“I can't understand that bristol gets a new shopping centre which has shops that have come here for the first time also there is a harvey nichols only a few in the uk and people are still not happy . Parts of broadmead looked like a right dump before now it looks a lot better dont people want more choice also more jobs plus if there are more visits there is a chance that more big names will come to bristol .”

“Cabot Circus may have a target of 25-26 million VISITS, but that isn't the same thing as being visited by 25-26 million PEOPLE.

Most, if not all, visits are by people who are returning or will return. The same individuals are counted over and over again.

The Evening Post seems not to understand this crucial basic distinction, which I must have pointed out at least six times. Or, by the Evening Post's terms, which six different people have pointed out.”

“What is your opinion regarding the whordes of people who visit the soul-less cabot circus?

George, Bristol

What is you opinion on those of us with lives?”

“Repent your sins, consume, rejoice, consume.

All Hail to the Cabot Cathedral of Consumerism

George, Bristol

Did it hurt when you were lobotomised?”

“What the BEP failed to mention was out of those 7 million 0.5 million were workmen, shop staff, reporters, competition judges etc. 4.4 million were pigeons, rats and seagulls and the other 0.6 million where shoplifters, other assorted thieves and homeless people looking for somewhere to shelter. No actual customers have visited Carboot circus yet...!”

“I was also talking about the Mall at Cribbs, personally I'd see it as an average kind of place (an enclosed and out of town high street) useful, and certainly a focal point for a lot of shopping in the south west but fairly utilitarian and a little dull.

Those wings (cells blocks Spenser and Lewis) do look far to prison like, although that is based on an image of prisons garnered from years of bad TV and film.. I suspect a real prison would have more windows.

Still, serves it's purpose well enough so mustn't grumble.”

“i wasnt talking about the galleries i was talking about the mall at cribbs causeway
which is one of the best shopping malls in the uk.
it looks nothing like a prison but then again i dont know what they look like as it seems you do”

“HMP = Her Majesty's Prison

Not really a comment on the shops, which are fairly normal high street fare, but more on the exterior aesthetic of the two wings - Plain cladding with a few high placed small windows.”

“Its good to see so many people paying a visit to cabot circus this can only pave the way for more top class shops to come to bristol . maybe get a selfridges like the one in birmingham in the future .”

“Its all well and good counting the number of people going through the doors, but as someone quite rightly said, a lot of people are just looking at what all the fuss is about.”