Nick
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Oh yeah but wouldn't claim me sitting in my pants with toast crumbs on a laptop is a showcase for the city though.
To be honest, it’s people doing what they want to do. And it’s no more cringe than an approaching middle age bloke running a football forum and talking bollocks on it everyday. Leave them to it.
Oh yeah but wouldn't claim me sitting in my pants with toast crumbs on a laptop is a showcase for the city though.
I'm sure Hull did similar stuff but look at the stats about visitors and investment.
As I said, had to go up north at short notice yesterday but drove through Earlsdon High St and it was mobbed, (I think they were waiting some sort of parade), you can't knock the benefits of it.
The people of this city have a proper self loathing attitude. Almost like an abusive relationship. Happy to slag it off but don’t ever want to see it improve and move on.
Students - don’t pay council tax
Restaurants - all chains
City of culture - Sorry ‘so called’ city of culture. Happy clappy nonsense.
Literally anything good that happens in this city gets slagged off!
I took the Missus’ Uncle to the Transport Museum on Friday. He lived in Cov for 60 odd years before moving to North Wales to be near his lad and grandkids, he’s a proper Tile Hiller and hadn’t been in the city centre for a good few years.
He loved it. The transport museum is brilliant but it wasn’t just that he said that he’d never seen the city so bright and colourful.
Cov was shit for years and it is far from perfect but it is improving and it needs the local population to get behind it but for some reason they just don’t want to. Fucking weird behaviour.
The people of this city have a proper self loathing attitude. Almost like an abusive relationship. Happy to slag it off but don’t ever want to see it improve and move on.
Students - don’t pay council tax
Restaurants - all chains
City of culture - Sorry ‘so called’ city of culture. Happy clappy nonsense.
Literally anything good that happens in this city gets slagged off!
I took the Missus’ Uncle to the Transport Museum on Friday. He lived in Cov for 60 odd years before moving to North Wales to be near his lad and grandkids, he’s a proper Tile Hiller and hadn’t been in the city centre for a good few years.
He loved it. The transport museum is brilliant but it wasn’t just that he said that he’d never seen the city so bright and colourful.
Cov was shit for years and it is far from perfect but it is improving and it needs the local population to get behind it but for some reason they just don’t want to. Fucking weird behaviour.
The people of this city have a proper self loathing attitude. Almost like an abusive relationship. Happy to slag it off but don’t ever want to see it improve and move on.
Students - don’t pay council tax
Restaurants - all chains
City of culture - Sorry ‘so called’ city of culture. Happy clappy nonsense.
Literally anything good that happens in this city gets slagged off!
I took the Missus’ Uncle to the Transport Museum on Friday. He lived in Cov for 60 odd years before moving to North Wales to be near his lad and grandkids, he’s a proper Tile Hiller and hadn’t been in the city centre for a good few years.
He loved it. The transport museum is brilliant but it wasn’t just that he said that he’d never seen the city so bright and colourful.
Cov was shit for years and it is far from perfect but it is improving and it needs the local population to get behind it but for some reason they just don’t want to. Fucking weird behaviour.
The transport museum is great, so is the Herbert when you go in and see the historical Coventry stuff in the downstairs bit. As a local you wouldn't go there every weekend but maybe every few months or once a year.
There's a difference in that a lot of the stuff isn't actually aimed at the locals a lot of the time to try and get them into the actual city centre.
It's pretty easy to be negative when a lot of the stuff isn't actually enticing to the local population.
Just depends on the target market. You aren't going to get Keith from Longford or Sharon from Wyken into the city centre with students or people prancing about. Restaurants would be the only one every so often for a treat though
You will is Sharons kids are involved, and you'll get Sharon's mum and dad down as well, and the same for the families of the other kids of the school/dance school/ drama school etc.
Middle age man in pants says no
Tbf i am looking forward to the Empire, that looks like it can change cov nightlife for the better all on its own.
Big fan of the way cathedral lanes is now a massive food mecca aswell
There’s a food market on spon street as well now which is meant to be good.
Really?Also though. You are part of that negativity right now by going on about it.
Really?
