One big decision in a city can have an impact for generations. And Bristol wouldn't be as amazing as it is today without some great decisions in the past. But that's not to say the city has got everything right in the past. In fact, it doesn't take a long time living and working in the city to spot things that really could have been done differently.
For example, should Bristol Temple Meads really be so far out of the city centre? Are we missing some bridges - or are the ones we have in the wrong locations?
A few years ago, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek opinion piece listing all the mistakes Bristol had made in the past. Just like the Harry Enfield character, known simply as 'Mr You Don't Want To Do It Like That', it looked at all the things that might well have seemed like a good idea at the time, but we're beginning to realise could have been done a bit better.
