• 2 months ago
Birmingham has been ranked as one of the worst places to live and work, according to research based on 12 key indicators. The report cites issues such as housing, work-life balance, and safety. I'm here in Birmingham to ask people their thoughts on these findings
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00:00Yeah, so I love Birmingham. I don't think Birmingham's in the bottom ten. I've lived in a slum in Bangkok though
00:06So I have a different kind of standard, baby
00:08I I love the diversity of this city the potential of this city. This is a great place to live
00:13My kids are grown up here. I love it
00:16I think we have been let down by government and so some of those
00:20Indicators are not about the people and the place of Birmingham. That's about poor
00:25national government that's about
00:27Yeah
00:28Birmingham not getting a fair go and I think they're the things I'll be wanting to concentrate on
00:34I actually don't live in Birmingham. I'm visiting
00:36I have visited a few times and I've always found particularly the city centre quite a vibrant place quite a busy place
00:43so
00:44That would surprise me. I think
00:47It's also got a reputation as being the second city in England. And yeah a bit surprised I guess
00:53And compared to like other cities and countries it's very
00:58Dirty as you can see and there's loads of rubbish. There's lots of waste just put on the road and that and yeah, I
01:06Just think that it needs like more development with that transportation like the bus is going really late. Yeah, I
01:14Definitely got a homeless crisis. We've got a homeless
01:17That's on the rise. I
01:19Personally work alongside a soup kitchen, but we've seen a massive increase in the last 12 years. So that's definitely an
01:26Agenda, but I think that's an agenda across the country
01:29I don't think it's an isolated incident to particularly to Birmingham in relation to is it in top 10?
01:36I don't think so. I live here from Bernard Trent about 15 16 years ago. I think it's a beautiful city. It's so bad
01:44It's a mess
01:47There's too much homelessness
01:50Too much poverty need to fix up. I did that. There is a phone see but probably aren't actually on this
01:57They just want drugs

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