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We Dundee Stage 1 responses to question: "What's been surprising about your Dundee during these times?"Main Theme:NeighboursLocal produce / businessesHome DeliveriesCulture and CreativityCommunityTogethernessSharingQuiet / Stillness / PeaceCooking / bakingDigital / TechnologyGardenFamilyWalksCyclingNatureNoticing / appreciating / gratitudeBeach / CoastTimeCity Streets / RoadsSense of PlaceSafetyParks / Green SpacesWellbeingLearning / Self ImprovementHomeworkingGood WeatherAdventure / ExploringKeyworkersLoss / MissingView the final image
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1How much the neighbours have come together to share resources - flour, printer paper, paint - all left on doorsteps!Culture and Communityyy
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2How much fun a zoom party is.Culture and Communityy
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3It's really, really hard, but I'm grateful I don't live in a much larger place.Culture and Communityyy
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4WE
ARE
IN
THIS
TOGETHER
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5How everyone has become pretty much invisible.Culture and Community
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6Getting to know my neighbours and feeling a new sense of community growingCulture and Communityyy
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7Superheroes running the streets to make kids smile!Culture and Communityy
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8How wonderful it is that the vast majority of people are so community minded and will go out of their way to help each other. Culture and Communityyy
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9My postman looks like Billy Connolly and I've had so many deliveries during lockdown that I now know that he SOUNDS like Billy Connolly too.
A nice lockdown surprise.
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10I've interacted more with my neighbours in the last 8 weeks than I have in the last 1.5 years since moving back. Gardening group, quizzes, kids fun, food sharing.
If honest
I'm scared
it will end.
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11I've seen more
WEs
than I've seen
MEs
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12Dundonians genuinely want to help each other through this - stepping off pavements to pass safely, doing errands, adapting and using local businesses. There is heart at what we do. Culture and Communityyyyy
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13As someone who lives in Angus but usually travels to work in Dundee every day. I miss the city and everyone and everything in it.
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14Seeing the same people at the same time every day - total strangers that I now see more often than my friends and family. Culture and Communityy
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15Dundee community spirit is amazing!Culture and Communityy
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16We've got to know our neighbours better through communal street workouts and got fitter at the same timeCulture and Communityyyy
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17Loving the resilience and versatility of everyone during lockdown. Hoping the growing sense of community continues supporting local people and businesses and sets a new model for being.Culture and Communityyy
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18KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEY WORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSRULE!KEYWORKERSCulture and Communityyy
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19How wonderful all the key workers are . From every field of work Culture and Communityy
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20I have seen inclusion, tollerance & acceptance rise.
Dundee is ALWAYS inclusive, but people are offering to help more without getting close, and everything is so quiet ❤️
Everyone cares.
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21We are a community helping others.
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22Life is now like
a game of Pacman,
where everyone
else is a ghost.
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23It's given me so much hope for the future, showing that people do care about others and their environment. People are growing their own food, learning how to fix things, cycling & sharing 💚👫🌍Culture and Communityyy
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25strength of individuals making a strong collectiveCulture and Communityy
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26How much I miss the train ride across the Tay Bridge each morningCulture and Communityy
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27So many people have dogs!Culture and Community
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28It has been a challenging time for everyone but what shines through is the great community spirit in Dundee #LoveDundeeCulture and Communityy
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29That we find out Dundee is actually a thing!Culture and Community
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30Community!Culture and Communityy
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31how few people are wearing masks. i thought we were better than thisCulture and Community
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32A sense of community has returned that has been absent in some areas! Culture and Communityy
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33Loving the genuine love for Dundee
#TEAMDUNDEE
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34Just how many Lockdown rules can the neighbours break???Culture and Communityy
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35I'm making more of an effort to stay connected, and it feels amazing!Culture and Communityy
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36Everyone feels closer and kinder, despite the distance.
We're remembering what community means.
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37Im sad the flipside of community coming together is the rise in judging others.
Cliping on neighbours or complaining about people being outside, laughably at the same time as they are,
is sinister
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38The smiles and greetings from strangers in the street warm my ♥ Culture and Communityy
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39A time to say hello Dundee
and discover we are Dundee!
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40unity care
&
co-operation
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41We always HOPE
we see the best of people during a crisis & that has been my EXPERIENCE during COVID.
I have found that people have come TOGETHER looking to share & care as one
COMMUNITY!
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42The way that people have come together and reached out to those in need and to each other. A group Heavenlys Angel's delivered care packs to homes and sheltered housing throughout Dundee. Amazing! XCulture and Communityyy
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43How much I love my Family!Culture and Communityy
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44Having the support of family and friendsCulture and Communityy
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45The Dundee community has responded magnificently. A whole army of volunteers assembled, it seemed, overnight, to provide practical help and support to the vulnerable in our communities. Heartwarming! Culture and Communityy
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46The energy of
community action has
been a lighthouse at a time of
adversity.
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47Teachers can't go back to work if they didn't stop in the first place.Culture and Community
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48Dundee = people + place. It's difficult to hold onto while socially distant.Culture and Communityyy
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49How connected I feel to the community around me, despite lockdown. Culture and Communityy
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50It shouldn't be a surprise, but how much we need each other and how much family isn't there for so, so many people.
Our well-being is so easily impacted when company is removed - we are all vulnerable
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51The people of Dundee shone bright as they pulled together to support each other, from food provision to online pubs & everything in between you could feel the sense of community & care!Culture and Communityyy
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53I miss just bumping into people every day like I would normally before these times. I'm surprised by how much I miss these interactions and being able to hug you all. I hope you are all staying safe.Culture and Communityyy
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24Being together in one space for so long has encouraged our creativity to reimagine our space together. Turns out a crocodile lives in the garden and a mermaid visits our bathroom.Culture and Communityyy
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52The way the community has come together to make the most of it has been fantastic! Local artists, craftsmen and volunteers have really stepped up to spread joy despite the lockdown.Culture and Communityyyyy
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73I finally have time to work on the projects that I never had time forCulture and Communityyyy
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87From the George Floyd mural being put up to it being vandalised, was a whirlwind of emotions. Questioned the level of safety in my hometownCulture and Communityyy
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96Chalk.
Chalk is underrated. Chalk has kept us going.
We love chalk.
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119Found that online art and craft markets work and are beneficial for sellers and buyers! Culture and Communityy
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126The wisdom of wedundee should become a poster series :)Culture and Communityy
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185I work remotely from Bristol. Hearing about the way that the lovely sculptures and artwork hidden around the city have gained new meaning for people on the rare walks outside makes me so happy.Culture and Communityyyyy
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54How much
I miss my
old routine.
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55Proud of how well everyone is coping, and coping in their own unique way! Health and wellbeingy
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56That I haven't chopped all my hair off yet...Health and wellbeing
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57Enjoying quality family time!Health and wellbeingyy
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58There are positives in the stillness.
Time might seem endless but on the flipside we have also been given endless time. Time to breathe, rest and be still.
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59The amazing people from Dundee fighting back against the virus. Two examples being the University of Dundee discovering new things about the virus and NHS Tayside being excellent in this time of needHealth and wellbeingy
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60Slow Down and Appreciate Health and wellbeingyyy
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61I'm really not missing anything other than family and friends. Feel a physical longing and ache not seeing & hugging them.Health and wellbeingyy
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62Walking more and the joy of hearing all the birdsong. Then the delight of watching them devour the seeds as I work from the kitchen table. Health and wellbeingyy
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63Before lockdown, I was usually away with work 3 days a week. I love not travelling + like working from home in Dundee. I can walk the dog, see the river, be present, I'm not going back to 'normal'.Health and wellbeingyyyyy
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64Home working has been fantastic - Up early, more productive due to less interruptions, and a window to my beautiful garden. Mental health and mindfulness restored.This will be the new normal for me.Health and wellbeingyy
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65How peaceful our streets are without cars. How lovely the birds are. How many more people are taking exercise.
How kindness and being human is back in vogue
Health and wellbeingyyyy
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66How well people I know are coping with lockdown (me included), learning languages, new recipes, getting into cycling and running, connecting with people, exploring town and getting creative😍Health and wellbeingyyyyy
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67How much I miss it !Health and wellbeingy
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68Holy moly,
quiet is beautiful!
Health and wellbeingy
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69Miss seeing,hugging and playing with our grandchildren very much!Health and wellbeingyy
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70How the usual petty annoyances have receded and what's left is the stuff our lives should be made of: birdsong, space, peace to think, quiet time to let us ponder what we could do differently forever.Health and wellbeingyy
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71Each week I see so many people in my street Clap for Carers, yet I've never felt so isolated/alone.
Shielding is more difficult than I have the words to express.
Health and wellbeingy
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72How much I'm enjoying not racing about every evening and weekend.

