Positive about Rochdale

With massive fleets of 'white van man' clogging up the motorways and thoroughfares. Delivering everywhere.
So the ex- high street employee needs to get himself a white van NOW. The bandwagon is already leaving the station. Less shopping, less cars. Less shops, less deliveries. You know it makes sense.
And so the merry-go-round goes merrily round and round and round. Where will it stop. Nobody knows. Where fools rush in - nobody goes. Well not if your Rochdale born and have some nounce that is.
I haven't previously commented on this thread wondering (as one does) why on earth anyone would want to build another shopping centre when those already there are 'empty' as are half the shops throughout the town?
Doesn't make sense - other than to a greedy developer, a bent council official and a building firm seeking an easy ride. If it's partially capital monies destined only for such purpose with additions from the private sector with lease back arrangements and such then there really isn't a lot one can do other than to wonder why better controls are not kept on regional grants etc etc. Hey ho - That's Life.

I know I started this but there is still a lot of good points and nice people who live in Rochdale. It is just a shame some people have put us on the map for the wrong reasons and it is unfortunate that it is always scandals and bad news that makes it front page news.

What a very good post that is Teamplayer.

I think most towns suffer the same fate of only having negative things said about them in the national and regional media.

Rochdale is probably in the bottom 5-10 5 of towns for shopping without a doubt, also for weather, for unemployment/job prospects, terrible amount of low paid jobs, terrible politics especially in last 40 years, etc.

On the positives we had a lot of Olympians in the summer, plenty of very good sports people, Football team still in the football league, we have got excellent new sports centre, lots of amateur sports cubs, fantastic different types of food to eat, overall decent people, close to cracking countryside, good education establishments in the main which successfully add value to children's education when compared to their staring points, as well as children achieving good levels in education, etc.

Overall it's not great, but it's not really terrible, though for some people it is great and sadly for others it's bloody terrible. I would imagine for most of us it's average. A lot depends on ones own situation.