- Not sure what things there are to do in the city
- Don't go into the city very much
- Want more things for older people to do
- Need more things for families to do
- Respondent goes to the city centre for a purpose only,
and isn't interested in the city centre
- Respondent hears comments from visitors to city - `not
enough facilities for older/middle aged people' - eg
clubs for their age group
- Does not feel safe in the city centre
- The only free entertainment is from buskers
- I use the city as a convenience to do my shopping and pay
bills
- There doesn't really seem to be anything to do
- Nothing there for respondent
- Going in for specific reason
- Not the reason for going - business and hospital
- Don't cater for all age groups
- Do not go very often
- Not much is on for families
- At the moment busy doing other things
- Don't go in that often so don't really know what's on in
the centre
- More bike / walking space for tourists
- City centre needs to be revitalised, especially shops etc
- Don't go out very much
- Lack of events for young people e.g. Music/bands
- Nothing to do - no entertainment
- City visit for health support
- In the Square it should be possible to have more stalls
and art and craft. Also art exhibitions and more
entertainment. Get more people into the Square more often
- Only go into town for special purpose something I can't
get here I don't like going into town
- I've been to all the usual places and I don't feel there
is enough to do
- I don't think there is a good range of things to do in
the city centre
- Would like more things in city (to see and do)
- Don't really know what's going on in that area
- Lack of shopping in Cathedral Square
- Go into area for appointments. Not really looking for
something to do
- I'm concerned about all the hassle and fights in town at
night. I wish there were more things for the young people
to do
- Not a job for adults to do, mainly caters for kids
- Parking problems
- Not very many things to do in town - need more activities
for young people
- Don't use public transport. Because of over-crowding
there are no seats at peak times. I have a back problem,
the ride is too rough so I don't go to town to do things
- Don't get into town. I've been busy and I don't drive
- Can't be bothered to go into city centre these days
- For personal reasons I don't go into town unless I have
to and then only if I'm with someone
- It's okay, but for me personally, no great attraction.
There are things in the suburbs that make it unnecessary
to go into the city
- I don't do anything in there
- Not able to get there for health reasons. I haven't got
personal experience but what I've read and heard, it's
good
- Don't really go there to do anything
- Seems to have everything I need at this time - although I
choose to avoid going in
- Nothing to do for my age group (18 years)
- Not really anything to do in town except drink
- Because it's boring
- Its a hassle with kids - there are better places to go
- My course finished at 10pm and the bus from the Square
didn't leave until approximately 45 minutes later. I was
cold and I felt unsafe at that time of the evening
- Haven't been into town for ages
- Haven't been into town for over a year
- No parking
- The city centre is old and out dated not safe enough. I
prefer to use the shopping malls
- Disillusioned with what goes on in the city
- Make the Square more interesting
- Don't feel safe in the Square unless you are shopping.
Not a lot to do
- Not very interested in going in to the city
- I'm not a good person to ask because I'm over 80 and I'm
very limited
- Shopping-wise it's okay but other things to do I'm not
sure. There's not really a lot for people my age to do
which doesn't cost a lot. Lot to do for my age group
- The only times I go into town is to go out or go to the
shops and there's plenty of places to go out to
- City is drab, depends on your age group
- Stay out of city due to parking expense
- Stay in suburbs, not been on town
- Go into city for a specific reason
- Because there's nothing to do for teenagers, 16-18 years
old. Too young to night-club and too old to hang around
town. They just hang around town which makes town look
disgusting and that's when all the trouble starts
- Don't spend enough time to form an opinion
- Because I never ever go there, haven't been there for
years
- I don't know what there is to do in the inner city. I
don't know because I don't go there
- Never thought about it
- Not enough to do especially for teenagers
- Could be more done for children
- Don't really know what's available to others
- Seems to be enough to do. Haven't really given it much
thought
- Find no necessity to go into town. We can do what we want
to locally
- Not mobile enough to be able to get into town
- Not in the town often enough to know what's on. I'm
usually at work and unable to go or busy with other
interests
- Shopping in the city centre has changed. There is not the
same choice of shops
- Other than to work I tend not to go into town
- Don't go into the city centre very often
- Too much of the night time things to do revolve around
night clubs and bars
- Not enough to do entertainment wise
- Some things you would do that are good and some that you
would go out of the city to do
- Don't go to town often enough to judge
- Type of people around the Square
- Because of our age group our interests are local rather
than in the city
- Boring, dirty part of town. Prefer suburban malls
- I go into the shopping part and that's satisfactory. The
other I wouldn't know though I think Christchurch is well
serviced
- I don't get into town these days for health reasons
- Don't always do things that are there available to do. I
do other things that coincide in time often
- Just use town for shopping
- I don't go there enough. I go to do my business and then
go home again
- I don't really do things in town
- I don't go into town really unless I have to and then we
park in Sydenham and bus in and out straight away and
then drive home
- They are spread out all over the place. The shopping
should be all in one area
- I just go and do what I need to. I'm not looking for
things to do
- I only go in for a specific purpose. I don't experience
the range of things there because I don't really use them
enough
- Cause I do what I want to round here
- Just don't go. I prefer to do my shopping in the suburbs
- Don't go to the city centre
- Not enough activities in the city centre for young people
- Because I'm not there very often
- Just look at buildings
- Because finding a park and getting to events is a bit of
a hassle
- At the age of 84 I don't know what's offering. Too old to
visit clubs or casinos
- Don't do anything in town. Too busy working and raising
children at present
- Types of people running stalls we find threatening.
