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AlwaysBeBlue wrote:Reading peoples thoughts on social media is disturbing.
Its seems whether it is Cardiff Council, Cardiff days gone by or any other group that shows a photo of current Cardiff, which often looks very good, out come the OAPs stating how good Cardiff was before all the progress.
I was a teenager in the 80s and I cannot remember Cardiff being anything other than downtrodden. It certainly did not look like a City, never mind a capital City.
Yes, some buildings going up are not ground breaking but this is Cardiff not Dubai or Chicago.
The City has never looked so good and is actually starting to look like a good sized city, a place in fact that people have commented on saying things like "i did not expect Cardiff to look like it does" in a good way.
I know people in their 70s 80s remember their youth, and the good times they had, but their constant knocking of Cardiffs progress is worrying in that someone, somewhere may start taking note.
Hopefully Cardiff continues to grow and is not hampered by the I preferred it in the 50s brigade.
Totally agree! God knows what rose tinted glasses memory they are reminiscing? But lets face it some peoples default setting is to moan!! I believe that they are a great minority but it's those whinges that we hear - think Wales online reader comments! I think we've lost some very good quality buildings in the past - think the likes of the old capital theatre - queen st station and many more. However the new crop of high rises will not be guilty of this (with of course the exception of Guildford crescent - but to me that was more about active businesses being closed than losing quality architecture) I'm feeling pretty optimistic about the way our city centre is progressing but like you I do get pretty fed up with hearing the negativity. I deal with it by realising that the more moans I hear then the likelihood is the better things are getting!!