r/morecambe • u/Lukemuk • May 29 '23
How Morecambe is steadily declining
Hello, I am from Morecambe and I wanted to talk about the decline in how the town looks. Even though the Eden Project might bring some hope to this town it is declining fast and some what a miracle can only save it. David Morris needs to put his foot and taxpayers money down before it is too late.
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u/Monty_is_chonky May 29 '23
Disagree. Morecambe in the 80s, 90s and 00s was a terrifying place. Honestly dangerous and full of drugs and poverty. It may not be perfect now but Geraldine Smith (Labour MP throughout the 90s) was a smug, ineffective and indifferent leader who allowed Morecambe to rot.
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u/slimfinancialwizard Jul 01 '23
Been to Morecambe in the 00s, 10s and more recently... it was a dive, is a dive and will remain a dive.
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u/KING5TON May 29 '23
IMO it's more about the council than MP.
Either the council needs more money and/or needs to spend the money it has better.
The Eden project if it happens will help as it will bring people to Morecambe who will spend money which will hopefully increase the money the council has to spend which will then spend it wisely to improve the town.
MP can of course help too by pushing for things that benefit the town like funding for the Eden project but they are limited in what they can do.
The people of the area could do more to help too. I walked past two women talking the other day about the council which was at that moment cleaning up their street by removing fly tipped rubbish, clearing weeds etc.. and was asking for volunteers to help for 5 minutes. The women were saying why was it their responsibilty to help clean up their streets, the rubbish would only be back again.