What rundown city/town do you think would become gentrified in 30 years?
Posted by justmoochin@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 443 comments
With time gone by a lot of London has but elsewhere?
graeuk@reddit
Id like to see blackpool get some help
not just gentrification but actual investment. It does have potential but it hasnt seen any money since the 1940s
Shashi2005@reddit
Never, ever, ever in a million years.......Skelmersdale.
TheMujo@reddit
Liverpool is over the rundown stage and should be about to enter the gentrification and exploitation one, before that collapses in another 40 years.
ConfidentBorder492@reddit
Liverpool hasn't been rundown for over twenty years. It's definitely starting to feel the gentrification thing, look at the Baltic stuff - was really good years ago and then all the developers moved in with the shitty flats.
eclo@reddit
Looking to buy in Liverpool and house prices are getting insane, half the Rightmove descriptions go on about investments & rental yields, and we've been leading in places you can buy expensive coffee & sourdough and sit in a shed on mismatched vintage furniture for a while. But have not yet got a Gail's Bakery so maybe we're not quite there yet.
JamsHammockFyoom@reddit
It's mad isn't it, we bought our house in 2024 for 225k and we've just remortgaged at a value of 250k.
Done nothing to it either really, or nothing that would massive change the value of it anyway; I think Liverpool is about to get quite expensive, quite quickly and end up similar to Manchester prices.
justmoochin@reddit (OP)
I like Liverpool a lot, I’m no expert as I don’t anywhere near there but it’s seems like liverpools got this sweet spot at the moment.
Supergoose5000@reddit
Honestly, when I went last week it felt like Benidorm and AliExpress teamed up, to make a city. minus the beaches, sun, and sea
Kolo_Toure_Used_Cars@reddit
You went to Mathew Street didn’t you? It’s almost exclusively full of tourists
Supergoose5000@reddit
Not a chance am I going Matthew street 😂
Choice-Demand-3884@reddit
It's a great city, but there's a lot of work to do. Not surprising, given the economic kicking the place has had over the years. Outside of the centre Liverpool is very run down. Even the famous Albert Dock is full of floating litter.
jimmynorm1@reddit
I'd partially dispute this, as another poster has said it is very much split north/south, much of south Liverpool is definitely not run down (other than toxteth and Speke) but it's almost the complete opposite north of Edge Lane.
Cannot disagree with you here. My biggest gripe with the city. For a place whose residents are supposedly so proud to be from here, a large contingent sure have a strange way of showing it. Even the nicer areas have this issue.
Sgt_major_dodgy@reddit
Speke isn't run down at all (beyond the end of Alderwood Rd/Miners Way)
New houses are being knocked up as we speak with more to come.
Nor is Toxteth run down, there's plenty of nice areas and that is slowly being gentrified as students move further out from the city centre.
jimmynorm1@reddit
I lived on Callow Road a few years ago (admittedly "technically" not within the boundary of Toxteth, but within spitting distance) and you will not convince me that the surrounding areas are not run down.
Gonna have to agree to disagree on Speke too. At best I'll give you that its industrial.
Sgt_major_dodgy@reddit
You don't have a clue what you're talking about do you?
"I lived in Wavertree but the little bit of Toxteth I could see was a bit rundown therefore it all is"
jimmynorm1@reddit
Jesus Christ, how did I know this conversation would end up with agro.
So you think that by living a 10 minute walk from Toxteth I didn't see the rest of Toxteth? People don't just stay in their house all day everyday you know? Absurd statement.
It's scruffy AF and suggesting otherwise is doing a disservice to the rest of the city that is actually in decent knick. It also does a disservice to Toxteth, because it's only when people express their unhappiness with the situation that anything will change.
Do you live in both Speke and Toxteth? If not how dare you have an opinion on both! That is legitimately what you are pitching here.
The bus route from the airport that inherently goes through Speke is an embarrassment to the City. Full of litter, again scruffy AF. Gives a terrible first impression of the city and you will not change my opinion on that either.
Sgt_major_dodgy@reddit
Because you know you're chatting out your arse 🤣
jimmynorm1@reddit
No response to my points then? Top work mate!