I'm not going back to that, quiet times with family are my future!
Health and wellbeingyy
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74I'd never appreciated the role videogames could play in managing people's mental health until lockdown.Health and wellbeingyy
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75Realising that the most important things in life are free.

No amount of money or material things will ever make me feel as happy as seeing all my loved ones again.

I cant wait to hug them all.
Health and wellbeingy
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76Not going back to the old 'normal' - how do we moonshot into the future now everyone has had an opportunity to reconnect with the things in life that are important? Who needs to be aboard the rocket?Health and wellbeing
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77Appreciate whats
around you
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78Since lockdown, I have realised what I can live without, and what is important. Always one to wear make up and be 'turned out'. I have learned to live with my 'real' face. To be fair it's not that badHealth and wellbeing
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79There is nowhere I would rather be during a global pandemic 😊Health and wellbeingy
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80What I have been surprised about is how quiet it was during the first few weeks with near total lockdown.
It seems that the air in Dundee was cleaner and the lack of cars was a bonus
Health and wellbeingy
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81New me : local bartering, bakes bread, grows veg, suntan, in touch with family, talks about mental health concerns
Old me: what was I doing before?
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82I started a self care routine. Something that was long overdue and much needed.Health and wellbeingy
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83Let's not go "back to normal" post-Covid.
Normal didn't work for many.
Let's go forward instead, to a greener, fairer, gentler Dundee.
Health and wellbeing
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84I LIKE MASKSHealth and wellbeing
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85Everyones been given a chance to pause and reflect on themselves and the world around them.

We were allowed to finally grow and love. Even the the parts of ourselves that we are scared of.
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86The transition between the quietness at the beginning and the small tread back to "normality". Interesting observation on human behaviour.Health and wellbeingy
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88masks what masks?Health and wellbeing
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89How quiet it is......Health and wellbeingyyy
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90"UNPRECEDENTED" Wonder how often that word has been used since March?Health and wellbeing
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91That I've adapted to put food in the waste bin, feels so wierd- can't wait for food waste collections to re-start!Indoor activitiesy
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92My cooking & baking has vastly improved! Indoor activitiesy
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93Although I live in a flat, I have the best views over the Angus hills and across the Tay to Fife, so I have never felt closed inIndoor activitiesy
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94I'm going plucking mad.
I'll have no eyebrows left soon...
Indoor activities
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95Me and my granddaughter have started baking together online..we made lemon drizzle cake. It was great..both cakes were very successful. There was a bit of drama about cracking eggs her mama sorted itIndoor activitiesyyy
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