The interviews about Shopping Centre

This morning, we went to a street near the covered market to interview people about the new shopping centre. Generally speaking, public opinion was that it is a good idea because there would probably be a bigger range of products on sale. People's reactions were generally very positive.

According to our research, pollution is a concern for about half of the people we questioned. In our opinion, however, pollution isn't a very serious problem. If the shops are in another city, the level of pollution could be very high if people travel by car to other cities to find better shops. Therefore we think that if Oxford has better shops people won't travel to other places and this might reduce the amount of traffic on the roads. To go to the city centre, people often use bikes or buses which is healthier for the environment. In addition it's important for the local economy, and for foreign people. Unfortunately people thought that it wouldn't be good for small shops because the prices in the new shopping centre would be lower than in the small shops, so many people would go to the new shopping centre.