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The real shame about Blackpool, is that for this ‘stretch’ of the North, it’s a pretty nice plot of land.
It gets really good temps, a healthy whack of sun when surrounding ares are in cloud, has some lovely stretches to the south (St Annes, Lytham, Ansdell etc) and is a piece of cake to get to. It could, and does, accommodate bloody thousands on a lengthy seaside stretch.
Blackpool itself though, when filled with business and the such-like, is stuck in a perpetual race to the bottom. They are trapped having to charge peanuts, they get monkeys in return, and of course can’t reinvest in their B&Bs/hotels to bring them up to a better standard.
I feel for the council who appear to have invested a heap-load in revised trams, new front etc and I really hope it works out.
If somehow that cycle could be broken, it would be a pretty decent place for a seaside break.
The lights are still shit though.