tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276801.post7930197803039066888..comments2023-06-25T15:12:45.326+01:00Comments on Zumi - Dover and East Kent: Shops and towns and things...ZumiWebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17892522923356784080noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276801.post-13628257480600902342008-01-18T11:34:00.000+00:002008-01-18T11:34:00.000+00:00We went to Broadstairs yesterday and the shopkeepe...We went to Broadstairs yesterday and the shopkeepers that I know were saying that things are pretty bad there too, I think that although their summer sales held up well Christmas and the January sales were badly affected by W.C.Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10276801.post-29913371212074472912008-01-17T16:06:00.000+00:002008-01-17T16:06:00.000+00:00There has been a decrease in Margate Town Centre. ...There has been a decrease in Margate Town Centre. Tellingly the HSBC bailed out of there for westwood. The problem is that the new centre is on deaths door and yet we are expected to have faith in the regeneration of the old town centre... I personally refuse to hold my breath.<BR/><BR/>The consumer-centric shopping complex (that I hate more with each visit, I think it's terrible there and hate that my bank makes me go there if I want to talk to anyone) is a heavy thing for our town centres to carry. With a 20% to 40% deflation of property prices expected in the next five years we can expect the towns to bloom well or die utterly.<BR/><BR/>If the later happens I will move away as it will be the sign that we are doomed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com