Quote:
Originally Posted by Wigs
Rare to see London on here!
You'd think with all of those residential high-rises built in London, that the downtown core would start to look in better shape
|
yeah, it is very rough around the edges. It hit rock bottom in 2010-2013ish, as London was devastated by the deindustrialization and general wretchedness of the Great Recession. The homeless and junkie population expanded greatly. We were getting back on our feet by 2018, but then Covid hit London like a neutron bomb, wiping out much pedestrian traffic (other than the ubiquitous homeless and junkies), while leaving the buildings standing.