I lived and studied in Stoke on Trent. Worked at Argos in Stafford. Moved to Chester for work. Always travelled via Crewe, exchanging trains at Crewe station. I always remember about my days 2009 to 2013 by watching RU-vid videos from channels like yours. It’s saddening to see things gotten upside down lately, all the streets are empty with businesses shutdown. I hope things get better soon!
It is going to be complicated. The internet will cause a lot of closures. Then there are business rates going up. Crime will keep businesses away. Also there is the postcode effect. Many Labour MPs are Scottish. Money earmarked for the north of England ends up going to Scotland where their NHS provision is very well catered for. If you live in the catchment area of Liverpool hospitals and need expensive emergency heart surgery living in England you get the treatment. Live just over the border in Wales and you lose out and probably die. That is all down to budgets and priorities in the NHS. If you have money to invest a walk around the shopping centre is enough for you to decide to spend your money creating jobs elsewhere. Squalor breeds squalor.
