| Swansea hard man arrested on 18:48 - Aug 18 with 4769 views | Thrasher6 |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 13:55 - Aug 18 by dickythorpe |
Horrible public toilet looking boozer. Think it's been pulled down now. |
The public toilet bit made me laugh...it was like that...had a stupid curved look...on its own...next to the road. |  |
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 18:53 - Aug 18 with 4762 views | Thrasher6 |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 17:46 - Aug 18 by jacks777 |
God knows what impression anyone arriving in Swansea for the first time by train has.
All that area is a complete shite hole and a complete embarrassment. |
A Pretty Shitty City...An Ugly, Lovely Town....it's all in the eye of the beholder... [Post edited 19 Aug 2019 7:43]
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:06 - Aug 18 with 4734 views | jacks777 |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 18:53 - Aug 18 by Thrasher6 |
A Pretty Shitty City...An Ugly, Lovely Town....it's all in the eye of the beholder... [Post edited 19 Aug 2019 7:43]
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Still a shite hole, unfortunately. Pointless spending money to improve things, because some of the people who seem to frequent that particular area, seem to have past the point of no return. |  | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:13 - Aug 18 with 4709 views | raynor94 |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:06 - Aug 18 by jacks777 |
Still a shite hole, unfortunately. Pointless spending money to improve things, because some of the people who seem to frequent that particular area, seem to have past the point of no return. |
Upper high street yes, but heading into town they have made a real effort |  |
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:17 - Aug 18 with 4695 views | Garyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:06 - Aug 18 by jacks777 |
Still a shite hole, unfortunately. Pointless spending money to improve things, because some of the people who seem to frequent that particular area, seem to have past the point of no return. |
Factor in that a lot of the buildings that are an eyesore or boarded up are listed buildings, including the old Palace Nightclub. |  | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:22 - Aug 18 with 4666 views | Garyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:13 - Aug 18 by raynor94 |
Upper high street yes, but heading into town they have made a real effort |
They've made an effort Rayn's but in reality from The Grand on one side to Alexander House on the other, it needs flattening all the way to Castle square! | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:20 - Aug 18 with 4567 views | jackrmee |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:22 - Aug 18 by Garyjack |
They've made an effort Rayn's but in reality from The Grand on one side to Alexander House on the other, it needs flattening all the way to Castle square! |
I thought it looks pretty cool up that end now. |  |
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:42 - Aug 18 with 4509 views | Vetchfielder |
I think the stretch from the station down to Argos has improved a lot over the last 3 or so years. Still a few derelict properties just down from the Grand but maybe somebody will step in there when the new student accommodation opens up. BTW, the University is keeping Swansea alive - goodness knows what it would be like with it.
The Palace needs to bought by the Council and redeveloped as something, don't know what, but it would be a starting point for improving that stretch north of the Station. That's another massive and dauting challenge though but they have to do something - it's crying out for it - screaming out for it. |  |
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:44 - Aug 18 with 4501 views | Garyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:20 - Aug 18 by jackrmee |
I thought it looks pretty cool up that end now. |
Cool! 
Mostly a mix of derelict buildings and outdated pre war eyesores! | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:45 - Aug 18 with 4495 views | BLAZE |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:22 - Aug 18 by Garyjack |
They've made an effort Rayn's but in reality from The Grand on one side to Alexander House on the other, it needs flattening all the way to Castle square! |
It's the Grand up to Dyfatty that's the sh*thole. The Grand to Castle Street is much improved with more work ongoing
For me the work over the last 5 years has been mostly positive. Castle Street and Princess Way is much better with a lot more activity at night. I'm sceptical about the Kingsway development though, simply because I expect two way traffic across just two lanes to cause absolute pandemonium |  | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:48 - Aug 18 with 4478 views | BLAZE |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:42 - Aug 18 by Vetchfielder |
I think the stretch from the station down to Argos has improved a lot over the last 3 or so years. Still a few derelict properties just down from the Grand but maybe somebody will step in there when the new student accommodation opens up. BTW, the University is keeping Swansea alive - goodness knows what it would be like with it.
