I READ your interesting article regarding town at ‘tipping point’ and Bournemouth’s reputation being stained.

As a large section of the borough population has known, the town reached this position years ago, and has long been a magnet for drinking clubs, violence and anti-social behaviour.

In fact its negative reputation has spread far outside the area.

Maybe it’s time the town got an appropriate new name, an obvious one being ‘Yobtown.’

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