Markies_Myth@reddit
Not true. The south is very different to rest of the city. Aigburth, Calderstones, Allerton, Woolton have all been subject to subject to massive price rises over the last 15 years, a lot from incomers. Anywhere near Lark lane is very expensive now. I don't think you know much about non-central Liverpool at all. Sefton Park is a very nice area these days.
saludpesetasamor@reddit
I’ve been here nearly 10 years now, and hadn’t been here for 10 years before I moved here. The upscale has been vast both times.
My street was all elderly people when I first moved in (so quiet, such bliss!), and now it’s all young families with multiple cars and money to burn, and the area has improved a lot in response to that. More amenities, less litter (and dog shit - a huge problem in Liverpool), a livelier vibe. It’s interesting to witness the way it’s changing, and how fast. I expect it to be even more different 10 years from now.
Beneficial_Bad_8356@reddit
really depends where in liverpool, its a whole different world comparing areas south of edge lane and ones north of it, almost doesn't make any sense honestly. excluding maybe toxteth since its such a culture hub, and speke since its been industrialized, the south of the city have so many great built up areas, parks, schools etc.
Prior-Beach-3311@reddit
Parts already have started
Turbulent_Pace_2388@reddit
Stoke on Trent really needs it but I’m not sure it’s fashionable enough.
sundancingcactus@reddit
Erith just down from Thamesmead, has great river views and really fast rail links to central london, trains go straight into Woolwich and Cannon Street.Some new flats and building restorations by the river have popped up, seems to have been overlooked for years but new shoots coming
Competitive_Let6665@reddit
Grimsby
Sufficient-Tadpole99@reddit
I live between Bristol and Weston Super Mare. Weston has had a big house price increase (due to Bristol prices getting out of control) It seems like the prices are getting gentrified but it is still plagued with horrendous issues. It is nearer to us as a big town so we go there for shopping. People slate Bristol for crime but Weston I feel on edge walking down the high street. As with many other sea side towns the drug “rehab” thing has just been terrible. Basically dump addicts from all over the place and let them fend for themselves. Basically means easy access to them and police stretched to the limit. I know this isn’t facebook but the issue definitely isn’t an immigration problem.
Trequartistas1@reddit
Little area is London had already started. Finsbury Park used to be the ghetto when I was young, now it’s got fancy hotels and restaurants. Even uni students are moving into the housing in the area.
I get it’s London, Islington and quite close to the city of London borough but damn, I hate this change.
Minimum_Possibility6@reddit
Sheffield and Nottingham have been for a while. I think in 30 years they will be unrecognisable
Emergency-Ad-5379@reddit
Hope so for Nottingham. Gentrification has it's issues but if the alternative is run down high streets, feral yobs and bookies and vape shops everywhere then I'm all for it.
National_Roof_7828@reddit
Nottingham
Emergency-Ad-5379@reddit
Hopefully
DiskBytes@reddit
Birmingham.
Ok_Bumblebee_9873@reddit
It's not that run down. In fact a large part of it is beautiful. It gets a bad rep online from people who can't stand the idea of a multicultural city.
firetonian99@reddit
No offense, but the it deserves the bad rep lol. Only the south of the city is nice. All else is bad. Erdington, Handsworth, Alum rock, Bearwood - all ugly places....Multiculturism has brought more bad than good sadly.
Equivalent_Word3952@reddit
Bearwood isn’t Birmingham
trashmemes22@reddit
It’s the poverty not peoples race/culture . You can find majority white towns in the north east that resemble those areas. Birmingham has extreme levels of poverty .
firetonian99@reddit
Unfortunately a lot of the poverty is also imported.
trashmemes22@reddit
Ahhh yes the city of Birmingham which was prior to the 2000s was a famously rich city . It definitely hasn’t been under invested in since it was industrialised. It definitely wasn’t a city famous in the 1800s-1940s for slums , cholera outbreaks and the lot . No no prior to the immigrants coming small heath and alum rock were utopias
theportyunionjack@reddit
HS2 will transform it
Riqitch@reddit
Probably not as rundown as the question would suggest but yes I do agree. I have no doubt that Birmingham will be completely different in 30 years, just as it is almost completely different from how it was in 1996
Extra-Sound-1714@reddit
It had been improving but I think is now degentrifying
Bossman_Mike@reddit
The city centre is fabulous these days, but you're not travelling very far in any direction before you see real shitholes again.
willsy913@reddit
Have you been recently? ‘Fabulous’ is a bit of an overstatement
geoakey@reddit
It’s definitely come a long way in the last 10 years. Much of South Birmingham is already gentrified and HS2 has rapidly accelerated it in the centre. I always say it’s about 10 years behind Manchester.
