Then you have the left behind WWC types in the video I linked to previously. No job, no aspiration, no hope. As Foxy points out, sure housing is cheap, but opportunities for social mobility are zero.… (View Post)

I suspect every town and city has more, better and more varied bars and restaurants than it did three decades ago. And fewer shops, especially big shops. (View Post)

We do tend to notice things which have declined easier, or just fear that they have. Whereas the bad things of the past are forgotten about or even romanticised. In 1974 for example there was pretty … (View Post)

Opportunities for what ? Getting a skillset ? Getting a job ? Getting a house ? Depending on what an individual wants opportunities vary from place to place. You'll likely have more opportunities for… (View Post)

I'm sure that we've passed the tipping point where it is now far more profitable to be a consultant or lawyer involved in 'process' than to be the producer of the end product. Especially so when ther… (View Post)