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