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
Sheffields going through it at the moment, I think we could see it be very gentrified in 20 years.
lammy82@reddit
I’ve been watching this as Sheffield has been on TV this week and never realised how clean and green Sheffield is. Also it’s very flat when I always thought it was hilly. I also noticed these big holes which obviously need sorting. The big coloured balls should stay though
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
I’ve no idea what you’re on about, Sheffield is super hilly.
lammy82@reddit
LocalMendicant@reddit
I like Sheffield but isn't it too big to gentrify ? I mean areas of it have but other areas have declined.
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
Not really. As businesses and people move in, the run down areas get taken over by richer people.
Think of Manchester. Trendy, posh places like ancoats were known as ‘don’t walk alone even during the day’ places 15 years ago.
DatGuy82772@reddit
Yeah and then the locals can't afford the city anymore so people wonder why we complain.
OkConsideration5272@reddit
I'm sure in places like Berlin, regeneration can happen not at the expense of affordable housing. That seems anathema to us, though.
Big_Listen426@reddit
Ancoats was just brownfield sites. It wasn't unsafe to walk through, you just wouldn't have any need to. But I suppose the point was Ancoats was prime building sites literally on the outskirts of the centre and pushed up against what became the northern quarter. Kelham is still a bit of a hop and a stretch from the centre.
OkConsideration5272@reddit
I hope so, the centre still needs a lot of work. There's also a cool little retail yard near Bramall Lane that could cause the area to become like Kelham, if the customers were there.
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
I live near bramall lane, definitely the customers here. The new coffee shops and the like are fairly busy all the time.
This area I think will be pretty gentrified in 10ish years
OkConsideration5272@reddit
This is what I'm hoping, given that Heeley/Meersbrook and London/Abbeydale Roads aren't far away. That quad with Lovely Rita's Bakehouse feels so cool, and there are a couple of great gig venues in the area.
Frosty_Leg4438@reddit
I really love Sheffield and considered moving there a number of times.
It's a great city AND seconds from some of the most beautiful countryside in the world (the monsail trail is gorgeous).
I believe, other than London, it's always ranks top of the list of where university students elect to stay after their studies (I couldn't architect that sentence well... essentially most students like it so much they decide to stay there)
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
You’re right about the uni students staying, but it also ranks top of the list for graduates leaving after a few years.
Sadly Sheffield does not yet have the big corporate employment opportunities that Manchester, Birmingham and London have far more of so many end up moving away when they’ve been stuck in bar work etc for a couple years post uni.
MyDogIsCalledMilo@reddit
Sheffield is about manufacturing, engineering and weapons and bespoke solutions with very very limited highly desired, highly paid jobs in the industry!
We should invest even more (a lot more) into this locally, the whole of South Yorkshire should to attract more of the minds we need and most importantly keeping them here.
For such an important hub we get fuck all.
Only £50 Million in defence investments for factories and more manufacturing linea at a time when geopolitics is so small its insane.
Sheffield university spends nearly 10 times that a year in staff wages...
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
I agree with your point, but there’s a lot more than £50m. MOD are putting £1bn into the forgemasters site alone
Mosepipe@reddit
Sheffield is well into the process, look further out and you'll see more effects. All the technology investment around the parkway is turning Rotherham into the mother of all commuter towns, especially in the Wickersley/Bramley/Hellaby area next to the M18. Property have been on the rise for years and the houses being thrown up around the area aren't slowing it down. Plus, a not to be sniffed out public transport network with the tram now extending to Parkgate.
