{"id":120342,"date":"2023-10-23T22:59:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T22:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120342"},"modified":"2023-10-23T22:59:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T22:59:06","slug":"uk-city-branded-shole-where-locals-see-stabbings-and-daily-robberies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/uk-city-branded-shole-where-locals-see-stabbings-and-daily-robberies\/","title":{"rendered":"UK city branded ‘s***hole’ where locals see ‘stabbings and daily robberies’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A British city has come under fire from its residents who bemoan \u201cstabbings down the road\u201d and \u201crobberies every day\u201d.<\/p>\n

    YouTuber Wendall wandered through the streets of Coventry in the West Midlands, the most central city in the country with a rich history. But the city has suffered from deprivation in recent years<\/p>\n

    One young skateboard-wielding man told Wendall the city was \u201cshocking\u201d and \u201crough\u201d. He explained: \u201cYou\u2019ve got stabbings happening down the road, you got robberies everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Wendall went for a walk through the city centre, where he came across a number of shuttered shops. \u201cI\u2019m already seeing signs of boarded-up dereliction,\u201d he said. As he continued, Wendall drew attention to the "unsightly" nature of the city which had to be rebuilt following the Second World War.<\/p>\n

    Coventry, as an industrial stronghold, was attacked heavily by German bombers in World War Two and suffered mass destruction. It was rebuilt afterwards but in the brutalist style which was popular in the post-war era but has since divided opinion.<\/p>\n

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    As he strolled he happened upon an entire precinct where all the shops were closed down. \u201cCoventry is another UK town beset with post-industrial decline,\u201d Wendall added.<\/p>\n

    He noted a lot of automotive manufacturing, once a blossoming industry in the area, had now left. "And once again you can see the boarded-up shops and the sad-looking high street," he added.<\/p>\n

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    Homelessness is not unheard of in the town, with one many saying he had been on the streets for around four years. He claimed that people below the ages of 35 to 40 had an \u201cinstitutionalised\u201d acceptance of conditions there and didn\u2019t seem to find the suffering town centre as \u201canything out of the ordinary\u201d.<\/p>\n

    Not everyone was critical, of course, with some of the people Wendall spoke to were far more fond of Coventry than his analysis suggested. \u201cPeople call it a s***hole, but it\u2019s not really s***hole,\u201d one bloke said. \u201cIn the hole that\u2019s where you\u2019ll find diamonds. You\u2019ve got all kinds in Coventry. It was voted the city of culture. You\u2019ve got all the cultures over here.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Another man, standing in front of a shuttered shop, said there\u2019s \u201cnothing bad\u201d about Coventry. Some spoke of their excitement that new development was coming to the area, with improvements in key areas at the heart of that optimism.<\/p>\n

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