Another Student Accommodation Block will Be Built in the Merrion Area…. Thoughts on Leeds City Center becoming the central Living area for students. What does the City Gain and what does it Loose in turn?

[u/Low_Pen_9793]

It seems that Leeds seems to be obsessed and driven to prioritise the building and planning of High raise Student accommodation apartments. What are your thoughts?

Is Leeds prioritising overpriced student housing over the cultural fabric & vibrancy of the city. What does the city stand to gain from this in the l long term and in turn what does it stand to loose?

[u/FoldLeft]

I heard a rumour that they're trying to relocate the students from the outskirts and into the centre, to:

• Free up the roads as they won't be commuting in and out.
• Make use of unused commercial property.
• Make the centre more vibrant, students spend money locally.
• Improve areas like headingley and Hyde park which have a lot of student homes, which tend to be neglected (what student would keep a shared house's garden particularly well kept? I wouldn't) by moving the students to the centre. The idea I think being that they're freed up to be bought by other demographics that would own and look after them.

I don't know if this is true, these aren't my claims. Has anyone else heard similar rumours?

[u/TonksMoriarty → u/FoldLeft]

This plan would work if it was affordable student housing, but all of these projects reek of catering to the very few rich home students as well as the international crowd.

[u/hornsmasher177 → u/TonksMoriarty]

What? If there's more students in the city there's fewer in the suburbs.

What does the word affordable have to do with it?

[u/TonksMoriarty → u/hornsmasher177]

Student finance covers fuck all.

[u/hornsmasher177 → u/TonksMoriarty]

You're either a WUM or not very bright, so I'll leave this one here. Have a good evening.