Ok-Garage-1684@reddit
I feel like I must have a skewed worldview when I see posts like yours. I know where you’re coming from but I think Sheffield is mostly a mix of council estates, concrete, and Victorian terraces that are often too small for gentrifiers to buy. Sharrow Vale is the only significant high street that looks posh (excluding tiny streets in Ranmoor, Dore, etc.). Ecclesall Road is broadly average for UK nowadays, which means vape stores and barber shops. You’re probably right, though. Maybe I just need to piss off to Bath or something 😆
OkConsideration5272@reddit
I feel like a lot of the concrete in the centre could be knocked down if the investment was there. I wonder what all those skyscrapers in Manchester replaced.
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
I live on a street that’s currently being gentrified, the Victorian terraces are all 4-6 bedroom homes?
aggravatedyeti@reddit
There are massive swathes of big Victorian detached/semi houses all over the south west of the city including nether edge, Broomhall, ranmoor, hunters bar, Fulwood, Crosspool, grey stones etc
sincorax@reddit
Have a look on Rightmove at Victorian terraces anywhere to the west of the city. Definitely not too small for gentrifiers to buy - lots of them are well over £400k now. And you can't move for small plates restaurants, micro pubs and natural wine bars. Obviously not the case to the north or east of the city (at least not yet) but its definitely happening!
AMightyDwarf@reddit
Rotherham is only seeing it in the commuter areas, though. Around the M18 which you mentioned and then the M1 you’ve got Waverley on one junction and Thorpe Hesley on another which are both decent areas. Junction 34, on both sides of the viaduct is doing its best to resist any sort of gentrification. Then you’ve got to look at the non-commuter areas eg around the centre, Eastwood on one side, Masbrough on the other. Thats a very hard sell. Also places further out without any decent motorway connections so Thurcroft/Maltby will not see much gentrification and the other way, Swinton/Wath/Mexborough has such poor connections that it’ll also struggle.
In other words, you’ll have your commuter parts and the rest will remain a shit hole.
Mosepipe@reddit
Absolutely, can't disagree. There's a real have/have not situation developing in Rotherham that's always been there, but it's certainly accelerating. It's worth noting that this may have been inevitable due to he sheer size of the Rotherham Metropolitan area; it's positively massive. The boundary extends from Wath to Woodsetts, which is a 16 mile 35-40 minute drive.
MyDogIsCalledMilo@reddit
Rotherham is a mighty strange town, I have lived here nearly all my life except from my student and the few years after days.
I swear a quarter of the town has never left the place and doesn't know how life could be different for them, the have and have nots is so amplified here.
More than any other town I've lived in, and the difference between the different areas is crazy.
I'm currently in Greasbrough/Munsbrough and compared to Herringthorpe/Broom it's like living in a completely different town even though only being 3 Miles down the road
merryman1@reddit
You can't gentrify Rotherham though, its like its built on an ancient cursed graveyard.
octoberforeverr@reddit
I feel like Sheffields already been doing so for quite a while
porkmarkets@reddit
Yeah agreed, I’ve been going to Sheffield on and off for work for the last ~15 years and I’ve noticed it’s changed a lot.
Great city but I don’t think I’ve ever been when it’s not raining.
mattmgd@reddit
Sheffield is bang average for UK rainfall (886m Sheffield, 885mm UK average). It’s got the Peak District shielding it from the rain that comes in off the Atlantic and then gets stuck in Manchester and Lancashire.
I lived in Preston for 3 years and I didn’t know it was possible to rain that much.
breadandbutter123456@reddit
Famously that Manchester side of the Pennines gets more rain hence why the cotton industry was there. Whilst the York side gets less rains and thus hence why the wool industry was prevalent there.
faipop@reddit
Good old Depreston
parasoralophus@reddit
Leeds is only 660 - just saying :P
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
That’s crazy re the rain! I live here and feel like it hardly rains compared to Nottingham where I used to live, or Manchester where they get double the rain
The_39th_Step@reddit
The best weather station for Manchester is Woodford and that gets 850.8mm of rain annually. It looks like Sheffield gets 834.6mm. There’s not that much difference.
Manchester is wetter in Autumn and Sheffield is wetter in Spring and early Summer.
