Over the past 25 years how has the area you were brought up in changed?

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What part of the UK are you from (North, South, East, West, Wales, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland) and has it changed for the better or worse?

Suburb of a northern city. Hasn’t really changed at all in 25 years. Fewer useful shops than when I was a child but that was in the 80s and I reckon the baker, butcher and fruit shop had all gone by 1999.

In this town (SW), several more housing estates have been built. I think the properties there are overpriced given the modest size of them.

There are also several new apartment blocks reserved for the over 55’s - a very short-sighted decision as our population is older than the UK average and we need affordable housing for young adults.

The town centre was thriving 25 years ago, but is now looking rather sad, with many vacant shops and pubs.

Midlands village .

House prices though roof none of my siblings or I can afford to buy there. Only know two people I grew up with still there - one in only row HA housing left other at edge but two incomes no kids possible and they did a lot of work. Ironically in 70 parents bought there as it was cheaper.

So much building in nearby town and village now more a suburb than village.

There a GP there now and chemist - only one corner shop now - but has hair dressers now.

Bus routes still really poor - though new school in wider area means kids in village are out of catchment for better school in area and won't get free bus passes to any school anymore.

The council estate where all the problem families in area were put - is now all private and think whole area is slightly higher social economic group than when I grew up.

I think most of us on here can say it's a lot worse than it used to be.
I think it's over populated myself , but they seem to want to build more on green belt land.

I know then bang on about flooding and climate change in the same breath

Grew up in East Midlands. My home town has always been objectively pleasant and pretty but when I was young, it was very much a one-horse town. When that industry died away there was a sense of stagnation and economic isolation. It was a place nobody came to.

A couple of quite big industries have come into the town in recent years. And it's undergone something of revival. House prices have shot up massively as a result of the shift to more remote-working as the long-ish commute to London is no longer a barrier now a lot of people only go to the office a couple of times a week.

I sometimes think about going back. I have a lot of family and friends still there. But after living in a different town for 25 years, the thought of up-rooting myself feels too much of a wrench.