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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Dec 26, 2019 18:33:13 GMT 1
With this sort of NIMBY vision it will end up getting even nicer, more expensive, and populated by the sort of people who can afford to live there. Such a shame for the poor people who grew up there but are not fortunate enough to be able to earn enough to stay there. I never advocated "filling it full of factories" but you should have an infrastructure that supply jobs to the level of people who cannot afford to buy, but rely on social housing. We don't live in a big city so no comparison, and of course that journey time will increase the more people do it, along with more cars, more risk, and less time with your family. Shrewsbury has attracted decent jobs to the town. My second cousin has got a graduate job here for a digital marketing agency. Other friends have moved here for consultancy jobs in environmental sciences and others. There's lots of service industry Jobs here.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Dec 26, 2019 23:01:53 GMT 1
With this sort of NIMBY vision it will end up getting even nicer, more expensive, and populated by the sort of people who can afford to live there. Such a shame for the poor people who grew up there but are not fortunate enough to be able to earn enough to stay there. I never advocated "filling it full of factories" but you should have an infrastructure that supply jobs to the level of people who cannot afford to buy, but rely on social housing. We don't live in a big city so no comparison, and of course that journey time will increase the more people do it, along with more cars, more risk, and less time with your family. Shrewsbury has attracted decent jobs to the town. My second cousin has got a graduate job here for a digital marketing agency. Other friends have moved here for consultancy jobs in environmental sciences and others. There's lots of service industry Jobs here. Service industry person here. Would be interested to hear your definition of "service industry". You're right that Shrewsbury generally has a reasonable amount of professional service type jobs but pay is frankly risible compared to firms based in the Midlands or north west connurbation. I can't be the only person reading this who read the phrase "graduate job for digital marketing agency in Shrewsbury," and winced. "Tea boy" (or, to use the correct Shropshire expression "gopher") would be a quicker way of putting it. I live in north Shropshire but it's still more financially viable (given house prices) for me to work in Birmingham than it is to take a job in Shrewsbury (I say this as somebody that's lived in and around Shrewsbury all my life, pretty much). There are jobs I've seen doing what I do advertised with bigger Shrewsbury firms which pay around half what I'm paid and those are well paid jobs by local standards, but then local house prices are around ten times average wages (and therefore completely unrealistic). Not trying to be a t**t but felt the need to counter the ludicrous narrative that Shrewsbury is some kind of good jobs hub. If you choose to live in this area, it's a lifestyle rather than career choice and don't let anybody try to tell you otherwise. Be fully prepared to spend 10+ hours of your week travelling unless you're fortunate enough to be self employed in the trades or have found a rare niche job that pays well.
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Post by frankwellshrews on Dec 26, 2019 23:09:30 GMT 1
With this sort of NIMBY vision it will end up getting even nicer, more expensive, and populated by the sort of people who can afford to live there. Such a shame for the poor people who grew up there but are not fortunate enough to be able to earn enough to stay there. I never advocated "filling it full of factories" but you should have an infrastructure that supply jobs to the level of people who cannot afford to buy, but rely on social housing. We don't live in a big city so no comparison, and of course that journey time will increase the more people do it, along with more cars, more risk, and less time with your family. [br Possibly one of the only things we've agreed on on here ever. Shrewsbury is fundamentally failing its citizens currently with a combination of s**tty jobs available and inflated house prices. A lot of recent developments are just exacerbating that.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2019 23:27:46 GMT 1
There are plenty of jobs in Shrewsbury, but not the sort that pay the rent or mortgage of the property prices expected around town.
Low wages and high property prices/rent. Get what you vote for..
