When I went to the US within the last decade I was asked if the people of Wales have “electricity and stuff”
Outsider here: you guys have dragons, right?
There’s a dissapointing lack of dragons
Oh I have the faintest idea…
We are stuck in the past (referring to the pit days).
In reality, Wales was built upon heavy industry, particularly the valleys. Every village had a pit, every town had a factory, every borough had some sort of heavy industry like steel, coke, cement etc local jobs for local people.
Successive government’s shut these industries down, nothing replaced the jobs lost.
Everyone lost their jobs, no one could earn a decent living and still can’t to this day, people’s purses and wallets had less money to spend in the local pub, the local shop, the high street further fuelling economic downturn.
It’s been a knock on effect and as a result we have some of the highest percentages of claimants of universal credit and lack of investment.
We aren’t stuck in the past, we were just never given the opportunity to progress. A lot of people particularly skilled workers are forced to either move to England or commute to England daily just for work.
that we exist, playing sea of thieves one day, and the other ship was like, wales? i thought that was only in fantasy books n stuff, another time i was playing with a yank and he goes, “Wales? isnt that a town in england?”
god help me
That we all ermmm you know…….🐑🐑🐑🐑
Britain abolished slavery out of the goodness of their hearts.
That everyone talks with that sing song Gavin and fucking Stacey accent.
That everyone in Wales is a good singer – I’m certainly not. I can belt out Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau at an International but put me near a Karaoke and I’m running back to my childhood hills in the Eastern valleys.
The people are mostly friendly and welcoming…. I can say that while there are many nice friendly Welsh people, most are rather quite crabby
We like to think we are much more tolerant and progressive than we actually are. Wales can be a very small-c conservative country.
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When I went to the US within the last decade I was asked if the people of Wales have “electricity and stuff”
Outsider here: you guys have dragons, right?
There’s a dissapointing lack of dragons
Oh I have the faintest idea…
We are stuck in the past (referring to the pit days).
In reality, Wales was built upon heavy industry, particularly the valleys. Every village had a pit, every town had a factory, every borough had some sort of heavy industry like steel, coke, cement etc local jobs for local people.
Successive government’s shut these industries down, nothing replaced the jobs lost.
Everyone lost their jobs, no one could earn a decent living and still can’t to this day, people’s purses and wallets had less money to spend in the local pub, the local shop, the high street further fuelling economic downturn.
It’s been a knock on effect and as a result we have some of the highest percentages of claimants of universal credit and lack of investment.
We aren’t stuck in the past, we were just never given the opportunity to progress. A lot of people particularly skilled workers are forced to either move to England or commute to England daily just for work.
that we exist, playing sea of thieves one day, and the other ship was like, wales? i thought that was only in fantasy books n stuff, another time i was playing with a yank and he goes, “Wales? isnt that a town in england?”
god help me
That we all ermmm you know…….🐑🐑🐑🐑
Britain abolished slavery out of the goodness of their hearts.
That everyone talks with that sing song Gavin and fucking Stacey accent.
That everyone in Wales is a good singer – I’m certainly not. I can belt out Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau at an International but put me near a Karaoke and I’m running back to my childhood hills in the Eastern valleys.
The people are mostly friendly and welcoming…. I can say that while there are many nice friendly Welsh people, most are rather quite crabby
We like to think we are much more tolerant and progressive than we actually are. Wales can be a very small-c conservative country.
That we’re all still down mines singing songs
I had [THIS ](https://www.reddit.com/r/hypotheticalsituation/s/gJropZjVqv) “conversion” with an American who thought Wales wasn’t a country.
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