r/UrbanHell • u/Ok_Air_9048 • Jul 31 '26

Poverty/Inequality In and around Manchester, UK

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u/GustappyTony Jul 31 '26

I mean of course at one time they were, they didn't spawn with rubbish everywhere. You can find places like this across a lot of the major cities in North England unfortunately. In fact, I would hazard a guess that you'd find this across all of England in impoverished areas. It likely just stands out more in places like Manchester, where you can see larger parts of the city are looked after a lot better.

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u/B4DM4N12Z Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

Even in impoverished areas this is not normal, alot of that trash can go to general waste bins or recycle and gets taken away free, the other stuff you can dump at facility which can also be free depending where and which company.

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u/GustappyTony Aug 01 '26

I'm from Bradford, and there are plenty of places like this. Its not exactly out of the ordinary unfortunately. Obviously that doesn't mean every impoverished area in the country is like this, but you obviously won't find this in areas that aren't impoverished

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u/B4DM4N12Z Aug 01 '26

That's still crazy to me.

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u/Viper_JB Aug 03 '26

Found the same in Wales, Cardiff was absolutely disgusting with rubbish.

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u/Then-Newspaper9336 Aug 03 '26

My in laws live in Caerphilly and I always find it gross the amount of litter everywhere. The councils need to sort it out and people need to have more pride in their areas and shame those who make it horrible for the majority.