BBC Spotlight St Austell

[@carlyonbay45]

It seemed worse in 2019 - beggars and people dossing in doorways DURING THE DAYTIME there was even a tent pitched in doorway of old Clinton Card shop for several days before it was packed up . The main reason i avoid St Austell is the lack of shops - if i need shopping i go to Truro ....really the problem stems back decades when the council rejected Marks & Spencer ... we need the big name shops to attract shoppers

[@MatthewChapmanYT]

M&S = higher home prices . More joggers = your rent is going up 😂😂😂🤤👀👀

[@stormclearer]

i agree, since wilko shut, m and s keep asking, keep getting rejected, the town council are awful, I think we might open an indoor go karting centre there

[@aubflux1734]

Miss my old town 🥺

[@teresamaskell6863]

It shame st Austell gone downhill 20 years ago st Austell had nice shops here it like ghost town most shop gone it would be nice to see st Austell like how it use to be

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

I'm quite surprised to hear of the supposed extent of activity in the immediate environs of Trinity church. I walk through there on numerous occasions going from my flat to town, at all times of the day. I haven't personally seen even a single occasion where such activities have taken place. Maybe I'm lucky, but I've been told by pensioners that they don't have any issues with town, nor fears related to the apparent current situation. What we actually have in town is a slow deterioration which won't be abated until the entire town is redeveloped to suit a modern society. We live in what's essentially a Victorian town, laid out for the needs of people at that time. We also live in a town rampant with wilful ignorance, happy to repeatedly vote for people who do little to nothing for the constituency year after year, who belong to a blame culture, to a system which cuts public services whilst spreading fear about people fleeing the bombs we sold to be dropped on them. St Austell is a town filled with blind, ignorant, often racist puppets who can't see further than what they've been told to. That's why we have to level the balance and spread truth where obfuscation has reigned in-supreme. he loudest will always make themselves heard, without care or consideration for the truth to anyone but themselves.

[@xpat73]

Drug addicts sitting around on their ass all day......taking no responsibility for anything and saying "the GUBMENT GOTTA FIX THIS." FFS.

[@lanamay198]

Sad…