00:00 I have been a resident of Sturchley since 2004 and when I came I always said
00:06 I always said to people they kind of joked at me and laughed at me it's an
00:09 up-and-coming place it's the place to be you know I could see its potential and
00:11 absolutely it's fulfilled that in the last 10 years you know the rise of
00:15 independence the restaurants the cafes the bars. The accolade bestowed on
00:21 Sturchley by the Sunday Times as the best place to live in the Midlands is
00:25 largely uncontroversial around here the attitude of the town is unpretentious
00:30 yet proud it's home to an eclectic mix of businesses that have become icons
00:35 across the city and the continued development is embraced by those here.
00:40 It's an up-and-coming place as everyone is gathered and it seems to be
00:45 getting a lot of traction through media just through people moving here as it
00:51 used to be pretty run down apparently about 10 years ago I wasn't here at that
00:55 point I've lived here about one and a half years ish and I've really seen it
01:00 grow within that time as well. Well I don't think it's anywhere as good as Dudley
01:04 but apart from that it's pretty special it's a really friendly place to live
01:09 we're surrounded by lots and lots of friendly friendly people and there's
01:14 lots to do lots to eat lots to drink it's a it's a cracking place and all the
01:18 schools are good so I really love I really love living here. There's a lot of
01:23 young families that have moved to the area and who perhaps couldn't afford to
01:28 live in other other places around Birmingham perhaps like Harbour or
01:32 Moseley but there's this a willingness for Sturchley to thrive and do well so
01:38 for me it's community and everybody wanting to support each other. Community
01:43 spirit and camaraderie is at the heart of what makes Sturchley so attractive
01:48 and when asked what their favourite aspect of life here is a common theme
01:52 emerges probably the amount of bars. Definitely if you want to move here and
02:01 the people who already live here you don't have to go to town to have a good
02:05 time you could just walk out your front door walk just round the corner and
02:08 there's loads and loads of like vendors well I suppose eatery you know places to
02:13 eat places to drink like loads of options now that there wasn't before.
02:18 Everybody knows each other all of the business owners support each other and
02:22 I try as much as I can to try and support people as well so you know
02:28 wherever I can I'll help anybody who who lives and works here it's a really good
02:33 example of a community definitely. Life in Sturchley isn't taken for granted by
02:39 those here but there are of course downsides to living in an area with such
02:44 a heavy spotlight cast upon it. Because Sturchley is the place to be there's a
02:49 lot of building work going on the moment so a lot of that you know buildings are
02:54 half finished there's a bit of road work a bit of traffic and all of that kind of
02:57 stuff that's not so great but hopefully that'll be finished soon and then it'll
03:01 be back to being the best place it can be.
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