This article is user-generated content (ie external contribution) expressing a personal opinion, not the views of BBC Gloucestershire. Ex-pat Michelle Schrup now lives in America but used to live in Gloucestershire. She sent us her views on life in a rural community.  | Being Gloucester born and raised in Stroud I can quite sympathise with the young living there and in Cirencester. |
There is nothing for youngsters to do, no movie theatres to go to and no clubs. Living in America I now live in America and there is an abundance of places to go to and things to do for young people. 
I now live in America and there is an abundance of places to go to and things to do for young people. | | Michelle Schrup |
They really have the right idea. Indoor malls where kids can shop with friends, have lunch and go and see a movie, all in the same area. Malls with ice rinks inside for people to skate at all times of the year. Plenty of skateboard parks. Lots of different recreational classes to be taken at their local parks and swimming centers, for a cheap price and all arranged through their city councils! Inspire your youth! Wake up England. Give your youth inspiration not doom and gloom. It seems as though the councils in the Gloucestershire area are too enthused with putting up supermarkets and housing developments than entertainment. I agree with the writer, there is too much vandalism from the youth but what else is there for them to do? Stroud did away with its one movie theatre for a Bingo Hall! Can Bingo not be played in Church Halls? | Does it have to take up the only form of entertainment for the youth of Stroud? |  |
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