Friday 26 November 2010

100 Collection - Opinion research

SECONDARY RESEARCH

Just from opinions, through the search engine 'Google'  


Leeds is a great city. There is loads to do in the city but if you are into walking then you'll love this place. The scenery around is breathtaking.




Expanding and buzzing yet cheaper, cleaner and friendlier than the rest :)





It's awsome in Leeds. I love it!
Oh and it has everything you could want, whether your bringing a family, as a couple, or as a young person.
Sports, shopping, nightlife, near countryside places, culteral crap ha, anything you can think of.




advantages: Shopping, Family Friendly...See Review!!
Disadvantages: Weather, Hard To See Everything It Has To Offer!
I didn't realise Leeds actually had their own little section on Ciao/Dooyoo - but I'm very glad it has! Those of you who don't really know Leeds, the city I have been born and bred in, I aim to show you the beauty of the city, and that their is so much more to it than you might think! 

As you guys may know, I am dedicated to Leeds and love the bones of it. If you didn't know that, it will become clear in this review! Leeds has so much to offer, but I realise it may not all appeal to you. I have tried my best to set out this review as clearly as possible, so feel free to skip some of the sections that you are not interested in! Happy reading! 




Online forum 4


Leeds has often come out top for students - great nightlife, great shopping, great people and not too expensive!! I came here for Uni in 1992 and never left. There are usual crime rates for a large city, common sense prevails though, in 17 years of living all over I've been burgled once and that was because a housemate left a window open. 

I would definitely highly recommend Leeds and I think anyone who has actually led the student life here would agree!!


Online forum 5


Leeds is a fantastic place to live, the people are very friendly and hospitable, the city is vibrant and like anywhere else, has some great and some not so great surrounding areas, but over all, a bit thumbs up. Transport links are good, and some schools have a great reputation. I've lived there nearly all my life, and despite a spell living in London, Manchester and Paris have come back and really would not want to be anywhere else. And best of all, you will pleased to hear that that people with similar views to our friend that hides behind spoutings of BNP are about as welcome as a dose of the clap! Hope you like the place.




Online forum 6
Leeds is a great city. The city centre has excellent bars restaurants and shopping however it also has some very good suburbs too. I lived in Chapel Allerton which although a bit expensive has excellent bars shops etc and a vibrant feel about it. There are decent bus services into the city centre and is only a short taxi ride home on a night out! 

Headingley is good but you need to choose your street carefully. Roundhay is great with the park and shops. Further out north west are Guiseley and Yeadon which are safe and offer decent value. Generally avoid the south and east of Leeds as well as some of the inner city suburbs (Chapeltown, Harehills, Little London).


Online forum 7


Headingly is a very busy place. It's the student capital of Leeds - probably the whole of Yorkshire! A major benefit is that you'd have every amenity you could wish for on your doorstep.

Horsforth is a little quieter (away from the main roads) and further out of town. A lot of the houses round there appear quite up-market. It has a reasonable amount of shops in the village centre so you shouldn't have to travel far for most things.



Online forum 8


Like any city it has it’s good parts and it’s bad parts. As a rough rule of thumb, the areas surrounding the city centre aren’t so nice, they get better as you move towards the outskirts (there are exceptions).

Student wise it’s an excellent place, loads of things to do, great facilities, good night life, lots of varied shops, good transport links.

One of the nice things about Leeds is that many places are easily accessible from there – Manchester, Sheffield, the coast, Dales, Lakes etc.



Online forum 9
I live in Leeds & it is very nice, I think people go on about it because it has its trendy & quirky shops. The younger people also have their own sense of style & are very trendy & the Leeds uni is known to be a good uni.

As for the nightlife it really depends on where you go there are so many bars & clubs, its all about the atmosphere of the night.




PRIMARY RESEARCH
'I've only been to Hanging Heaton, but From what I have seen of leeds, it's a really chilled atmosphere, and there's plenty to do.' - JAMES LAWSON


've only been to leeds once but i thought the architecture was very beautiful and i liked that it was so COSMOPOLITAN ;) yet so close to the countryside! - GRACE WALSH


'When visiting Bradford I was very impressed with the bus service, there was a good range of shops and the market was brilliant. There was a good selection of eateries and fast food. I understand theres a good train network. I found Bradford quite industrial, although the free national media museum was really good for all ages.' - SYLVIA LAWSON


'Leeds is a vibrant city with a great nightlife and lots going on in the way of its development. Yet it also has rough area's.' - SACHA DES-FORGES


'Leeds has fantastic shopping, it has bee overdeveloped with flats for students and generally. I believe it one of the biggest cities in the country.'-ADRIAN LAWSON


'Leeds has plenty of nightlife, its really good. ' -KAREN MOYNIHAN






STATS

Leeds Metropolitan District spans 15 miles east to west and 13 miles north to south, covering 217 square miles at the geographical heart of the UK, of which 65% is greenbelt land.


Leeds is a major employment centre for adjacent districts. Out of a total workforce in West Yorkshire of 936,000, nearly half (that’s 442,000 people) work in Leeds.


Service industries as a whole account for over 80% of total employment, including the city's largest employers: Leeds City Council (33,000); Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (14,000); and in the private sector companies such as ASDA, Yorkshire Bank, Ventura (all with their HQ's here); Barclays, Natwest, HSBC and TSB Lloyds Banks, British Gas and BT (all with their regional offices here).


750,000 people make Leeds the second-largest metropolitan district in England.


112,000 people work in the city’s financial and business sectors.


Leeds is the UK’s third-largest manufacturing centre, with 1,800 companies employing over 39,000 people. It has recognised strengths in advanced engineering, printing, chemicals and food industries.


Leeds has a GVA of £15.4bn.


There are over 200,000 students here, 64,000 of whom are degree students at Leeds’ two internationally acclaimed universities.


Leeds is a relatively dry city, with an average of 660 mm of rain falling annually.


summers in Leeds are usually mild, with an average high of 20°C
Authorities crime rate measured against the national average

LEEDS COUNCILENGLISH AVERAGE
Population761,100-
Households335,000-
Burglary20.511.1
Criminal damage21.817.4
Drug offences3.84.5
Fraud and forgery2.33.1
Offences against vehicles15.111.1
Other offences1.81.3
Other theft offences23.620.0
Robbery1.91.6
Sexual offences0.91.0
Violence against the person16.416.8

Age RangeTotalMalesFemales
0 - 4408712086820003
5 - 9451532312522028
10 - 14479702451623454
15 - 19485362412924407
20 - 24581672857729590
25 - 29508142502325791
30 - 34549432673328210
35 - 39538822624827634
40 - 44484342360624828
45 - 49417772083320944
50 - 54456612248323178
55 - 59364791812118358
60 - 64331571593417223
65 - 69304761466515811
70 - 74272501196115289
75 - 7922677938013297
80 - 841557957969783
85 - 89897227116261
90 and over460410453559
Totals715402345754369648





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