What Leeds needs

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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.

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