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Same here my friend I live near leeds and have visited and worked in Glasgow many times and I've always felt welcome,love the place

One of the few areas in Leeds I feel pretty uneasy walking through. Feels like it’s been very under funded compared to most of Leeds

I was born and raised in harehills from 1946. Nobody would believe how safe,friendly and quiet it was until well into the 60's ..few cars..2mile walk to school...trams..the betterware man...rag and bone man ..somebody who I always thought shouted "amonia". From a cart and horse. ...the window cleaner who give us chewing gum(otherwise available attached to cards displaying pictures of film stars Rhoda Fleming...sterling heyden. Et Al...)the corner shops serving respectably dressed elderly women one quarter pound of cheese..2 slices of bacon(everybody was respectable weren't they?)...bow_legged and knock -kneed men .question;how did we manage to survive on shopping for small quantities even daily when we only manage now by unloading Hugh quantities into supermarket trolleys? I may have rose coloured specs but I'm looking at a beautiful garden...

Immigration for you yet again! I've seen pics of harehills in the 50s and 60s and harehills lane looks like knightsbridge!!

Sez wot I like and like wot us bloody well sez!

I took part in 1956..I still remember the girl I was alongside but I wouldn't want to compromise her by disclosure..

Modern Leeds is an effing dump pal!

Joaquin Guzman no where is perfect mate. Tbf council are trying to make city better with redevelopments an stuff.

The ethnic diversity is good tho innit!

@@joaquinguzman8315 yeah, it's been wonderful for the rats, free loading benefit spongers & child grooming gangs. The police will even get on one knee for you if you're the right colour. .....even if you're a criminal lol

trippy119 - the fact is, all cities change over time. Some changes are positive, some are negative. But change is inevitable. I don’t like everything I see in Leeds but I try to make the best of it. After all where’s better?

@@SeekTruth300 The affluent market towns are far nicer- (Predominantly white ironically) And the fact is, change never occurs for the benefit of the ordinary man & immigration was inflicted on the people back in 1948 against the wishes of the trade unions & the vast majority of the population- They did not want immigration but those cunts in parliament let the people down & they continue to do so today with some extraordinary style! i'll take educated immigrants & change any day of the week, but not on the back of a fucked up 'cheap labour' agenda that was never in anyway beneficiary whatsoever to the working man in this country! we've been hoodwinked & dumbed down to kingdom come in this country! Working class Britain is an abandoned wretched shit hole! Sink estate/tower block babel, rampant feral youths everywhere, sewer mouthed slappers, free loaders, unemployment, shit job opportunities , immigrants trudging around like distant, zoned out zombies, litter all over, slums, shoe-box flea pits, overgrown gardens, ghastly foreign take-aways! Working class Britain is dying on its rear end! politicians are toxic, the Police are pathetic! and we can't make decent comedies anymore (I WONDER WHY THAT IS?!!) The UK is just a playground for immigrants & the rich & wealthy now. ,

trippy119 some interesting points here tbf. Yes I think many Brits agree that opening our doors to unlimited non skilled labourers from overseas has been a bad idea. It dilutes our culture and disrupts the fabric of our communities. However, some immigration can be good. Eg doctors etc. It’s just hard to know which ones are the dreggs. It does make me sad when I hear English used as a second language in some areas of West Yorkshire. Or young Pakistani males swaggering around our streets. I just try stick to the nicer areas. As you said, some parts are still ok. Which surrounding market towns would you say are the nicest?

There are pros and cons in both the future and the past, but there will never be anything to equal the shops of every description that used to make up Leeds Market

I do not wish to take away your views on the current state of Leeds, but there will never be another shopping area like the Leeds Market was in the 1940s/50s. Todays "supermarkets" cannot begin to compare with the old Kirkgate Market.