PepsiMaxSumo@reddit
Last couple years we’ve had quite dry springs, which would track.
octoberforeverr@reddit
I bet! I’ve only been a handful of times, I love Sheffield but my arthritis wouldn’t be able to handle the hills
No-Department-4561@reddit
Yes, Sheffield really is a city on the move
Gargoyn@reddit
yeah like kelham islands
TheBlueprint666@reddit
Kelham Island is a prime example
29adamski@reddit
This has been happening ages in Sheffield, I moved there in 2017 and lived until last summer there and the changes were crazy. Still a great city regardless.
YarnPenguin@reddit
I went to the University of Sheffield in 2011-12 and I still go back periodically (it's a great pub city) and so much has changed in the what I now realise is 14 years.
Marsmanic@reddit
I came in 2009 for Uni, and stayed... I'm still good friends with Uni mates and when they come over they're amazed at how something have changed drastically, and some things are exactly the same as when they left.
Moment sat in the Forum the sun shining on Devonshire green and it was like being in the same moment 17 years ago.
YarnPenguin@reddit
RIP Rare & Racy
pillow_princessss@reddit
Lived in Sheffield almost my entire life, except for the last 18 months or so. City centre has changed so much. Every area within the ring road has had tonnes of development, with the south east side being mostly missed (for now). Pretty sure the Moor has been redesigned twice in the last 26 years, and part of the ring road up near Kelham Island to the Quays didn’t exist before I was born. Fargate has been redone recently, and it’s nice. But I miss what it was like before, especially with the buses going past and the old cobblestone style it had going on, mixed with that modern European limestone look around the peace and winter gardens, which yes is still there but for how long?
crucible@reddit
you got the snooker and Threads was filmed there 👍
brinz1@reddit
I was in Salford 15 years ago and have been in Sheffield 6, the regeneration is going through a similar pattern
MayorofJamCity@reddit
Could see Calderdale going that way if the Trains improve. Right in the middle of two major northern hubs in Leeds and Manchester.
mhoulden@reddit
Kirklees as well. The Transpennine Rail Upgrade means the Heavy Woollen towns of Dewsbury and Batley will have much better transport links. It looks like Mirfield will be almost as much a hub as Huddersfield.
Meanwhile Leeds seems to be turning primarily into a giant student dormitory. It'll be a bit stuck if wealthy foreign students decide to go somewhere else.
LittleRebelbunny@reddit
West Kirkless/Colne Valley where I live I'd say would be also be hit properly. Slaithwaite and Marsden are already getting pretty gentrified. More so Slaithwaite as it keeps getting mentioned as one of the best places to live.
Sister_Ray_@reddit
already happened todmorden and hebden bridge have already been that way for a long time. Even sowerby bridge and halifax are on the up. Brighouse will permanently remain a shithole though
Lonely-Ad-5387@reddit
Calderdale has been gentrifying for a while, house prices are up an insane amount over 10 years in most of the valley and todmorden got in a Times list of best places to live in the UK.
rcro1986@reddit
The fact there are still towns that need upgrading is a travesty
Vaxtez@reddit
Gloucester seems to sort of be on the up. There's attempts at regeneration & people are moving there to commute to Bristol, so it's likely it might get better.
Yate (Just north of Bristol) also has a chance to maybe become gentrified? Not much, but I know the council want to redo the whole town centre by demolishing & rebuilding the shopping centre.
musicistabarista@reddit
This is the kind of take I think this thread is asking for. Most of the places mentioned are already nice places that have been gentrifying for a while. Gloucester city centre is properly shit, which is surprising as it has a lot going for it in theory.
Rich6-0-6@reddit
I work there occasionally and as I will tell anyone who listens, Gloucestershire is beautiful, it's just a shame about Gloucester.
True my work doesn't take me to the nicest bits of Gloucester, but then I talk to my colleagues there none of them can tell me where those nicest bits are...
evenstevens280@reddit
I can't think of a county with a county-town so vastly far apart in terms of pleasantness.
Almost all of Gloucestershire is super nice... save Gloucester and some parts of FOD.
wringtonpete@reddit
Wiltshire-Swindon has entered the chat...
musicistabarista@reddit
You're totally right about Gloucestershire, you don't even have to go very far from Gloucester to be in some beautiful scenery. In the city itself, the quays are quite nice.
I'd still go there any day over Cheltenham, which seems posh but is actually rough as fuck.
