00:00As Brits struggle with the cost-of-living crisis and pubs see their bills soar,
00:05it is perhaps unsurprising to many that so many pubs are closing.
00:09Figures show that 772 pubs temporarily closed between January and June of 24,
00:15but are locals concerned about the future of pubs?
00:19I think I tend to go to the sorts of pubs around here that have quite a lot of students,
00:26young professionals, the kinds of pubs that seem like they're doing quite well,
00:29they're normally quite full when I'm there.
00:33Yeah, so it doesn't seem too bad in the pubs that I go to.
00:37I get that. It would be nice not to have a Wetherspoons on every corner taking over everything.
00:46I know where I came from, I'm from Coventry originally,
00:49and a lot of the pubs were priced out by rent, so I don't know if that's the same here.
00:53But it would be really nice to have more of a pub culture where people do get to spend time there.
01:00To combat rising prices, many pubs have upped their prices of a pint.
01:05But how much are locals happy to spend on a pint of Bristol's beer?
01:09I mean, the thing is, in the moment, with friends, you don't want to look like you're, I don't know,
01:15being cheap or something like that.
01:18Probably like £6, but I'd like to pay less than that.
01:23I'm concerned about the price of drinks in pubs.
01:26What is kind of a happy price you'd pay, and what do you have to pay for a pint, perhaps?
01:33£5.50, compared to not very much from the supermarket.
01:41Yeah, I mean, maybe. I do think, yeah, £3 for a pint of Coke is probably a bit much, to be honest.
01:51But I think generally, I mean, I don't know what the cost of a pint is now, to be honest.
01:56But I know that it's probably still too expensive.
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