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We asked you to think about your life as a whole and where there were shortfalls in what you need to live your urban life to the full. Well your responses reflected the speed of your lives and the need for efficiency and more time!
'Another bank holiday later in the year would be good!'
'I need more time! A teleportation device would be great. I worked out the other day that I spend 60 hours a month of my life commuting to and from work, so anything that cuts down the commute would be great.'
'I want to be able to find workmen for home jobs easily and get them to turn up when they say, and the same applies to deliveries.'
'I wish my council collected more recyclables from my home, instead of me having to drive to the recycling point.''
'I would like to be able to make small payments with my mobile phone to save carrying change around. If I could buy my sandwich by swiping my mobile phone on a reader it would avoid waiting in long queues at busy lunchtimes.'
'Delivery companies suck. Why do they keep operating as if it is the 1950's and the little woman will be at home and can stay there all day to collect everything?'
'I'd love to be able to work from home. What's the problem? Anyone can set up a PC nowadays and work remotely, so why don't employers get their fingers out and do something useful for a change? And think about the effect on the environment - all those small traffic queues in the future, as people will be working from home.'
'I'm just disappointed they haven't invented the jet pack yet it'd save me loads of time getting to and from work.'
'Please, please could someone make attractive shoes, with low heels that are bigger than a dot? Shoes you can walk a mile in and still look good in an office. I'm fed up with carrying around trainers (for walking to work), flat pumps (for office comfort) and heeled shoes (to meet corporate expectations for meetings etc) - Men have multi purpose shoes why can't we!'
'Someone to sort out all the home stuff like insurance, subscriptions, home maintenance, getting in a cleaner.'
'Why can't there be one system for recycling at home that is simple and easy to understand?'
'A bloody good transport system that doesn't cost me thousands and runs till at least 2.00am on a Friday and Saturday!!!!'

