Metropol.hu staff found and photographed 45 closed shops from Blaha Lujza tér to Boráros tér. Shopkeepers complain that customers don't come because the traffic jams are huge and they can't park because of the bicycle lanes, and public safety in the area is also deteriorating. Mayor Gergely Karácsony said: his goal is to make the city more livable. But unfortunately, with his activities, he achieves the exact opposite...

Ferenc körút and József körút in Budapest are starting to resemble a disaster zone. It is a deplorable sight to see the portals of closed shops one after the other, and the steps in front of the pulled down bars occupied by the homeless... In the place of clothing stores, small restaurants, GSM shops, there is now destruction, dirt and the sign "for rent/sale"...

Gergely Karácsony promised the exact opposite: he said he would make the city more livable. But the cityscape on the boulevard is getting worse and worse - and this is largely due to the city administration.

The full report HERE .

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