GarwayHFDS@reddit
The nicest bits are probably the mundane housing estates popping up everywhere.
faipop@reddit
Pricing out all the families that have rented here for years at frightening speed though
Stormgeddon@reddit
Not particularly rundown (comparatively), but honourable mention to Tewkesbury as well. We’re looking at buying one of the new builds up there and the area is going to be unrecognisable in a few years with all the new developments.
They’re getting proper funding from central government to make Ashchurch into one of the “new towns” complete with an additional 4,000+ homes, new town centre areas, etc. I think that would about double the population of Tewkesbury/Ashchurch? It’ll be a short list of UK towns undergoing more change.
Vaxtez@reddit
Yeah, Tewkesbury seems to be on the up, with the new housing estates proposed (which should bring the population to around 30,000 iirc) & the designer outlet giving people a reason to visit the town.
That said, Ashchurch sorely needs a decent bypass (I say revive the Strensham - Solihull motorway as far as Evesham) & The Secondary School is utterly terrible (I say this as a student who left there in 2025).
Stormgeddon@reddit
The bypass is in the works: https://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/highways/major-projects-list/m5-junction-9-and-a46-ashchurch-transport-scheme/
Hopefully they will go for the proper junction further south. Bit worried as a prospect buyer we’d end up fenced in by the M5 to the west and a dual carriageway to the south and east, but it looks like they want to go for the proper junction if budget allows.
Once the bypass is complete, the plan is to turn the A46 into a local traffic only road with cycle lanes and better footpaths. Sounds promising!
I think in the development by the MoD site they’re also looking to build a new primary and secondary school as well. Probably won’t bode well for Tewkesbury Academy if it just becomes a dumping ground for the council estate, but certainly better for everyone else.
Vaxtez@reddit
Yeah, I've seen the proposals for it. My main worry with it is that it'll just become clogged with numerous housing estates & roundabouts, pretty much putting it back to Square One. It's why I'd rather they just build it as a Dual Carriageway to enable future creation of a Tewkesbury - Leicester expressway of sorts.
The cycle network does sorely need improvement past the M5 though, as it's not great to cycle to Ashchurch whatsoever.
justmoochin@reddit (OP)
Gloucester city Center needs a lot of work and has done for some time but with Bristol folk coming down maybe that will be the only way.
Stormgeddon@reddit
There’s a lot of potential with all the projects going on right now. Hopefully the new university campus plus the office complex/hotel will start to have an impact on the proper centre. Then it’s only a matter of improving the bits in between the two. Just wish they’d put new cladding on the buildings in Kings Square as they’re a real eyesore.
That said, I think the main blocker is going to be housing. The vibe of the city centre is more due to the folks you get in it rather than the actual buildings. You really need to be encouraging young professionals and families to move into the city centre for change to be felt, but there’s nowhere to put them.
Mouse2662@reddit
Spot on, that's why the quays has a nice vibe. The apartments are mostly young people and people with a bit of money. The centre is mostly absolute crack heads for some reason.
Stormgeddon@reddit
That plus businesses being open in the evening is what makes the Quays feel so much better. Gloucester city centre has a bit of an ominous vibe after 5pm when everything has shut because there’s no good reason for anyone to be there. It’s more of a shopping centre than a city centre.
Ironically, the Quays feels more like a city centre than a shopping centre because people have legitimate reasons for being outside in the evening, even if it’s just coming from or going to their home.
LongjumpingInside565@reddit
It feels like they're just trying to move the centre to the docks. I remember having a nice time down on the docks and then accidently making a wrong turn to get a bus from the centre and it somehow instantly feeling like a very unsafe place to be.
PlaneWar203@reddit
I think pretty much any smaller more affordable town near Bristol is going to suffer the same fate as Bristol
evenstevens280@reddit
Gloucester really needs to shed the stabby vibes first. It's got so much potential but the people there really ruin it
Vaxtez@reddit
Oh yeah. The Quays aren't too bad. But once you leave that area, you see the characters Gloucester has to offer & they aren't pleasant figures.
James_Proudfoot@reddit
Yate mentioned! Its definitely on the up and up with how much they're expanding the new developments, the town just really needs new infrastructure to accomodate it all.
