It often struck me living in Berlin and Madrid that (compared to London) there were many more independent shops and much more of an individual, local flavour to the high streets. This article echoes that view.
No doubt Wembley, an Exeter resident, will tell us if his adopted home town deserves the criticism or has been meanly libelled.
It's so wonderful to be here in Exeter. Or is this Clapham?
Times
06/06/2005
EXETER is named today as the worst “clone town” in Britain with its High Street dominated by chains of fashion shops. The city tops the league of 42 towns now offering identikit shopping with little local character. It has only one independent shop in its main street.
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I have spent some happy afternoons in Exeter and was honestly surprised by this story. I too await Wembley's rebuttal (and was about to post the article for precisely the same reason.)
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