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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Mm. Cambridge is a complete example of the above. Once a thriving market
town attracting shoppers from a 30 mile radius catchment area, its now a
place to avoid completely, since it has been made virtually unusable by
cars, in order that tourists and residents can cycle all over it and
play football in its streets.

When it was a thriving market town the majority of shoppers probably went
there by bus - two car families weren't the norm and dad drove the car -
if indeed the family had one. Now everyone has cars and wants to use them
this sort of old town simply hasn't either the roads or the carparks in
the centre for them all. Of course you could always knock down all the
shops etc to make carparks...

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*Ah, I see the f**k-up fairy has visited us again

Dave Plowman London SW
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