Vaxtez@reddit
It's interesting going back to Yate & seeing the streets from my childhood change ever so slightly. Although that said, it does also feel like these developments tend to treat Yate as more of a Bristol suburb than a decently sized town.
SlaveToNoTrend@reddit
I think the future of gentrification is no longer busy cities. With work getting more and more remote in 30 years we will see gentrification of rural towns which currently have bad work prospects but more to offer in terms of nature, scenery and general outdoor activities.
PartyAmount9976@reddit
Although perversely that will lead to more destruction of nature and farmland.
SlaveToNoTrend@reddit
Surroundings will probably be preserved in some way with only the wealthy able to afford such places. Everybody else will be in their 15 minute cities.
PartyAmount9976@reddit
The issue is there are two options a) 15 minute cities and retention of green belts, nature or b) endless sprawl and destruction of all rural life in England
firetonian99@reddit
Im confused by the comments? Isn't gentrification typically a bad thing?
OkConsideration5272@reddit
The issue in this country is that regeneration is a very good thing, but it's impossible to separate from gentrification. If house prices and rentals weren't allowed to get out of hand, it would be a different matter.
Nythern@reddit
Bradford, Bolton, Halifax - those up north towns where people (racists) complain about Asian immigration.
Asian families are very good for the economy. They have high levels of entrepreneurship, tend to be big savers and investors. Much of this is cultural/social value driven - for example, the norm of staying home as an adult and having the entire family under one roof. This results in Asian families having lower housing costs per head, and relying on each other rather than the state for housing and other benefits.
The average Asian or British family of Asian heritage, has far more savings than the average White, Black, or Mixed British family. Couple that with the amount of family-run Asian off-licenses, restaurants, post offices and more, and you see how Asian families are net economic contributors.
Point being that rundown places up north with large Asian communities like Bradford, Bolton, Halifax - will go from industrial decline to regeneration, and the capital held by Asian families, plus their higher rates of entrepreneurship, will be key to unlocking this economic growth.
OkConsideration5272@reddit
I was very impressed by Halifax when I went for a gig a couple of years ago. Beautiful architecture, and a fantastic gig venue.
BarnacleExpressor@reddit
Blackpool! It's currently in the pre gentrification phase where it's cheap enough for creatives to live there but they don't yet want to live there. Eventually they will get pushed out of Manchester and Liverpool though and Blackpool at least has nice beaches.
Low-Reading-9115@reddit
I’ve been saying for ages, Blackpool is ripe for the gentrification! It’s an hour to Manchester on the train, houses are cheap, and there’s loads of abandoned shops. The south shore particularly could be an amazing artists enclave! 😍
I’m here at the moment helping out my mum, she can’t sell her six flat Victorian terrace with a huge carpark and cute garden for less than the price of my one bed flat in Cornwall, it’s crazy. 200m to sunset over the sea. I used to hate the place but it’s grown on me the last couple years, I’m thinking of moving here after some big life changes, but the potential I see seems to be lived by a lot of unsavoury characters who seem more interested in drinking and fighting on the streets than making things better, it’s really sad ☹️
Jesnig@reddit
I think Southport is in a similar boat - reasonably cheap large Victorian houses, a possible commute to Manchester and Liverpool, good schools and decent quality of life.
Striking_Smile6594@reddit
Southport has never been that rough though. It always remained pretty pleasant, if a little boring.
porcupineporridge@reddit
That's an interesting thought. A bit of a Margate of the North? I've not been for a few years but the last time I went, it was clear it was a very troubled place.
BarnacleExpressor@reddit
Exactly,12 years ago I would've told you Margate is beyond hope, looks at it now!
StandardAgent3395@reddit
The suburbs are very nice.
jimmynorm1@reddit
It will need a concerted effort to tackle the drug problem before any serious change is seen. Unfortunately the recently wound up project ADDER that was supposed to help tackle the issue resulted in a high number of out of council referrals to specialist treatment in Blackpool. So while I don't doubt it did a lot to help individual people, it didn't do much to solve the issue as a whole in Blackpool.
I appreciate it can be a bit of a chicken/egg kind of thing, lack of investment begets unhappier people begets more drug use begets less investment, but at this point it's so deep rooted that it will take more than improving the town itself to reverse the trend.
