I work in a seaside town in NI
Its one of those towns which is dying because everytime a house comes up for sale, some rich fucker buys it as a holiday home or turns it into an Air BnB
Anyways today, I took the rubbish out and was just caught short by the true divide.
The corner I was on , a multi million pound hotel is being built, for when the Open comes to town in 2025 ( one of five hotels being built in preparation ).
The other side of the road, Food for All was delivering to the church hall for the weekly food bank
I actually cried.
Im not rich, we manage, nothing spare, I can still donate and do what I can for charities , but theres less and less each month. Im grateful that we both can still earn and arent totally reliant on our pensions. But seeing that such stark contrast has actually had me in tears today
I just can not get that that image out of my head
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suki1964 · 19/03/2024 23:38
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