Kinda sad to see, I've lived here for around 12 years and the slow deterioration of the town centre is mirrored all over this country to a greater or lesser degree I know. I do feel this has been exacerbated by the council setting up the Junction One & Elliot's field retail parks which have choked the life out of the town, and due to the poorly thought out road layout combined with the volume of traffic trying to access the sites on the weekend make it a thoroughly unpleasant place to visit.
It's not as bad as people are making out in the comments. It's a decent town to live. I know I'd rather be here than other surrounding towns and cities. Much safer.
The decline of Rugby began around 2010 although the retail parks were planned well before this. The conservative council doesn't care a jot about the ordinary people of rugby and in the older terraced streets developers are allowed to convert ordinary houses into HMOs and bedsits. Where communities once used to exist we now have soulless streets strewn with litter with ageing cars blocking access. The larger retailers have moved out of the town centre which is now predominantly nail bars, tanning salons, barbershops and hairdressers and cheap shops. There is little for ordinary families, older folk or the young. And yet the voters here still return tories. Has the populous been radicalised?
Kinda sad to see, I've lived here for around 12 years and the slow deterioration of the town centre is mirrored all over this country to a greater or lesser degree I know.
I do feel this has been exacerbated by the council setting up the Junction One & Elliot's field retail parks which have choked the life out of the town, and due to the poorly thought out road layout combined with the volume of traffic trying to access the sites on the weekend make it a thoroughly unpleasant place to visit.
I couldn’t agree more, it’s such a shame to see the town centre becoming more and more run down
It's not as bad as people are making out in the comments. It's a decent town to live. I know I'd rather be here than other surrounding towns and cities. Much safer.
It reminds me a lot of Nuneaton and Bedworth, it’s rare to see a happy face most people look miserable 😞
The decline of Rugby began around 2010 although the retail parks were planned well before this. The conservative council doesn't care a jot about the ordinary people of rugby and in the older terraced streets developers are allowed to convert ordinary houses into HMOs and bedsits.
Where communities once used to exist we now have soulless streets strewn with litter with ageing cars blocking access. The larger retailers have moved out of the town centre which is now predominantly nail bars, tanning salons, barbershops and hairdressers and cheap shops. There is little for ordinary families, older folk or the young.
And yet the voters here still return tories. Has the populous been radicalised?
That's a sin there ' many yrs from now 😊it was a great little town was bumming lovely .
nice tour, take care 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
@@roamingrorie thanks new friend here. you’ll have plus one today. hope you do too 🙂
Out of interest - what time of the day was this recorded? I'm amazed how quiet it is, although stores seem to be open.
Roughly 3 in the afternoon
looks might hella all closed down ?
What about nightlife here ?
I only found 1 good pub I think it was called the merchant, the rest weren’t up to much and the squirrel smells like a public toilet
Its a very boring place to live. im so glad im not there anymore.
Couldn’t agree more, where have you moved to?