'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save UK high street?

Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by asdff on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:34AM (#50376237)

Funny hearing this about the UK where a major A road looks like some dusty forgotten american rural county route. You can complain about building for the car after you’ve ripped apart the middle of london for a 12 lane viaduct freeway with four level interchanges.

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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by scoofy on Thursday November 05, 2026 @03:26AM (#50376617)

Any road, no matter how small, prevents the area around the businesses from being a social space.

If you can’t put a picnic table on it, it’s a place where movement must be prioritized over recreation.

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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by asdff on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:00PM (#50381502)

Tough to bring in a picnic table without a road leading to it

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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by justincormack on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:41AM (#50377182)

That was planned after the war, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Ringways but mostly didnt happen apart from a few pieces like the Westway.

But we did remove traffic from half of Oxford Street last week.

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Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by tonyedgecombe on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:48AM (#50379762)

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