The Corporation opens it’s doors once more

[blue matt]

I’m a bit surprised by the reactions to the Corporation opening again in this thread. No it’s not opening as a pub, but there’s extra jobs, businesses and money being brought to one of the poorer areas of Cardiff. I’ve seen plenty of outer city high streets, particularly in North England and the Midlands, that have basically been abandoned from any investment and are nothing but bookies, vape shops and takeaways.

Got to agree, people would have moaned if it had been converted into apartments etc etc, at least this bringing in a few jobs, something slightly Different , sure its a hipsters dream, but they got to spend money somewhere

these quirky high streets can take off, Shepton Mallet was heading down the quirky route, Glastonbury certainly is, one of my fav little cafe's on that high street, 100% Veggie and its always rammed, got to be better than Charity shops, Vape shops, Bookies and a Wilko's

[RichardM]

[QUOTE=blue matt;5247951]Got to agree, people would have moaned if it had been converted into apartments etc etc, at least this bringing in a few jobs, something slightly Different , sure its a hipsters dream, but they got to spend money somewhere

these quirky high streets can take off, Shepton Mallet was heading down the quirky route, Glastonbury certainly is, one of my fav little cafe's on that high street, 100% Veggie and its always rammed, got to be better than Charity shops, Vape shops, Bookies and a Wilko's[/QUOTE]

and hair dressers/barbers, there's always loads of them. Although Canton already has all of those except the Wilko's, which I would welcome.

[Ivortheengine]

Canton a poor area ? Where havre you been all your life ? Have you noticed the cost of buying a house in the area ? You have to be well off to live there.

[Canton Kev]

Canton a poor area ? Where havre you been all your life ? Have you noticed the cost of buying a house in the area ? You have to be well off to live there.

You have to be well off to buy a house anywhere in/near Cardiff these days. Same for most of the UK, house prices are constantly rising everywhere.
Compared to a lot of other areas of Cardiff, Canton is poorer than most.