>>7572129Ah right.
>>7572130Cardiff Bay is a good example, and it has some very nice architecture from the days when Wales was the world's (?) largest exporter of coal. If those buildings were properly refurbished that area could in theory develop a nice "old town" feel similar to the kinds of places people tend to enjoy visiting in Prague etc. I think the UK should be a four nation union, rather than being an England & Sons balancing act. It's obvious why Westminster don't want this, as they'd have competition with Wales and Scotland in the same way we're have issues with Ireland now who are raking in a ton of money on the back of Brexit etc.
Wales is very fortunate not to have suffered what Manchester, Bradford etc have suffered, their demographic wounds so severe that they are unlikely to ever recover. But there is nothing in Welsh politics etc that suggests we'll buck the trend visible across Europe, and England perhaps most clearly, whereby cities and towns each try to present themselves as mini-Londons and do all they can to outdo one another in displaying their progressive virtues, which inevitably leads to ghettoes, white flight, increased crime, neoliberal blandness, etc.
Fair play to things like the Eisteddfod, Welsh language pressure groups, etc. I used to think they were a bit out-dated and kooky, but I have a real respect for anyone willing to be judged unfashionable or outmoded for trying to defend something beyond financial gain and in service of something higher than individual pleasure etc.
