2008/12/1 Sarah McCulloch sarahmcculloch@gmail.com:
Just because everyone turned up from Euston in this case simply confirms what I was saying - Londoners thought it was worth making the trip, people from say, Bolton, would have decided Salford was difficult to get to and stayed at home. When considering cities the ease with which the station can be reached from everywhere should be the priority, be it Manchester Piccadilly or London Liverpool Street.
You're assuming there were people that were meant to come but didn't, we don't know that. Alison was just giving an example of a time when choosing a geographically central location turned out not to be a particularly good choice. The exact reasons why it went wrong that time aren't really important, the point was that you need to consider more than just centrality in the country.