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2019 9:20:26 GMT 1
I work in life & pensions in Telford, we struggle to attract people because of the money we offer compared to what you can earn in and around Birmingham/Manchester. Ive been thinking of a change so have been looking at options, there are jobs available in Telford but very few in Shrewsbury and certainly none I would consider due to the salary.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Dec 27, 2019 10:39:55 GMT 1
Shrewsbury has attracted decent jobs to the town. My second cousin has got a graduate job here for a digital marketing agency. Other friends have moved here for consultancy jobs in environmental sciences and others. There's lots of service industry Jobs here. Service industry person here. Would be interested to hear your definition of "service industry". You're right that Shrewsbury generally has a reasonable amount of professional service type jobs but pay is frankly risible compared to firms based in the Midlands or north west connurbation. I can't be the only person reading this who read the phrase "graduate job for digital marketing agency in Shrewsbury," and winced. "Tea boy" (or, to use the correct Shropshire expression "gopher") would be a quicker way of putting it. I live in north Shropshire but it's still more financially viable (given house prices) for me to work in Birmingham than it is to take a job in Shrewsbury (I say this as somebody that's lived in and around Shrewsbury all my life, pretty much). There are jobs I've seen doing what I do advertised with bigger Shrewsbury firms which pay around half what I'm paid and those are well paid jobs by local standards, but then local house prices are around ten times average wages (and therefore completely unrealistic). Not trying to be a t**t but felt the need to counter the ludicrous narrative that Shrewsbury is some kind of good jobs hub. If you choose to live in this area, it's a lifestyle rather than career choice and don't let anybody try to tell you otherwise. Be fully prepared to spend 10+ hours of your week travelling unless you're fortunate enough to be self employed in the trades or have found a rare niche job that pays well.
There are 100+ jobs there in a 5 year old agency - I know one lad moved from Scotland to work there and she commutes from Cheshire daily but is thinking of moving here.
The enviro jobs both support families living in 4 bedroom homes in Shrewsbury.
I don't believe Shrewsbury is a good jobs hub but I am countering the narrative that there is nothing here.
Of course it is more financially attractive to work in Birmingham. Commuting will always be part of the way we work. People live in some lovely places like Sutton Coldfield or Solihull and commute to Birmingham, and whole of that north cotswold / worcestershire / warwickshire ring like Evesham etc.
Most people work where the work is and where the money is and live where they want to.
Telford is a massive jobs hub just 15-20 mins up the road. Not just the factories - what about the big I.T. firms? People travel there from all over the midlands. If you lived in Birmingham and worked in Birmingham you could easily commute for longer than it takes to drive from Shrewsbury to Telford..
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Post by martinshrew on Dec 27, 2019 10:47:01 GMT 1
The pay in Shrewsbury is usually less than Telford, yet housing in Telford is often around 15-20% or more less.
I doubt I'll be taking a job in my line in Shrewsbury anytime soon, the pay always seems a lot less than practically anywhere else nearby.
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Post by Exkeeper on Dec 31, 2019 12:10:19 GMT 1
I note that Bellway are providing housing on Oteley Road. If I remember they have been criticized in the past for failure to provide adequate fire stopping in the roof spaces of their new builds . On Sunday part of Barking Reach development caught fire in 70 secs. The builders ? Bellway Homes. Now , the worrying thing is that Bellway said that the cladding used had been treated so that it would take 30 mins for fire to take hold. There was no alarm and no sprinklers. Potentially another Grenfell. The Housing Minister and the useless Maybot have done **** all in the meantime to prevent another disaster . I just wonder if , apart from Bellway other developers have just rushed to build on the cheap and hope to get away with sub standard buildings. Under this useless Gov. anything’s possible . Austerity has a lot to answer for in my book . You’re the type of left winger who probably blames this s**te weather on austerity I blame it on climate change, which is denied by those who brought us Austerity, so yes, there is a link.
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Post by BlueAndAmber50 on Feb 6, 2021 10:24:43 GMT 1
Is this still happening? I’ve noticed over the past week they’ve started building on the land next to the new builds across the road from the ground?
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Post by servernaside on Feb 6, 2021 10:56:42 GMT 1
Anyone notice that the Wild Pig at Meole Brace has now reverted to its original name 'The Brooklands'
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