00:00This is my first day here in Newport, so first impressions, just look at the architecture,
00:12it's a wonderful street, I've just been to the museum, incredible history.
00:21While there might be some things to do in the surrounding areas around Newport, it's
00:24definitely the city centre that lets this place down, which is abundantly clear from
00:28people who live here.
00:29It's not a very clean place, I would say, it needs a lot of cleaning up, and we've got
00:35no cinema, no health centre, leisure centre here, that's all gone, so yeah, it's quite
00:43depressing.
00:44I don't come to town very often, but when I do, it's just the same thing, mostly people
00:55are drunk and drugged up, you know, and that's why I believe it shouldn't be like this.
01:02There are plenty of things to do here in Newport, there are two theatres in the city centre,
01:06a museum, castles scattered around, and of course the iconic, world-renowned Transporter
01:10Bridge, which will be back home to the public later on this year.
01:14The city has hosted a Ryder Cup, a NATO Summit, it'll have the Eisteddfod in a few years'
01:18time, so it's no stranger to a large amount of tourists and visitors coming to the city,
01:22and for the locals, that doesn't seem to be the problem.
01:25The issues are the sorry state of the high street.
01:28I don't think it should be bottom of the list, like I can think of some places that are probably
01:32worse to go, and like the architecture here is really nice and everything.
01:38I think the only reason they say that is because there's like litter on the ground or something,
01:43but yeah, I don't really see why it should be the very bottom.
01:46Oh yeah, it's got a lot of history, you know, we've got a beautiful cathedral, there is
01:51a lot of history in Newport, and like you say, Tredegar House, there are a lot of good
01:56points, there are things to do, but I think you've got nowhere to go.
02:03Despite the poor showing on the pole, and the bad publicity that it could bring to Newport,
02:07locals clearly think that aside from the high street, Newport certainly wouldn't be a bad
02:10place to come and visit.
02:12And quite frankly, it's a lovely city, I'm pleased to be here on my first day, I can
02:20recommend it as certainly a day out, but other than that, well, give me another couple
02:27of hours and I'll be able to say a bit more for you.
02:30Yeah, it is unfit, I think it is a good base to actually stay if you want to have a look
02:36at areas around, say perhaps like the suspension bridge, I know it's not open at the moment,
02:41and there's various different areas around there.
02:43I really think that they should put more advertising out there for different things, and I don't
02:49think they do that here, but everyone knows about the special Newport, and it is a lovely
02:55place to visit, yes.
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