I hate the graffiti spoiling so many public spaces. I think I first saw graffiti when I went to London Uni mid-1970s, but it suddenly spread to most towns & villages.
People dropping litter on pavements & benches. Supermarket trolleys and plastic bags dumped in the Thames, looks horrible and spoils the habitat for the swans & ducks.
Constant noise, music blaring.
People texting and ipadding when in company, rude and isolating.
So much more traffic and very aggressive.
Most adults and kids travel even short distances by car, instead of walking.
Children have lost the freedom to roam on their own for hours as I did 1960 onwards. Their horizons have been shrunk and they are so restricted
Most of us live in little boxes with tiny rooms - ordinary people had space that now only the wealthy can afford.
British Rail. Privatisation has been a disaster.
The NHS was not stretched when I was growing up and staff were not abused by managers and public.
Men urinating in the street - also, there used to be more public loos open.
The pressure on women, especially young ones, to fit a certain body image.
Rampant consumerism, I pity the poor parents who struggle to give their kids the same as their schoolmates, so they won't feel humiliated. I grew up very poor, but I think it's tougher now to be respected.
Importing the school prom, baby shower etc from the US, all involving extra spending we didn't have before.
On the positive side, I'm very glad of the advances in human rights and in science & medicine.