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Jul 2021
Last Updated: 23/07/2021
Stray Views: Is Harrogate in decline?
Last week's letter about drunken yobs dissuading people from visiting Harrogate provokes a fierce debate on whether the town is going downhill. Send us your views on this or anything else that matters to you at letters@thestrayferret.co.uk.
Letters
Stray Views is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret. See below for details on how to contribute.
Drunken Harrogate? It's just people enjoying themselves...
I have never before been moved to write re readers letters. However, the superior tone of Tim Emmott's letter last week really cannot go unanswered.
The tone smacks of so much that is wrong with Harrogate. Namely that those of a certain age and with money think it is quite OK for them to object to normal humans wishing to enjoy themselves. Do they not think other people have money or equal right to enjoy themselves?
The same people call out people for standing within 1.9 metres of people in supermarkets, etc. I could go on. How very dare they think they have a superior right to exist over others.
Mick Marshalsey, Harrogate
But we agree with Tim — Harrogate is going downhill
I absolutely agree with Tim Emmott.
We too have friends that no longer visit when we are in Harrogate. The general view is ‘it’s not what it was’.
Harrogate used to be such a lovely place, where so many people aspired to live. Now we have anti-social behaviour, drunks, litter, vandalism, beggars travelling from out of town, robberies and drug dealers trading around the station.
There’s little or no police presence and no will by the council to tackle these issues. What a sorry state of affairs.
Catherine Tucker-Sykes, Harrogate
Harrogate's 10-year decline
We have only lived here in Harrogate for 10 years but have been saddened to witness the rapid decline of the town over this time. There are beggars on the streets who enjoy getting together to drink.
Sandra Fielding, Harrogate
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