've lost me.

Just say No to drugs, Samo! :wideyed:

 

[Otis]

Oh and I keep forgetting about Fargo Village, which my whole family absolutely love. It's our favourite place and has a lovely feel about it.

 

[Grendel]

Ah yes Nottingham, what a fabulous reputation that city has!

The reputation is irrelevant.

It has John Lewis.

Coventry has Primark. I would urge you to go one Sunday and then go the coventry the next Sunday and tell me what the difference is.

 

[Otis]

The reputation is irrelevant.

It has John Lewis.

Coventry has Primark. I would urge you to go one Sunday and then go the coventry the next Sunday and tell me what the difference is.

Nottingham is a lot further?

 

[Grendel]

Nottingham is a lot further?

Nottingham is packed with shoppers. Half of the shops in coventry are closed on a Sunday. It's a disaster.

 

[Otis]

I like Nottingham. Have lots of relatives there and my family can be traced back to Sherwood Forest in 1066.

Went to the Bull Ring yesterday too, which is very nice.

Coventry has made lots of mistakes, but is now seemingly putting it things right and we should at least commend the bits they are indeed getting right.

 

[Grendel]

I like Nottingham. Have lots of relatives there and my family can be traced back to Sherwood Forest in 1066.

Went to the Bull Ring yesterday too, which is very nice.

Coventry has made lots of mistakes, but is now seemingly putting it things right and we should at least commend the bits they are indeed getting right.

I like the bit round the train station.

 

[clint van damme]

To be fair there are 2 sides to this.

Coventry is a decent city to live in and there are many bigger shit holes in the country.
But when looking solely at the city centre, for a town of it's size it's a disaster.

 

[clint van damme]

They won't cut services I'm sure.

Sure the stat is that outside London Coventry is either the busiest or fastest growing.

Can't remember the exact fact, but I am sure they won't cut services to London.

Friargate should be really nice. Grendel is incredibly biased towards Coventry and his pure, blind hatred of the place is embarrassing.

No-one is saying the place is great, but we should rightly condemn what is wrong with the place, but then be honest enough to accentuate the positives.

Friargate should be very nice and the opening up of the Sherbourne opposite the transport museum with cafes alongside should be very nice too. Charterhouse sounds like it is going to be lovely.

Around the cathedral is very nice and the old cathedral and St. Mary's Guildhall and the transport museum and the Herbert are all popular with tourists.

With the greatest respect Otis, when there's 10s of millions of pounds at stake, I'd want something a little more concrete than one of your hunches as reassurance!

 

[Otis]

To be fair there are 2 sides to this.

Coventry is a decent city to live in and there are many bigger shit holes in the country.
But when looking solely at the city centre, for a town of it's size it's a disaster.

It is all over the place. The only really decent bit now is the Lower Precinct.

Hoping now Green's have gone (or are going) that they will build more restaurants in Cathedral Lanes.

Would be a good idea too if Wilko's moved into the now empty BHS store and freed that space up too.

 

[Otis]

With the greatest respect Otis, when there's 10s of millions of pounds at stake, I'd want something a little more concrete than one of your hunches as reassurance!

I just think due the fact of Coventry station being so busy.

If you look at the document/statement, it doesn't mention Coventry, it's just been picked up on about quicker trains to Birmingham.

 

[Grendel]

To be fair there are 2 sides to this.

Coventry is a decent city to live in and there are many bigger shit holes in the country.
But when looking solely at the city centre, for a town of it's size it's a disaster.

Correct - it's the Centre. Places like Earlsdon, Eastern green are pleasant enough. I'm worried wants happening in Allesley Village but yes there are

What coventry has never ever attempted to do is encourage professionals into the centre. It's very well wrecking green belt land around the windmill hotel but why bother? No one who lives there will go to coventry to shop. I work with people who've worked in coventry for years but never set foot in the centre.

 

[Otis]

Correct - it's the Centre. Places like Earlsdon, Eastern green are pleasant enough. I'm worried wants happening in Allesley Village but yes there are

What coventry has never ever attempted to do is encourage professionals into the centre. It's very well wrecking green belt land around the windmill hotel but why bother? No one who lives there will go to coventry to shop. I work with people who've worked in coventry for years but never set foot in the centre.

What are they doing in Allesley Village? New one on me that.

 

[Grendel]

It is all over the place. The only really decent bit now is the Lower Precinct.

Hoping now Green's have gone (or are going) that they will build more restaurants in Cathedral Lanes.

Would be a good idea too if Wilko's moved into the now empty BHS store and freed that space up too.

Wilkos - awesome - that will being the high earners in.

 

[clint van damme]

It is all over the place. The only really decent bit now is the Lower Precinct.

Hoping now Green's have gone (or are going) that they will build more restaurants in Cathedral Lanes.

Would be a good idea too if Wilko's moved into the now empty BHS store and freed that space up too.

Cathedral lanes should be knocked down, what other city blocks the view of it's most iconic building with a half arsed red brick monstrosity?

 

[Otis]

Wilkos - awesome - that will being the high earners in.

It's here anyway. I am just saying move it. What's the problem with that? Make Cathedral Lanes the restaurant quarter.

 

[Grendel]

What are they doing in Allesley Village? New one on me that.

On a serious note it's a real problem - an elderly woman was robbed the other week - thieves barged in pushed her over and did a raid.

There are some very unsavoury characters wandering around.

I was really shocked. I saw some guy yelling abuse in the street who was clearly out of his face and a gang of unsavoury yobs shouting abuse.

I know where it's coming from

 

[Samo]

The last post was nearly 8 years ago..

You've got to be shitting me?

 

[Samo]

Did I really just bump an 8 year old thread?

 

[vow]

Yes, you space cadet.

 

[skybluedan]

Bet you radfords lovely this time of year though

 

[Ashdown]

Said it before, I love coming over to Cov. I know the centre better than most Coventrians still living in the City. It's so improved over the last 20 years. The restaurants are a lot better, there are decent places to get a proper real ale now and the lighting is very vibrant. The walkway down from the train station into CV1 will be superb when finished. Money makes money, people need to back what is on their doorstep and then new places will open up according to footfall and increased revenue.
I guess we miss the seedier and more violent side of stuff these days by the very fact that we usually do a few pubs from 6-8 pm and a restaurant till say 9.45 and then we are on our way back out over to bandit country before all the chavs have sunk their first bottle of cheap cider.

 

[covmark]

Samo, you're a tit Hahahaha

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[Nick]

On a serious note it's a real problem - an elderly woman was robbed the other week - thieves barged in pushed her over and did a raid.

There are some very unsavoury characters wandering around.

I was really shocked. I saw some guy yelling abuse in the street who was clearly out of his face and a gang of unsavoury yobs shouting abuse.

I know where it's coming from

That's in allsley?

 

[Grendel]

That's in allsley?

Yes it is. I've been 3 times walking round there recently and there has been an incident you'd never associate with the Village.

It's the hotel. It's occupants are "interesting"

 

[Samo]

Yes, you space cadet.

In my defense, it appeared in the 'Popular Threads Right Now' section, how did that happen? Anyway... it appears to have prompted more debate than it did originally so hey ho!

 

[vow]

In my defense, it appeared in the 'Popular Threads Right Now' section, how did that happen? Anyway... it appears to have prompted more debate than it did originally so hey ho!

No defense, you're still a space cadet!