From events to transport and from nightlife to general fixes, Leeds locals reveal what they would like to see in the city
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00:00Trams.
00:01Yeah, I would second that.
00:02I mean, I've not been in Leeds for that long,
00:04and I generally find it's got everything that I would want,
00:08like good social safety.
00:08But not trams.
00:09It hasn't got trams.
00:10No, that would be nice.
00:11Yeah, I'd like a tram.
00:12Needs waking up.
00:14Leeds has got major problems.
00:17I'm nothing against students in accommodation,
00:21but we don't need them in Leeds.
00:23They shouldn't be in Leeds.
00:24Shops should be in Leeds.
00:26Entertainment should be in Leeds.
00:28I love the community from Headingley.
00:30I think it's very, there's a lot of things.
00:33Every time you go somewhere, it's very,
00:35everyone's really friendly.
00:37I do think in certain areas, like late at night,
00:41do need to be more well lit.
00:44I think that some places you go are a bit scary,
00:47especially as a woman.
00:49It's not, like you get really two ends of the stick.
00:52You either have a really friendly community here,
00:54but if you go 10 minutes out, it's not the best.
00:58But I do love Leeds.
00:59Maybe a few, a bit more variety at the places
01:02that open late night, early morning.
01:04So places staying open a bit longer,
01:05but I guess that's a bit of a supply and demand issue.
01:08So I don't know.
01:10The tram would be good.
01:11Been hearing about that my whole life.
01:12So if that actually came to fruition, that would be nice.
01:15I think that the green spaces are really good,
01:18but I do think they need keeping up too.
01:19I think there needs to be a lot more like recycling bins
01:22and dog mess bins and that kind of thing,
01:24just to help keep the parks a bit more tidy.
01:27I've been in Leeds about three to four years.
01:30When I first came, I enjoyed,
01:32I moved up from London, by the way.
01:33When I first came, I enjoyed the fact
01:34that there's a lot less traffic here.
01:36But as time's gone on,
01:37the traffic's matched basically London, more or less.
01:42What I'd like to see more of
01:43is potentially better restaurants.
01:45I think it does need a bit more buses
01:47because I take the 19 to school
01:50and it comes like every half an hour.
01:51And sometimes I'm really late
01:53if I miss the bus that I need to get onto.
01:55Honestly, there's not that much else that Leeds needs.
02:00We need nightclubs back.
02:01We need live entertainment back.
02:04When I was a kid, when I was a teenager,
02:06we had all these things
02:07and we need everything like it used to be.
02:10Live music, jazz bands, rock bands, you name it.
02:14We need to bring Leeds alive and exciting and dynamic.
02:21Well, it's an interesting one
02:22because I'm not from Leeds.
02:24I'm from Huddersfield.
02:25So coming into Leeds usually is better
02:29in terms of surroundings, restaurants, bars, and everything.
02:33So answering that question is quite difficult
02:35because when I come to the city, I quite enjoy myself.
02:38Some more gyms like this one, my local.
02:42It's always packed out.
02:43It's just for the students.
02:44So maybe something not for the students close by.
02:46One thing I would say is in any city, in any town,
02:49the obsession with flats,
02:52I don't understand why that's a thing.
02:54So whenever I'm coming in on the train,
02:56I look around and think there can't be this many people
02:58who need a flat to live in.