Birmingham was once a powerhouse industrial city but now the UK's second city is a shell of its former self as rubbish lines the streets, the lights stay out and children grow up below the poverty line.
  • bumpusoot [none/use name]
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    12 days ago

    I'm not about to defend my awful country ukkk, but misleading headline. Dimming / turning off street lights off late at night is more of an environmental / energy saving measure, and literally everywhere in the UK has fortnightly bin collection, those are both very standard.

    It's also misleading in the other direction, in that it focuses on Birmingham like it's a special case, when maybe literally every local government here is in deficit and cutting vital services. More councils went bankrupt in the last few years than the previous half century. A huge percentage of councils are due to go bankrupt very soon.

      • bumpusoot [none/use name]
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        12 days ago

        I fear I'm missing something, 'cause Birmingham is like twice the size of Manchester.

          • bumpusoot [none/use name]
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            9 days ago

            Christ, a whole wiki article about an unofficial, meaningless title that's super vague, nobody outside those areas cares, and nobody even claims the authority to award. Some people's priorities of stuff to care about really baffles me.