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[paranoid]

Originally Posted by MattJimF

Also do we really need any fucking Next stores??

Fixed.

[Shaki]

Originally Posted by MattJimF

Also do we really need three fucking Next stores??

About as much as we needed another shopping centre....

[John W]

I did find it incredibly amusing how empty the next store was, everyone just walked past "It's just next.... we've seen next before".
Everyone just went for the places they've never really encountered before, like the Apple store, most of the restaurants.

Anyone see those fucking seagulls poking about bothering everyone? How incredibly depressing is it that the mascots of Aberdeen are fucking skyrats?

[cap'n euan]

What a fucking terrible building this is.

[Carrots Gladstone]

Aberdeen City Centre is ridiculously disjointed.

Saying that it's probably just as bad as other places, with shopping centres tending to not be bang in the middle of the high street, and occasionally being out of the way a bit. But the problem I see with Aberdeen is that the centres are close enough to the centre to walk to, that they completely take away shoppers from Union Street, meaning that shops are slowly closing, leaving empty buildings and absolutely no "heart" or "soul" to the centre, and far enough away from each other and particularly the top end of Union Street to ensure people who drive right to a shopping centre won't bother venturing up that way.

For a small city, we have 5 shopping centres in the city centre, plus 3 retail parks not that far away from the centre, plus various bits around the town like the big Boots/B&Q, numerous MASSIVE supermarkets taking the trade away from independent stores etc.

It's just killing the place in my opinion.

I much prefer a wander around Inverurie which has quite a few independent shops, something a bit different, and looks nicer. The Royal Mile on Edinburgh is a good example of what a city could have in terms of a mix of independent stores, gimmicky stores, bars, restaurants, music venues, etc etc. But it is the capital city and gets shitloads of tourists. And it has a castle. What I like most about the Royal Mile is the way the buildings are all different, and have maintained their character. It just looks better.

[Tubthumper]

Has anyone seen the advert on TV for it yet?

Cue man reading paper (I think) with loud music coming from upstairs. A teenage boy and girl kissing on a bed, and previously mentioned man walks in. They recoil, he turns up the music and starts doing the robot. "It's Happening".

The end.

[MattJimF]

Originally Posted by Tubthumper

Has anyone seen the advert on TV for it yet?

Cue man reading paper (I think) with loud music coming from upstairs. A teenage boy and girl kissing on a bed, and previously mentioned man walks in. They recoil, he turns up the music and starts doing the robot. "It's Happening".

The end.

By the sounds of things, it's not happening it's just sad.

[Tubthumper]

"Union Square - It's Sad" doesn't have the same ring to it though...

[Le Stu]

How about Union Square, it has lots for offer.

[MattJimF]

Originally Posted by Tubthumper

"Union Square - It's Sad" doesn't have the same ring to it though...

Maybe not but it does have the truth in it.