Urbis is an important part of manchester, to many people, but to replace it\'s beautiful gardens with a new sight spot for summer chavs and thier families is like stealing the heart from the chest of manchester. Urbis gardens has been a place for teens, who usually are different i.e. scenes or goths to meet and relax and enjoy manchester. Urbis is a legend for all these people, it\'s a place for equality and relaxation, it\'s a place where they feel safe and free, and people want to replace this with 80 tonnes of sand and a few bars Imagine what it will become, the cathedral will be next door to a partying mania, no matter what time it "shuts" there is no avoiding the sort of people that would use these facilities, its all good for families but when they mix with partiers and alcohol there\'ll be problems. Many people agree Manchester shouldn\'t get a beach. There are reasons - Imagine the results of the bars, drunken thugs, wild women drinking the night away, glass in sand ( kids/ babies can cut them selfs and then tell me who gets sued) cigarette butts (manchester has many problems with littering and this will just exasurbate the problem) and al sorts of food/packaging waste. This beach would attract characters like chav\'s and people who bully moshers and the like, this would lead to fighting. Drinking in these bars means more drunk adults another thing which could lead to adults fighting adults. This beach would end up destroyed under piles of litter, and really why spend money on some sand and some trees in the middle of a busy town center where people shop and enjoy themselves in cinemas and the like, i\'m sorry but a beach in manchester would be a total disaster and everyone who enjoys the area now will be pushed and aside and forced to find somewhere new, when this area is much more safe, much more controlled, much more enjoyable then any other. Please don\'t ruin it. SIGN!
I have requested a formal meeting with the city planning committee to review the environmental impact reports regarding the proposed sand installation. Their office has acknowledged receipt of our correspondence and I am currently awaiting a time for the initial briefing.
6 Comments
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Chloe Chapman
19 years ago
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Urbis gardens are the only place my friends and I actually feel comfortable hanging out. Why ruin a good thing for more booze and crowds?
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Dave Webster
19 years ago
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Total waste of money. Itll just be a magnet for trouble and absolute carnage on the weekends. Bad move.
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Paul Hall
19 years ago
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Awful plan. The litter alone will be a nightmare. Keep the green space dont turn it into a drinking spot.
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Jade Pierce
19 years ago
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Leave the goths and scenes alone. Maybe focus on cleaning up the streets we already have instead of dumping 80 tonnes of sand near the cathedral.
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Mark Mensah
19 years ago
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Ridiculous idea. Manchester doesnt need an urban beach. Just gonna bring more litter and broken glass. Leave the gardens alone!
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Sarah Rodriguez
19 years ago
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Keep the gardens as they are. Nobody wants a fake beach and a pile of sand right in the middle of town. It will be a total mess in a week.
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Urbis is an important part of manchester, to many people, but to replace it\'s beautiful gardens with a new sight spot for summer chavs and thier families is like stealing the heart from the chest of manchester. Urbis gardens has been a place for teens, who usually are different i.e. scenes or goths to meet and relax and enjoy manchester. Urbis is a legend for all these people, it\'s a place for equality and relaxation, it\'s a place where they feel safe and free, and people want to replace this with 80 tonnes of sand and a few bars Imagine what it will become, the cathedral will be next door to a partying mania, no matter what time it "shuts" there is no avoiding the sort of people that would use these facilities, its all good for families but when they mix with partiers and alcohol there\'ll be problems. Many people agree Manchester shouldn\'t get a beach. There are reasons - Imagine the results of the bars, drunken thugs, wild women drinking the night away, glass in sand ( kids/ babies can cut them selfs and then tell me who gets sued) cigarette butts (manchester has many problems with littering and this will just exasurbate the problem) and al sorts of food/packaging waste. This beach would attract characters like chav\'s and people who bully moshers and the like, this would lead to fighting. Drinking in these bars means more drunk adults another thing which could lead to adults fighting adults. This beach would end up destroyed under piles of litter, and really why spend money on some sand and some trees in the middle of a busy town center where people shop and enjoy themselves in cinemas and the like, i\'m sorry but a beach in manchester would be a total disaster and everyone who enjoys the area now will be pushed and aside and forced to find somewhere new, when this area is much more safe, much more controlled, much more enjoyable then any other. Please don\'t ruin it. SIGN!
I have requested a formal meeting with the city planning committee to review the environmental impact reports regarding the proposed sand installation. Their office has acknowledged receipt of our correspondence and I am currently awaiting a time for the initial briefing.
6 Comments
C
Chloe Chapman
19 years ago
Featured
Urbis gardens are the only place my friends and I actually feel comfortable hanging out. Why ruin a good thing for more booze and crowds?
D
Dave Webster
19 years ago
Featured
Total waste of money. Itll just be a magnet for trouble and absolute carnage on the weekends. Bad move.
P
Paul Hall
19 years ago
Featured
Awful plan. The litter alone will be a nightmare. Keep the green space dont turn it into a drinking spot.
J
Jade Pierce
19 years ago
Featured
Leave the goths and scenes alone. Maybe focus on cleaning up the streets we already have instead of dumping 80 tonnes of sand near the cathedral.
M
Mark Mensah
19 years ago
Featured
Ridiculous idea. Manchester doesnt need an urban beach. Just gonna bring more litter and broken glass. Leave the gardens alone!
S
Sarah Rodriguez
19 years ago
Featured
Keep the gardens as they are. Nobody wants a fake beach and a pile of sand right in the middle of town. It will be a total mess in a week.
Urbis gardens are the only place my friends and I actually feel comfortable hanging out. Why ruin a good thing for more booze and crowds?