Reply to: The 10 most vulnerable places post-Covid

[Hobosapien]

There is no 'post covid'.

Covid will continue to mutate, requiring new improved vaccine booster shots on a regular basis for the vulnerable. So while the impact health wise may not be like flu the lasting effect on daily life will be.

Post covid in terms of no longer living with unsustainable restrictions to health care, travel, and socialising will only exist when society evolves to live with it.

First step, bulk order a hazmat suit for everyone to wear outdoors, whether working or shopping, then everything can open.

[northernladuk]

“ The 10 most vulnerable places post-Covid
1 Bracknell
2 Hemel Hempstead
3 Basingstoke
4 Warrington
5 Guildford
6 Swindon
7 Watford
8 Slough
9 Stockport
10 Basildon

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Study warns of huge jobs losses in retail in England after pandemic | Retail industry | The Guardian

I think the majority of the populate would quite happily put a wall around everyone of those and leave them to their own devices. We'll open the gates in a few years to see what's left... and then probably close them again.

[AtW]

<Yawn> oh, do give it a rest, little man

That’s a little abusive, no?

[BR14]

Ideally in the reverse order.

<Yawn> oh, do give it a rest, little man

[Old Greg]

ahh - see Basingstoke and die............

Ideally in the reverse order.

[Lance]

There won’t be enough footfall (from visitors/local workers), cities are DOOMed, just as well I live in what is Officially known as a village

I don't think City's are doomed. But there are very few cities in the UK.

UK's only real city
London

Almost proper cities
Brum
Leeds
Manc (*cough* *scum*)
Cardiff
Edinburgh
Glasgow
York (not sure if this should be one tier lower though, as only 30 mins from Leeds but the farmers like it)
Newcastle

Not quite cities but have redeeming qualities
Liverpool
Sheffield
Nottingham
Norwich
Belfast (too close to Dublin IMO)
Lincoln
Lancaster
Bristol

Pretend cities too close to larger cities, and next to die after Swindon et al.
Derby
Bradford (not far off dead already)
Swansea
Coventry
Sunderland

[BR14]

ahh - see Basingstoke and die............

[Scruff]

I count myself lucky, since I'm not in retail, and I live between Bracknell and Guildford, a bit north of Basingstoke.

Britain's Bermuda triangle.

[AtW]

So no restaurants, museums, theatre post Covid? The point is that there will be, but still concentrated in the bigger cities.

There won’t be enough footfall (from visitors/local workers), cities are DOOMed, just as well I live in what is Officially known as a village

[mattster]

The point is that post Covid there won’t be any of that, even if there is such a thing - post Covid

So no restaurants, museums, theatre post Covid? The point is that there will be, but still concentrated in the bigger cities. London is always going to attract people for those reasons, to live and as tourists. The towns you listed originally are overwhelmingly dormitory towns for London, the main attraction being cheaper housing and a fast commute. Without the commute, the appeal diminishes - in many cases to zero. If the only other thing providing work there is retail, then you are doubly stuffed.

[AtW]

time to invest in Carlisle?

They should do IPO

[Lance]

Border towns should do well from contraband

time to invest in Carlisle?

[AtW]

I can still see the attraction of living in a big city post-Covid, for the restaurants, the culture, the general buzz.

The point is that post Covid there won’t be any of that, even if there is such a thing - post Covid

[mattster]

I can still see the attraction of living in a big city post-Covid, for the restaurants, the culture, the general buzz. I can see the attraction of living in a village, or the countryside, and working from home. I struggle to see any reason outside of work why anyone would want to live in the towns listed.

[AtW]

How can it be vulnerable if there's already nothing left? it can only get better

Not with DimPrawn returning home...