{"id":71579,"date":"2021-12-17T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T10:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=71579"},"modified":"2021-12-18T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T14:20:13","slug":"city-road-cardiff-home-to-diversity-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/city-road-cardiff-home-to-diversity-and-culture","title":{"rendered":"City Road Cardiff: Home to diversity and culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A&nbsp;snapshot of a&nbsp;street in Cardiff where people from around the&nbsp;world&nbsp;own independent businesses.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>People from all&nbsp;parts of the&nbsp;world come to City Road to establish their businesses making it a multi-cultural hub.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With people&nbsp;coming in from places such as Asia, Europe and Africa,&nbsp;the road has evolved into a place with a unique character&nbsp;after&nbsp;two centuries of migration.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuha,&nbsp;a waitress&nbsp;from Sri Lanka working at an Indian restaurant said: \u201cPeople from Malaysia and Thailand, the Philippines, Brazil, and all over the world come into the shop. So,&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;just&nbsp;very diverse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a lot of jobs available.&nbsp;They&#8217;re&nbsp;always looking for new employees,&nbsp;there&#8217;s&nbsp;always something to do in this area. It&#8217;s a large community, but everything is sort of independent.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"The History of City Road\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fGqlNupYdpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"The History of City Road\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fGqlNupYdpo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 165 occupied businesses on City Road, 93% are independent.&nbsp;The&nbsp;road is seemingly&nbsp;fully&nbsp;equipped to cater to the needs of everyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yousef, the owner of a Turkish dessert shop said: &#8220;Everything is on the street,&nbsp;various types&nbsp;of shopping and leisure activities. I think&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;a really&nbsp;good location&nbsp;for comfort.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, compared&nbsp;to other places, the barbershops here are inexpensive. People from other places come here to get their hair cut.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although there are&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;advantages to starting a business here, there are some disadvantages as well. Due to economic instability, businesses shut down frequently, leaving room for new ones to open.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/12\/City-Road-Businesses-final-504x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71583\" width=\"541\" height=\"1108\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/12\/City-Road-Businesses-final-504x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71583\" width=\"541\" height=\"1108\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>The data for this was collected by the authors in December 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wang, the owner of a Chinese restaurant said: &#8220;We chose this location to start our business because it is the only location that can provide us with space and a license.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But&nbsp;I&#8217;m&nbsp;aware that some people are always leaving, such as the Spin bar next to us, which&nbsp;didn&#8217;t&nbsp;last a year.&nbsp;It&#8217;s&nbsp;now empty, and another one is on its way. They&#8217;ve already started decorating the place.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other issues on the street highlighted by those who work on the road include lack of parking facilities and safety at night. Some suggest that rent in the area is expensive alongside high utilities and business rates.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"City Road, Cardiff - A piece of home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eaZfjRCJWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"City Road, Cardiff - A piece of home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eaZfjRCJWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He, a Chinese market owner also spoke about the issue&nbsp;said: &#8220;I only opened my shop here because I live here. I have properties here, but a newcomer&nbsp;doesn&#8217;t&nbsp;have much in the way of savings.&nbsp;The high rent of their shops and places to live will deplete their savings. So, if the company does not make a profit, it will be difficult for them to survive.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, there are only 12 unoccupied spaces on the road and success&nbsp;has&nbsp;been possible for some.&nbsp;Swar&nbsp;Omer, originally from Iraq, is expanding his&nbsp;family&nbsp;business and opening a bigger grocery&nbsp;store&nbsp;which&nbsp;is due to open in January 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Omer, there is a great deal of community spirit on the road and most people know each other. \u201cI\u2019ve been here from around 2001,\u201d said Omer. \u201cCity Road is better than most places.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look into one of the most multi-cultural places in Cardiff, City Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":797,"featured_media":71586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[981,423,935],"coauthors":[1067,1059,1068,1061,1072],"class_list":["post-71579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","tag-culture","tag-roath","tag-smallbusiness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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