Should street traders be moved on?
城市管理人员经常为维护城市形象而驱赶摆摊为生的小商贩。他们之间的暴力冲突时有
发生。那么你认为是维护城市形象重要还是保护普通人的生活重要？
Zhang Jin (Baoding, Hebei): Improving the lives of ordinary people is the most important problem for the government to solve. However, I still think it's right to safeguard (维护) the image of our city because it's a window on the city's development. To help the small retailers (小商贩)
there should be a regular market for them to continue their business.
Cheng Rongrong (Hefei, Anhui): From my point of view, improving the city's image is more important. I know the street vendors (小贩) support their families by setting up stalls (货摊) without a licence. But if our city has a good image, it will attract many more investors (投资者). If
that happens then ordinary people's lives will improve too.
Wang Wenjing (Shanghai): I am on the side of the city inspectors (). The street peddlers (小贩) occupy lots of space, making the streets even more crowded and noisy. This does harm (损害) to the city's image. Should we sacrifice the appearance of our big cities only to help a few people
survive?
Zhao Weike (Beijing): I think a city's image is displayed mostly by how people lead their lives. I don't think street vendors damage our city's image. On the contrary, the city cops () are always too rude to these poor people. Not everyone has enough money to run a shop. So I hope
street vendors will keep their own way of making money.
Zhang Xiaoye (Lingbao, Henan): Street vendors make our lives easier. For example, I don't have to go too far for a couple of apples. They always sell things at relatively (比较而言) low prices. The city cops make these people's lives harder and our lives more inconvenient (不方便). Is that
the kind of city we want?