You think calling people out about being negative is a negative thing?
Really?
You think calling people out about being negative is a negative thing?
Does anybody ask why the locals of Coventry aren't really that arsed though?
When were you announced as spokesperson for the locals of Coventry?
Completely disagree with this.The transport museum is great, so is the Herbert when you go in and see the historical Coventry stuff in the downstairs bit. As a local you wouldn't go there every weekend but maybe every few months or once a year.
There's a difference in that a lot of the stuff isn't actually aimed at the locals a lot of the time to try and get them into the actual city centre.
It's pretty easy to be negative when a lot of the stuff isn't actually enticing to the local population.
Just depends on the target market. You aren't going to get Keith from Longford or Sharon from Wyken into the city centre with students or people prancing about. Restaurants would be the only one every so often for a treat though
Hopefully the nightlife will start to improve again, chains aren't too bad for the bars but not always everybodies cup of tea. Dhillons down by the Yard is decent as a different option though.
Still, not much more I'd need to go into town for unless it's beers now IKEA has gone.
Completely disagree with this.
Keith and Sharon if they are always going to stay local will stay local. However, there is a large swathe of people who don’t go into Cov but happily go to Kenilworth, Leamington etc for a meal and a few drinks.
What we need to do is entice these people back. Get people going into town again to have a night out without the perception that it is for the ‘young uns’ or it is going to ‘kick off’ based on a perception of twenty odd years ago.
There is a stigma about the city and particularly the city centre that only we can change.
Anyway, fuck it I know I’m biased and it certainly isn’t the utopia that perhaps comes across in my posts but I honestly believe that the city is at a tipping point and I just hope we take advantage of it.
Tell me what bit you disagree with?When were you announced as spokesperson for the locals of Coventry?
Tell me what bit you disagree with?
Fucking spokesman of Cov.
Tell me what bit you disagree with?
Fucking spokesman of Cov.
Well that is the question.So why are people going to Kenilworth, Leamington or then Brum rather than Coventry? Even sticking on the outskirts rather than going into the City Centre etc.
The shopping question in the day time is obvious but I think with new bars opening Cov will catch up a bit.
Apologies.I wasn’t talking about you mate. I agree with you.
Apologies.
Been over Leamington for a few beers and something to eat.
Well that is the question.
And as I’ve said I think it’s a lasting legacy that we need to shake off. Hopefully it does.
This.One place that has potential (with a bit of vision) is the old IKEA. I know the idea of an art gallery has been mooted. Personally I reckon a multi level entertainment centre of sorts would help attract loads of people, families included, to the centre. You could have indoor mini golf, a bowling alley, a space for pool tables, table tennis, darts. An escape room set up. You could have a food hall for local vendors, get some of the local breweries involved. You could have an area for live music to showcase local talent. It's pretty much equidistant between pool meadow and the train station, there's already plenty of parking nearby. There's also the cinema next door so people could make a day of visiting. Make Cov a destination for people from Warwickshire rather than the other way around.
The bridge to the canal basin needs blowing up too. Open that area up, offer incentives for businesses to open up there, an outdoor seating area at the canal basin would be a brilliant spot in the summer months for drinks. The Tin is a brilliant little venue, if it were in any other city it would be raved about but it seems to fall under the radar in Cov. A totally unique venue in the old coal vaults. Playwrights cafe has opened up there, that's a lovely little spot to grab a coffee and watch the world go by.
A lot of the time it seems Cov's issues are just piss poor marketing and promotion of itself, combined with short sighted planning.
This.
Completely agree about IKEA and and the Canal Basin. The ring road strangles the city and the Canal Basin suffers for that. As you say, alongside the Tin and Playwrights there should be a few more restaurants/bars and it should become an area in its own right.
IKEA really is interesting and again I agree with what you say but it needs some investment. The Skydome at the time was a massive thing but in hindsight it did lead, in part, to the downfall of the city centre.
Fingers crossed someone sees the potential.
You want to visit Electric Wharf? Why?
I said visit 'here', here being Coventry.
Yeah you are right, it clearly is your bias. What a load of shit.
You seem really angry fella, we're just having a discussion.
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