And it's not "THEIR" high street anyway.
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Replying to @Frances_Coppola
@Frances_Coppola But they’re the _nearest_ body to those who do own it (absent a citizen-led town team etc)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @theboyler
@theboyler the high street "belongs" to the people who live there, work there and shop there, not to the local authority.4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Frances_Coppola
@Frances_Coppola@theboyler Doesn’t the High St belong to its landlords - the Estates/CoE/old money + Property companies -> pension funds?..3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MForstater
@MForstater@theboyler but I put "belongs" in quotation marks because we aren't talking about legal ownership.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Frances_Coppola
@Frances_Coppola@theboyler - I know, but big prt of problem w High St is its legal owners, & signfcnt part of that also “us” thru pensions?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MForstater
@MForstater@theboyler I'm really not at all sure that the main problem with the high street is the legal ownership. Depends where you are.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Frances_Coppola @theboyler - I think for High Sts to thrive as places w critical mass, landlords have to take a big haircut.
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