Don't know if turds is a swear word but I have ben following this blokes channel since it started and it is absolutely brilliant to get an idea of how the towns/cities in the UK really are like right now, he compares crime rates, walks around, job situations, house prices and even sticks a drone up so you can get a good look at the places from high up.
And goodness me there are some shockers, towns in the Welsh valleys were jaw dropping - picture Wigton only with the shops all boarded up and you are get a mental picture.
The bloke who makes the videos does it in a really balanced way with loads of humour thrown in, there is a town in Wales that they built on a massive hill that ended up a disaster story once nobody wanted to live there so they shipped in a mix of undesirables and unemployed and the result was as expected, I need to have a look again but I am sure there was a town with a chemical plant in it where residents life expectancy was something like sixty odd.
Wherever you live it is understood that the high street has taken a kicking, with out of town supermarkets now selling everything that you could possibly want taking trade away, the problems of parking in towns or cities, cost and of course many of the high street names going under.
We can all moan that Carlisle isn't what it was for shopping but you should take a look at some of this guys short films and you will be glad for what you have, ahem - West Cumbria took a complete hoofing when he came up here just the other week to film but he obviously views it on how it is from an outsiders point of view and it includes a few surprises in there, incredibly funny in parts, although number one wont come as a surprise for many.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rajy...nnel=Turdtowns
Then he does a SPECIAL on Carlisle!! I was amazed that he got it bang on the head, Carlisle United gets a massive 'thumbs up' and whilst watching it I was so proud that I actually got a lump in my throat.
This is a 'must see' for the folk of Carlisle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...nnel=Turdtowns