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Oct. 11th, 2010 09:26 amSomething else I noticed while I was in the UK: RECESSION. It's everywhere.
We didn't notice it so much in London (probably because we stayed in a relatively nice area and also because we were mainly going to tourist spots) but in the provincial towns it was very, very noticeable. Every single town had multiple vacant shops and every local news bulletin was reporting either the closure of some local factory or massive job cuts by local council. In some places we went past industrial estates or business parks, some of which looked pretty new, which were completely deserted.
OK, here we have experienced a bit of a financial crisis, but it is NOTHING like what's going on there. The scale of it is massive. At least I still walk past shops with 'Help Wanted' signs in the window here.
We didn't notice it so much in London (probably because we stayed in a relatively nice area and also because we were mainly going to tourist spots) but in the provincial towns it was very, very noticeable. Every single town had multiple vacant shops and every local news bulletin was reporting either the closure of some local factory or massive job cuts by local council. In some places we went past industrial estates or business parks, some of which looked pretty new, which were completely deserted.
OK, here we have experienced a bit of a financial crisis, but it is NOTHING like what's going on there. The scale of it is massive. At least I still walk past shops with 'Help Wanted' signs in the window here.