Police seem to hide in their kiosk instead of getting out
and pulling up misdemeanours
- I don't look for any entertainment in town
- Don't go in very often
- Because only do shopping in town
- Because the art gallery and other areas of cultural
exhibition do not figure prominently in the city centre
- We avoid it like the plague unless we are going to a
concert
- Go for specific projects rather than entertainment
- Once you've been to the Arts Centre, to town, you've done
it all. Its all right for visitors
- I am not attracted to the city centre. I shop in the
suburbs and we usually go out to eat in the suburbs.
Theatre we don't very often go in
- We go for shopping
- I go to shop for clothes or the clubs at night so the
range of things doesn't bother me
- There's not enough publicity so people aren't aware what
they can go to
- I don't like the gatherings of the hooligans. They stop
me going into the centre as much as I'd like to. I'd like
the Square to be more friendly so I could use the range
of things to do
- There isn't a range of things spread around the city. Is
concentrated in one small area. The same thing at the
same places
- More transport regularly for shoppers, especially senior
citizens. $1 rides every ten minutes
- Need more youth clubs
- I'm not aware that there is a lot to do in the city
- Only go in for specific events - I can get all other
services close to hand - parking is a hassle
- Probably potential not being used - also seedy in parts
and the safety aspect
- I don't think there is enough to do other than bars to
drink and eating needs to be more specially for young
people dances or some other activities
- Just go into the place I want to and then come out
specific shopping meet husband for lunch
- Not enough activity for teenagers (blue light discos were
excellent)
- Respondent doesn't need to go into the city centre
- Respondent goes into the city centre to appointments and
only `passes through'
- No definite feel about the city centre
- There could be more entertainment in summer months for
young people
- Don't have any reason to go into the city centre
- That's how I feel
- Because of severe sight impairment I am not mobile enough
to appreciate what is available
- During last 12 months haven't really been out a great
deal - having got the two little ones
- The central city doesn't attract me - there are services
available everywhere else
- I do not participate in anything that is going on
- It costs money to go to things
- It doesn't affect me as I'm too old
- There is nothing that interests me
- Don't go often enough to care
- Should make the Square more of a cafe type thing ie St
Mark's Square in Venice - it's cafes all around there.
Like to see less of the hoodlums in the Square
- I don't go there so I don't know. Just been through it
once or twice
- Because it's very boring. It just doesn't change, it's
always the same, you have to walk miles to get to the
toilets
- Don't feel comfortable around Square - needs to be
developed for the locals. Feel secure in main part of
Wellington at night
- Shops disappearing - everything empty - town used to be
quite nice
- Everything so spread out - am disabled so prefer to go to
a mall and lean on a trolley
- Unaware of what's on offer
- I just drop my daughter off, I don't visit myself
- It's just a city - I prefer to do things out of the city
- I do not go into the city, hardly ever
- It's boring in the day time
- Because I do not demand anything from the city centre. My
needs are catered for
- Apart from shopping, there's not much to do there if I
didn't have to buy things I wouldn't go. It's one of the
most unattractive city centres I know. They are making it
more unattractive by pulling down all the old buildings
and putting up concrete blocks
- Because I don't have expectations that it should be any
better. I'd like to get rid of the tourists
- Never thought about it, I go in to do what I want to do -
don't think about what else there is to do
- Now that I'm old enough to go into everywhere it's okay
but when I was younger it was very boring
- Could do with an improvement
- Because I don't go there with my small child, it doesn't
matter to me
- There isn't a great variety of things to do. There are
kids wandering around aimlessly - they've obviously got
nothing to do so if you're not shopping then the only
other thing to do is go to the pub
- Don't go for entertainment, only go in for shopping
- Only go into the city for business purposes
- Don't really participate in range of things to do too
old, sick
- Council could do a little more for everybody
- They do the same thing year after year. 30yr olds.
Flowers and walks okay, but we need other things eg
roller blading away - young ones need this
- The activities that are there now are not suitable for my
age group (70's)
- Doesn't go there often enough
- Not suitable for older people
- I don't like the city centre - it's just shops, I'm not
interested in shopping
- I am not really up with what there is to do in
Christchurch. I wouldn't mind a book on things to do and
clubs to go to
- There isn't as much to do as there is in Wellington. Not
as many shows / international acts
- There to go shopping or night-clubing
- The cost of the new swimming pool
- It's just arranged for tourists, with souvenir shops
everywhere and apart from that only little coffee shops.
Everything we need is in the malls
- Because I've been here too long and I've started to get
too used to everything
- A bit boring for me. I would like much more bars and pubs
and shopping places in the city
- Because a lot of the things that are on don't appeal to
me. I prefer other types of entertainment
- Well you don't sort of go in there to hang round very
much when you go in there to go to work every day
- There's not enough going on, theatre and concerts and
that, you only have to ask the tourists that. There's too
many bars and pub scenes - fantasy living. There's an
obsession with bars and pub scenes
- Don't have much occasion to need to use the area
- If I go I'm going for a specific reason, not to look for
something to do
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