Well, the one on Peckham Rye survived when I was living in Sarf Lunnon and that was a fairly,er, vibrant neighbourhood. Same argument could be used against 'bus shelters.
"I led a sheltered childhood: 'bus shelters, air-raid shelters, bike shelters..."
I'm sure the good folk of the city of three spires would behave in the best of Midlands decorum and thus provide a venue for the Sage of Stonall to take his banjo and sand tray to.
Seriously (?),providing a venue for live music might give people something else to do (perform or listen) rather than engage in anything more antisocial. Do local councillors have to have a frontal lobotomy or does the job make them turn into pillocks?
RtS