The Palace needs to bought by the Council and redeveloped as something, don't know what, but it would be a starting point for improving that stretch north of the Station. That's another massive and dauting challenge though but they have to do something - it's crying out for it - screaming out for it. |
Both universities in fairness. UWTSD have invested a lot too. The ALEX building (old library) is a stunner | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:48 - Aug 18 with 4470 views | Dr_Winston |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 19:17 - Aug 18 by Garyjack |
Factor in that a lot of the buildings that are an eyesore or boarded up are listed buildings, including the old Palace Nightclub. |
Knock them down anyway. |  |
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:54 - Aug 18 with 4444 views | Garyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:45 - Aug 18 by BLAZE |
It's the Grand up to Dyfatty that's the sh*thole. The Grand to Castle Street is much improved with more work ongoing
For me the work over the last 5 years has been mostly positive. Castle Street and Princess Way is much better with a lot more activity at night. I'm sceptical about the Kingsway development though, simply because I expect two way traffic across just two lanes to cause absolute pandemonium |
It's had what you would call 'a lick of paint' Blaze. Nowhere near good enough for the entrance to our city, it needs major redevelopment, even if it means eliminating retail from the area completely. | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:54 - Aug 18 with 4437 views | jacks777 |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:44 - Aug 18 by Garyjack |
Cool!
Mostly a mix of derelict buildings and outdated pre war eyesores! |
It ain’t going to get better. I’d rather see a smaller city centre in terms of shopping and more residential with more apartments etc. | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:57 - Aug 18 with 4418 views | Garyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:48 - Aug 18 by Dr_Winston |
Knock them down anyway. |
I think that's what the owner of The Palace has in mind. Didn't he purchase it for £100k, and now left it to fall into further disrepair? | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:58 - Aug 18 with 4400 views | BLAZE |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:54 - Aug 18 by Garyjack |
It's had what you would call 'a lick of paint' Blaze. Nowhere near good enough for the entrance to our city, it needs major redevelopment, even if it means eliminating retail from the area completely. |
Well whatever has been done, it's going in the right direction IMO | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 21:05 - Aug 18 with 4366 views | Garyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 20:58 - Aug 18 by BLAZE |
Well whatever has been done, it's going in the right direction IMO |
You're to easily pleased Blaze!  | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 21:06 - Aug 18 with 4355 views | BLAZE |
Probably 
I like what they've done to the Strand too | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 22:33 - Aug 18 with 4244 views | Kilkennyjack |
Can we just relocate the station as a quicker fix ? 🚂 |  |
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 23:10 - Aug 18 with 4205 views | Garyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 22:33 - Aug 18 by Kilkennyjack |
Can we just relocate the station as a quicker fix ? 🚂 |
That's exactly what the Welsh assembly have in mind. Swansea Parkway. Whereby it would be easier for potential visitors to Swansea from West Wales to go direct to Cardiff instead. | | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 06:51 - Aug 19 with 4075 views | Dr_Winston |
You can spend as much money as you like on the buildings of High Street. Without fixing the people frequenting there's always going to be problems.
You'd basically need Police patrols 24/7 harrassing and moving on the deadheads to make a difference, and it probably won't even make that much of one because quite a lot of them live there, and all you'd basically be doing is moving the problem elsewhere.
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 06:54 - Aug 19 with 4068 views | sainthelens |
Centre started going downhill soon as they shut the Vetch. |  | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 07:02 - Aug 19 with 4042 views | Kilkennyjack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 23:10 - Aug 18 by Garyjack |
That's exactly what the Welsh assembly have in mind. Swansea Parkway. Whereby it would be easier for potential visitors to Swansea from West Wales to go direct to Cardiff instead. |
I was thinking more walking distance to Quadrant.
The cost benefit of a Swansea Parkway would be interesting.
I thought that snivelling Tory weasel little Alun Cairns was involved ?
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/plan-20m-ra | |
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| Swansea hard man arrested on 07:38 - Aug 19 with 3989 views | SPboy |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 06:51 - Aug 19 by Dr_Winston |
You can spend as much money as you like on the buildings of High Street. Without fixing the people frequenting there's always going to be problems.
You'd basically need Police patrols 24/7 harrassing and moving on the deadheads to make a difference, and it probably won't even make that much of one because quite a lot of them live there, and all you'd basically be doing is moving the problem elsewhere.
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The area around the station is one of the most highly policed areas in Swansea. They have failed miserably moving the deadheads as you call them on. In fact the number of deadheads is growing steadily with the streets around Mansel street & Waters road also infested with junkies & deadheads. Hopefully the hundreds of student flats being built will help raise the standard of the area |  | | |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 08:56 - Aug 19 with 3922 views | controversial_jack |
| Swansea hard man arrested on 07:38 - Aug 19 by SPboy |
The area around the station is one of the most highly policed areas in Swansea. They have failed miserably moving the deadheads as you call them on. In fact the number of deadheads is growing steadily with the streets around Mansel street & Waters road also infested with junkies & deadheads. Hopefully the hundreds of student flats being built will help raise the standard of the area |
They have to go somewhere! | | | |
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