wolfie Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 In 2009 Warrington fared the worst of the 152 English regions in a series of Comprehensive Area Assessments Warrington, a town in the north west of England, has been ranked at the bottom of the most comprehensive Government-backed quality of life survey ever conducted. Has anything changed since then? :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 Yeah, it's gone worser than worst, but, always look on the bright side of life......! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted May 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 So what has made it worser then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 You don't need me to tell you that and you know it, you read the news just as I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted May 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Well I'm not sure that it has got worse. It might not have got better but having travelled around much of England I'm still not sure how it came to have the 'The worst town' tag in the first place. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Give observer his rose-tinted glasses back, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 Don't need glasses, tinted or otherwise: just visit Salford and parts of Liverpool to name two; to get a sense of perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 In 2009 Warrington fared the worst of the 152 English regions in a series of Comprehensive Area Assessments ....................Has anything changed since then? :unsure: Yes as I just googled the 'Comprehensive Area Assessments' audit as I had no idea what it was about. Seems in 2009 Warrington got 3 Red flags but also achieved one Green flag. Something has definately changed since then as our awarded Green Flag was for "Public Transport in Warrington" and it stated that "Congestion on the roads has reduced and average journey times in the morning and afternoon peak periods have improved......." I'm sure it's gone worse since then so maybe if they did the audit again we would loose that green flag but possible loose the odd red one too when you read what they were for. Details here..... http://oneplace.audit-commission.gov.uk/infobyarea/region/area/areaassessment/pages/localpriority.aspx?region=53&area=418&priority=4046 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 The increase in public transport use is probably due to the pensioners free passes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 All the flags mean, is that they have concentrated on a few boxes to tick. It doesn't mean that the whole system is good. Plus it gives those who take part 5 minutes glory amongst their colleagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Seem to recall that Beverley Hills was once rated as one of the m ost deprived areas in the US on the basis of The age of the population Residents with no regular, permanant employment Lack of creation of new jobs. You can prove anything if you (in) correctly select the criteria and how you phrase the question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 Very true Nick and like you say final statistics as a result of box 'tick' filling in and the likes can easily be taken to mean anything at all (either in favour or against) providing the 'questions' have been worded carefully enough etc Such is life though and such are those that try to control 'it' through so called assessments and other forms of selective consultations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted May 14, 2012 Report Share Posted May 14, 2012 I think the people who did that study, never went to Wigan, If you want a crap town go to Grimsby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted May 15, 2012 Report Share Posted May 15, 2012 Grimsby - now you're talking about a "class" town!! I've had the pleasure of staying in the St James Hotel. The last drunk in the square outside stopped shouting around 4 am, and the next one started about 8 am. Really nice place :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Parish Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I remember we came second behind Worthing as "most profitable town" in England. It was a stat based on profits as % of turnover - so the implication was that by closing firms on the margin or making losses, the town would be more profitable, even though (as with closing Rylands/Tinsley Wire/Carrington) it meant an increase in unemployment. Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 To those who don't like the town, 'Bugger off' and find somewhere else to live, after spending a week in southern Spain and driving through some of their small towns we don't know how lucky we are!, the only thing going for them is the weather and you can soon become fed up with a temperature of 30C + every day. Nice to be back! and obs mate with reference to your earlier reply, Salford and Liverpool are cities not towns. :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Welcome back Algy - A week as gone by already!? Or did you come home to see Her Gracious Majesty The Queen on her visit to Warrington? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 To those who don't like the town, 'Bugger off' and find somewhere else to live, :grin: I already buggered off and found somewhere else to live! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 JUST FOR ALGY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Hi! Cleo my little desert flower, how ya doin', thanks for the music vids, but no thanks, can't stand it, this is more to my taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I already buggered off and found somewhere else to live! I'm suspect Warrington will look very attractive as a place to live once the islamists turn Egypt into Iran 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I'm suspect Warrington will look very attractive as a place to live once the islamists turn Egypt into Iran 2.0 Don't be a damned idiot all your life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 You can prove anything if you (in) correctly select the criteria and how you phrase the question I hope that stealing bronze plaques wasn't part of the criteria. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 I hope that stealing bronze plaques wasn't part of the criteria. :roll: I have seen and heard comments about that appalling theft from people who seem to be using it as an excuse for stirring up nationalistic ill-feeling - these people should bear in mind why the plaque was there and that the actions of the murdering scum who planted the bombs were caused , at least partly, by hatred to and demonising of those seen as "other" in society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 I never cease to be surprised at what these low life scum will do next, those two children who so tragically lost their lives on that terrible day, did so without any knowledge as to what was taking place in the politics of Northern Ireland and just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, the plaque that has been stolen for whatever reason was a tribute to them by the townspeople of Warrington, and now very doubtful if it will ever be recovered, perhaps the only way of deterring these scum from making profit from such items is to cast them in a type of resin or base metal that makes them less desirable to theft. I wonder how long before they start sawing lumps off the bronze statue of Lieutenant Colonel McCarthy O'Leary in Queens Gardens, Palmyra Square. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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