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<font color='9400d3'>Would you want one in your Lo
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Silly Sausage | Report | 30 Jan 2007 17:58 |
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And me ...lol |
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Carol in Rochester, New York | Report | 30 Jan 2007 18:00 |
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Tor, Atlanta has always had a higher crime rate than 'Mainstreet' America. A new casino was opened in Niagara Falls a few years ago and, like it,s sister casino in N Falls, Ontario, has had little impact on the crime rate in that city. If anything, it has reduced the property taxes for most of it,s inhabitants because of the tax revenue it generates. Having said that, I can,t see that one in Manchester would be beneficial to most residents there. You can,t make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Lol. Sorry to Dave and Catherine. That last was in reference to the city...not it,s lovely people. |
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Cyprus | Report | 30 Jan 2007 18:14 |
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But where is all this extra money going to come from ? From the housekeeping money? Yeah ok a lot of folks have more money than they know what to do with,so if that's what they want to do with it -ok But those who don't? So it will bring more employment into the city,but a h** of a lot more problems also.What about the fathers and mothers who gamble all their salary,just like the parents 'escaping' from reality in the 1900's. absolutley no to Manchester casino! |
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TOR | Report | 30 Jan 2007 18:21 |
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Carol I live near Manchester too. One of my other problems with a super casino is Manchester got it to enable urban regeneration. Since the IRA bombings I think Manchester has done a fantastic job of regenerating the city. It is a pleasure to shop and socialise in. The super casino seems to be a quick fix for a problem that is already being solved at a pace that suits the city. |
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Roxanne | Report | 30 Jan 2007 18:41 |
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Im a mancunian and I Dont think it a good thing at all:-(( I hate gambling,I think its just money down the drain,which in most cases is it,you cant win with these people! Its also in a disadvantaged area which I find worrying,too. |
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Glenys the Menace! | Report | 30 Jan 2007 21:37 |
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NO! NO! NO! *clears throat after shouting* And I say that with good reason; I used to be married to a compulsive gambler, and lost thousands. This will only make things worse for an awful lot of people. NO! x |
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Carol in Rochester, New York | Report | 30 Jan 2007 22:01 |
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Tor, My apologies for my glibe remark earlier. The little i saw of Manchester last summer didn,t give me a fair assesment of the city. However, I think it,s unfair to cite a casino as the reason for crime and drug problems in ANY city. Those problems have been there for years, on both sides of the Atlantic and a casino isn,t going to change that. As for people spending their housekeeping money in a casino, don,t hardened gamblers do that already via betting shops, lotteries, bingo halls and illegal gambling 'joints'? |
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