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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2023
- Welcome back to Turdtowns the extra nugget. We did a special feature on Broadmead Bristol this week. This used to be a really good shopping area for the south west. But since last year they started a clean air zone and people avoid shopping in Broadmead now. I visited to see what the effects of this zone is half a year later. It seems lots of shops have closed and they are determined to turn it all into flats.
Next week Turdtowns returns. But as always let me know where we should visit!
so basically the entire UK is now just a student let?
I worked in Bristol for 11 years. The real problem with the place is the very high cost of housing. I was simply priced out.
I was born in Bristol and left for London at 17.
I’m an American actor and last year I did a 10 month tour of a musical in the UK. We moved to a different city every week. And Bristol, perhaps oddly, was one of my favorites places throughout the whole experience! Like I thought it was one of the places that I’d move to. But then again I don’t really care much for high streets, it had plenty of nice coffee shops and a good enough theatre scene with Bristol Old Vic there
I went to see a friend of a friend's band in Bristol back in March. Was delayed because a neighbour was in hospital, so I spent approx 3 hours there and missed half the set. SatNav got me lost because of all the roadworks and after the gig I had to walk my friend back to her hotel because of all the druggies she encountered on the way to the gig. I was booked into a different hotel but decided it was quicker to drive home than navigate the roadworks. Shortly after my "visit" I got a letter saying I'd strayed through a "bus gate", whatever that is, and was going to be fined for doing so. Don't know what a bus gate is, didn't see any signs. Or buses. Pic shows my car on an empty road. Appleal failed because it's my "personal choice" to use SatNav, like it's wierd thing to do when driving in a city for the first time. Then I got a ULEZ fine, which is nonsense because my car is Euro 6. But the database they use doesn't have my car's registration in it. They don't even know what car it is, so "unknown make/model" means non-compliant and more fines. I appealed again, citing several websites, including the manufacturer and a forum posting which explained that the emissions were so low that a bug on the DVLA site prevented the figure being entered because it was rounded down to zero. Nope, not good enough. I have to get a letter from the DVLA saying my car is compliant. They could look this up in seconds. So, went to see a band, was late so missed half the set, got lost on the way, friend accosted by druggies, (I saw a couple but they didn't approach) and hit with £120-£300 in fines. Will I go again? Will I fuck.
Bristol just emulates what the whole of Britain is like.
My uncle moved to Bristol (from Manchester) in the early 60s. This caused us to be regular visitors to the city and what a fantastic time we had in (and in the area of) that great city. From grimey M/chester to Bristol it was like a different world.... But, over the years I've seen how Bristol has gone downhill and even my relatives down there have all moved out.
I work in Bristol City Centre. Have done for 22 years, I've seen the decline, under falsely declared 'progress' as 'development'. It's heartbreaking, I consider myself an honorary Bristolian, I love everything about the area and it's history (I'm a railway fan, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and all that for those that don't know.). Your video has hit the nail on the head, sadly. Get in your car travel 35 odd miles up the M5 to Gloucester to see how to REALLY finish off a City. That place is DONE.
I’m a Bristolian who has lived here my whole life and you’re spot on with everything in this video. The local council are destroying this City.
Visited Bristol this weekend and got stung by the clean air charge. Stayed at a Premier inn that recommended parking at Broadmead NCP but didn’t mention the clean air zone. I stayed one night and had to pay £19 for the parking and £18 in clean air charges. Sadly I won’t be visiting Bristol again due to feeling ripped off.
My experience of Bristol is the walk from Temple Meads to the office in Queens Square or spending time in Clifton (also for work). I took my daughter on one visit. She enjoyed visiting the museums, bookshops and sitting in one of the parks reading. If you’re not into shopping it’s not as bad as you make out.
Constructing Cribbs Causeway was the first nail in the coffin of Broadmead.
The Galleries has sadly been a ghost town for years. But it always looks clean and well maintained! It’s like walking through a huge conservatory.
I live in Bristol CC. It is very much how you describe it and it smells. Broadmead is stuck in the late 90s - early 00s. It REALLY is a stinky turd. Only to add - pedestrian infrastructure is in staggering state of decay all over the city. I feel really sorry for people with disabilities having to use Bristol pavements every day! There is very little investment in public infrastructure for the city of 500,000 people it feels like a crime on humanity! 100m of cycle path near Old Town took 2 years now to be completed, it's absurd (still not ready to use). I recently visited my city of Poznan in Poland. I was in shock, how it changes! It really makes you realise how stuck and lazy Bristol council is and how city lacks a decent public transport network too.
I love visiting Bristol, the people are always friendly for a big city. It has a good vibe going on as well.
I worked in Bristol 23 years ago when I first arrived in Britain. I come from a similar size city in Northern Italy Brescia. I have been there for a conference 5 years ago but being on the outskirt I didn't realise the change you have shown in this video. Sad and depressing, the place is unrecognisable, and I truly feel for the many nice people I have met and worked with. Bad administration is one thing BUT 15 millions (did I get it right?) spent on surveys it's downright criminal
Homebuyers flooded into Bristol a few years ago. They must be mortgaged up to the hilt without much disposable wealth. Renters are stuck in expensive and poorly maintained property. You can actually smell the musk from damp homes off people's clothes there. My impression overall is that Bristol is a city of accommodation costs approaching London's but with West Country wages. With not much disposable wealth, whether it is because of a huge mortgage or poor wages, there is not going to be much support for high street businesses.
I went to Bristol as a young copper in 1975, it was a vibrant and lovely city to live and work in. Today? I don't go near it, the charges and parking are ridiculous, there are homeless people everywhere and as you say agressive, there was a time when Bristol looked after it's homeless and mentally ill people, that's just gone. The police forcew is decimatyed in patrol numbers and run by tossers with degrees who have no concept about policing because the were never police officers. The city has gone to the dogs and I'm gladf I moved away, I make my Bristol friends and family visit me and they admit it's a horrible place to live now whereas it used to be a terrific place to live.
The shopping part has certainly has changed, I remember before Cabot opened you would rarely see a closed down shop. If you go to the centre now to see the dormant fountains you will notice thousands of students, go there after 10pm and its drunk people and seagulls fighting over half eaten chicken. The bus lane/congestion charge signage is terrible as mentioned and it’s not even worth trying to appeal. I see no reason to go into the city (especially as my clubbing days are over), there are so many nice pubs and restaurants in the towns away from the centre so there’s no need to want to go there.