From Guardian:
Guardian
"Our panel predicted the rise of supercities and regions over the next 20 years," said Martin Raymond from the Future Laboratory, one of the report's authors. "They promise to change the traditional national and regional power bases because of their proximity to the one thing that does not depend on natural resources: knowledge."
What will attract "knowledge" to Liverpool. The city has to be attractive for people to live in with high quality homes which are affordable. Homes and flats built are poor quality and far too small poky places. Many block are just plain tat.
The city has potential to create an attractive water based environment for people to live around. People like living next to water. The design, quality and spaciousness has to be there, otherwise the city stays an old has been ex Victorian crock.
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If the city does not get its act together no one will come to the city and it will continue to struggle being a largely working class city.
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