‘It’s still got some life in it’: are we seeing the end of High Street shopping?

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With the growth of online shopping over the last few decades, you’d think town centres would be getting quieter, and while that is the case for some smaller cities, Cardiff is still as busy as ever, but are people concerned for the future?

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00:00But I think shopping in person, in my opinion, is so much better.

00:03I mean, it's so more freeing. You can look at what you want,

00:06and sometimes the prices are cheaper in person than what they are online.

00:09So I feel like it's a better way.

00:13Plus you can do it with the family, you can do it with your friends.

00:16No, I'd say you're still doing pretty well, to be honest.

00:20Obviously, there's some parts of Cardiff that ain't too nice to be around.

00:24Town's been all right. It's better than what it was a couple of months ago.

00:27Yeah, it's all right around here. It's a lot of people around here.

00:34I don't think it's fell off at all, no.

00:35We're from Neath, but it's just near to Swansea, and Swansea is just gone.

00:40Swansea used to be... Swansea on a Saturday used to be like this.

00:44Yeah, there's lots of things going on.

00:47Plenty of people around. It's certainly affected.

00:50Cardiff being a capital is such a big city.

00:53It's different.

00:53I don't think you have that problem in smaller cities and towns.

00:57It's a massive problem.

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