They're already here. Ever wondered why Gateshead Council should spend £11,000 turning 5 Bridges into a decent skate spot? The story varies a bit, like all good urban tales should. Some versions: (1) The Council used money from a housing dveleopment mitigation scheme to improve a spot they already knew skaters used and, when they were there, reduced anti-social hassle from other people (okay, and so skaters wouldn't keep lifting up the flagstones), (2) visiting pro skaters were contacted by the Council, again because the Council had realised that skaters made the space safer for other people or (3) a Gateshead councillor was visited by a little old lady at a surgery who started to tell him about the skaters. Bracing himself to hear that they were a nuisance which the Council should deal with the councillor was suprised to hear that the little old lady liked the skaters being at Bridges because when they were the place felt safe. Pick which ever version you like, the messgae is the same. Skaters are good for the cityscape.
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