点评:As a local resident born and raised in Blackpool but having lived on the outskirts all my life we couldn't agree more with all the negative comments made about the town.
On a recent visit with the grandchildren
To the town centre it certainly lived up to its status as the most deprived town in England.
60 years ago I worked in Central Blackpool it is now a shadow of it previous past. Church st. Birley street bank hey street and associated streets now a vista of closed down shops vape shops and extremely run down poorly maintained property.
It is very difficult to understand how it can be elected for the city of culture.
It is a very sad state of affairs.
Unfortunately its hey day of the mid century has long since gone.
Compare this town with the likes of Lytham st annes which is only 6 miles south and it is a totally different scene.
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翻译:作为一名在布莱克浦出生长大、但一辈子都住在郊区的本地居民,我们完全赞同所有那些对这座小镇的负面评价。
最近我和孙辈们一起去市中心逛了逛,这里果然名副其实——确实是英格兰最贫困的小镇。
60年前我曾在布莱克浦市中心工作,如今的这里已完全不复从前的模样了。教堂街……伯利街、班克街以及周边街道,如今呈现出的景象是:关门的商店、电子烟店,以及极其破败、疏于维护的建筑物。
实在难以理解为何这里能被选为“文化之城”。
这种状况实在令人痛心。
遗憾的是,上世纪中叶的鼎盛时期早已一去不返了。
将这座小镇与仅在南方6英里外的莱瑟姆圣安妮斯相比,两地景象截然不同。