No. Its completely over run now by muslims and indians, with every other country dumping their shit here. Citys are going bankrupt providing services for immigrants while taxing the working class heavily to support it. If you point that out though you get attacked. It doesnt even look like England anymore
There are some beautiful villages and countryside but the towns are terribly run down and there is little economic activity to support people. It’s been getting progressively worse since as long as I can remember in the early 2000s.
There has been little investment for decades and the UK’s spiralling wealth inequality issues are making it worse as increasingly you need proximity to the wealthy to have a thriving economy.
The last time I went to places like Northampton, I found it shocking how hollowed out the midlands is. This lack of opportunity leaves it ripe for exploitation by liars. Notably the midlands fell for Brexit lies by some of the largest margins anywhere and there is growing resentment and extremism as people search for easy answers. Vested interests are all too ready to provide them if it will keep people from looking too hard at those with all the money and power and wondering if they might have had something to do with it. They would rather we blame powerless minorities and turn on each other, which sadly works all too often.
The Gary’s Economics YouTube channel does a great job of exploring why the UK is in terminal decline and what we would have to do to turn it around as well as warning about the kind of politics we can expect if we don’t take drastic action soon.
The Midlands is the poster child for how our economy has stagnated for ordinary people and what that looks like. The alarming part when you really think about the economics is what it would take to overcome the difficulties now we have let things get this bad.
I’m Australian but my Dads side of the family came from Staffordshire, my grandad born in a town called Leek and they stayed in Leek about four generations before him as I learnt from Ancestry (I’ve never being to England but want to) I also found a third cousin who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, What is Leek like now?
I’m from Coventry and it’s not great ….. but there are some nice places to go in certain areas in cov and more out of Coventry . Coventry cathedral is an eye opener seeing what’s left after the bombings . War memorial park is great also Kingsbury water park you also have coombe abbey park
The Midlands has some great places and great food, so I don’t think it’s as horrible and dystopian as people make it out to be. But I feel like it broadly lacks the soul and character of the north and the opportunities and vibrancy of the south.
I live in Wolverhampton. The city centre is a beautiful place as long as you walk around looking up. The Edwardian architecture really emphasises the age of the city, where the church sits has been consecrated ground for over 1000 years. Looking forwards though paints a bleak picture.
On the outskirts There’s Boscobel house and Moseley Old Hall where King James hid as he made his escape.
The park’s are lovely, just try to avoid getting stabbed. Which brings me nicely onto the crime levels… it’s fu**ed and no matter what the police do it’s getting worse. The shops are great if you want to pawn in your kids PlayStation, jump into a bookies and place some bets then spend what’s left in the pound shop.
What was once the heart of the Industrial Revolution, where the kiln and smelting fires burned bright is sadly diminishing.
Out of Darkness cometh light.. hopefully.
I grew up in Worcestershire and had to drive through there en route to Bath from Leeds. God it was depressing. Looked at least 15 years behind rest of the country. I hear Worcester is basically just restaurants now.
No. We are wretchedly poor, and some places are damn near medieval. Hope you don’t get sick because good luck getting a doctors appointment in a timely fashion, if at all, or worse, just turned away from A and E.
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No. Its completely over run now by muslims and indians, with every other country dumping their shit here. Citys are going bankrupt providing services for immigrants while taxing the working class heavily to support it. If you point that out though you get attacked. It doesnt even look like England anymore
There are some beautiful villages and countryside but the towns are terribly run down and there is little economic activity to support people. It’s been getting progressively worse since as long as I can remember in the early 2000s.
There has been little investment for decades and the UK’s spiralling wealth inequality issues are making it worse as increasingly you need proximity to the wealthy to have a thriving economy.
The last time I went to places like Northampton, I found it shocking how hollowed out the midlands is. This lack of opportunity leaves it ripe for exploitation by liars. Notably the midlands fell for Brexit lies by some of the largest margins anywhere and there is growing resentment and extremism as people search for easy answers. Vested interests are all too ready to provide them if it will keep people from looking too hard at those with all the money and power and wondering if they might have had something to do with it. They would rather we blame powerless minorities and turn on each other, which sadly works all too often.
The Gary’s Economics YouTube channel does a great job of exploring why the UK is in terminal decline and what we would have to do to turn it around as well as warning about the kind of politics we can expect if we don’t take drastic action soon.
The Midlands is the poster child for how our economy has stagnated for ordinary people and what that looks like. The alarming part when you really think about the economics is what it would take to overcome the difficulties now we have let things get this bad.
I’m Australian but my Dads side of the family came from Staffordshire, my grandad born in a town called Leek and they stayed in Leek about four generations before him as I learnt from Ancestry (I’ve never being to England but want to) I also found a third cousin who lives in Stoke-on-Trent, What is Leek like now?
I’m from Coventry and it’s not great ….. but there are some nice places to go in certain areas in cov and more out of Coventry . Coventry cathedral is an eye opener seeing what’s left after the bombings . War memorial park is great also Kingsbury water park you also have coombe abbey park
The Midlands has some great places and great food, so I don’t think it’s as horrible and dystopian as people make it out to be. But I feel like it broadly lacks the soul and character of the north and the opportunities and vibrancy of the south.
I live in Wolverhampton. The city centre is a beautiful place as long as you walk around looking up. The Edwardian architecture really emphasises the age of the city, where the church sits has been consecrated ground for over 1000 years. Looking forwards though paints a bleak picture.
On the outskirts There’s Boscobel house and Moseley Old Hall where King James hid as he made his escape.
The park’s are lovely, just try to avoid getting stabbed. Which brings me nicely onto the crime levels… it’s fu**ed and no matter what the police do it’s getting worse. The shops are great if you want to pawn in your kids PlayStation, jump into a bookies and place some bets then spend what’s left in the pound shop.
What was once the heart of the Industrial Revolution, where the kiln and smelting fires burned bright is sadly diminishing.
Out of Darkness cometh light.. hopefully.
I grew up in Worcestershire and had to drive through there en route to Bath from Leeds. God it was depressing. Looked at least 15 years behind rest of the country. I hear Worcester is basically just restaurants now.
No. We are wretchedly poor, and some places are damn near medieval. Hope you don’t get sick because good luck getting a doctors appointment in a timely fashion, if at all, or worse, just turned away from A and E.