It's a shame
because if you know anything about the history of the place from the Dark Ages onwards it could well have turned out so differently I'm proud that it got bombed to fuck in WWII and the people cracked on and I'm proud to have known a lot of people that lived through it. I'm also proud to know a lot of the people that worked for years in all of the engineering works and factories that were there before closing down one after another in the space of about a decade tearing the heart out of the place. There are some beautiful places and people hidden amongst that concrete and litter, but you have to know where to find it....What I don't like these days is the tribalism that's grown up, the pride in brutal violence and cheap coke and (put far more eloquently by Capt Placid) the dislike of anything that might be seen as self improvement. To be honest, it makes me sad when I visit, although I still have a great affection for the place considering I know live in what really is officially one of the worlds biggest shitholes as rated by the UN rather than just the opinion of a bunch of fellow webtards...
(Oil Slick, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 22:27, Reply)