It doesn't matter how much the council changes the look of the city centre, you'll still get the pikey chavs walking around with their tramp uniform on (baseball cap, tracksuit top, tracksuit bottoms tucked into black socks and black trainers) unless its above 15 degrees, then they seem to feel the need to walk around without a top on showing off their ridiculous tattoos. :jerkit:
We also need to put a lot more work in than just pedestrianising broadgate to get this city looking good again. Pretty much all the shops need levelling and putting into a tighter, more logical format. Take a look at the shops on Market Way, Hertford Street, Smithford Way and Broadgate, they're all crap - half of which are pound shops or discount jewellers. Get rid of the crap shops, build a massive shopping centre along the lines of bull ring or arndale centre to try and attract the bigger name shops, and put the smaller, specialist shops dotted around the outskirts of the city centre.
