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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
Malls and other large complexes (cinemas, offices, etc.) are built were the real estate is cheaper.
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I don't mind that - I get that idea. What annoys me is that the local council here allows those things to be built and gets the income from them and 99% of people there go by car. You aren't going to buy DIY supplies and get a bus are you ?
But at the same time has an anti-car policy. It has made it more or less too expensive to drive into town even for a day, and people like to take a car for shopping. So the only shops in town left are charity ones selling second hand clothes, "tartan tat" (Edinburgh specialists) and fast food places.
And for people living closer to the centre of town it now charges them an annual 4 figure amount for a parking permit to park outside their own house, on the road it also charges them for it to maintain - but it also has a policy of selling
too many permits for the spaces available and anyone parking outside the allowed spaces gets fine or gets their car towed and stored for a fee.