Or, what the winter months can teach us about placemaking
“Every year when the clocks go back, women everywhere see their world get smaller – not because they want to, but because they don’t feel safe going out after dark.” – Kate Dale, Marketing Director at Sport England
Night culture is something that tends to get completely overlooked in the race to provide homes and employment areas, but of course, it’s just as important to creating a rounded place that caters for everyone.
You may have your executive five-bedroom house, but if there’s nowhere to go in the evening and it’s a drive to the nearest pub, might you just decide to stay in and rue the fact you’re living in an overpriced open prison?
Find out in this week’s Sketch…
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