yeah no doubt the light rail caused big issues there.Originally Posted by Skirt Boy
(my mate owns a business in the same area so ive been hearing his stories for years).
another big factor is the slump in the housing market in Newcastle. A huge amount of scheduled work has been delayed or abandoned on residential buildings in the CBD over the past 2 years. Some genius thought putting up tower after tower of pretty low grade dog boxes and charging top dollar for them was going to work.
this was supposed to bring people into the city centre and revitalise the local businesses. council and state govt were shocking in their planning letting all the DA's go at once.
thats ok, our new 5 star hotel will solve everything. imagine paying good money to stay in the damn council building.
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