I grew up in St Anne's 10 mins south of Blackpool and the difference between the two is night and day and in reality, there's no need for it to be. It's surrounded by, and worst, perfectly passable towns (St Anne's, Freck etc) and some really nice villages (Poulton, Lytham, Wrea Green).
At the moment, if any investment were to be made in Blackpool to bring more jobs, those people would likely move and live in those neighbouring areas because they are so close yet are so much nicer to live in.
BarnacleExpressor@reddit
It's a real shame, I visit often because of family there and as you say the surrounding areas go from fine to actually really lovely.
bluejackmovedagain@reddit
Newport seems to be improving a lot, and it's attracting lots of young families who can't afford to buy a house in either Bristol or Cardiff.
Big_Owl_6752@reddit
Went there for the marathon this weekend. First time, I assumed its reputation was exaggerated, it isn’t, it’s really bad. Has potential though. There’s clearly been some investment in the city centre and being a short train ride from Cardiff and Bristol count in its favour.
OkHistorian9521@reddit
I live there, what’s so bad about it?🤣
Big_Owl_6752@reddit
“I live here and it sucks. It's filthy, poorly maintained and anti social behaviour is rife. The roads are genuinely horrendous and there has been a god awful smell plaguing the city for months.
The only reason it will get better is because it can't get that much worse.”
Borrowed from M08Y in the thread. Over the weekend I only saw one antisocial act (a young lad on an e-bike flipping the V and shouting at a police car) so can’t confirm bad behaviour is rife but the other points seem pretty fair. So many streets had bags and bags of rubbish on them, is there a bin strike? The roads are in a terrible state and there is a smell. It’s clearly been underinvested in and left behind; hopefully that can change.
OkHistorian9521@reddit
Not sure about the smell, maybe i’ve gotten used to it🤣 i don’t find it as bad as I expected it to be tbh but obviously it’s not Beverley Hills
wooyoo@reddit
You saw antiscocial behaviour 100 percent of the time you visted.
TheRealSlabsy@reddit
They've got more banks and building societies than any other town I know of.
M08Y@reddit
I live here and it sucks. It's filthy, poorly maintained and anti social behaviour is rife. The roads are genuinely horrendous and there has been a god awful smell plaguing the city for months.
The only reason it will get better is because it can't get that much worse.
UnnecessaryStep@reddit
Newport is special.
A special type of horrendous. I'm trying to find something nice to say about it, but all I can come up with is "I don't live there any more"
vvitchteeth@reddit
It’s got some wonderful wetlands, there’s that
ShinobiS-28@reddit
It’s an area rich with history and some fascinating landmarks. The 90’s music scene used to be one of the best in the west. Pill Carnival got the community together once upon a time. Newport County FC. Chartists. There are old people living there with a genuine heart of gold.
But yes in 2026 it’s absolutely on its arse. And it was tragic when they took down the mural in John Frost square
PatchcordAdams@reddit
Which is mental really as the M4 corridor is one of the most prosperous regions in Europe. Ends hard at Newport.
matmos@reddit
Ensure just past Swansea
justforfunilltryone@reddit
I don't think it ends at Newport, Cardiff is further west and does well
Bossman_Mike@reddit
I went on business to Newport once. Fuck me I've never felt that unsafe in the evenings, not even in London.
Rose_Of_Sanguine@reddit
Probably Bridgend too. 20 minutes by train to Cardiff, pretty river running through it.
justforfunilltryone@reddit
The town centre is having a bit of a social renaissance, loads of restaurants and bars have opened in last few years. Shopping is dire there other than the out of town outlet mind
Rose_Of_Sanguine@reddit
I stopped there last year as we were going to a rugby match in Cardiff. The micropub on the bridge was lovely, and we enjoyed some good breakfasts in the cafes too.
justforfunilltryone@reddit
The bar on the bridge!
I spoke to the owner there and he said when the Ospreys play in Bridgend he sells 4x as much lager as he would in a regular week
Rose_Of_Sanguine@reddit
It's a lovely little gem. I'm glad it does well on match days :-)
givingpeasachance@reddit
Too good for bonmarche and Asda clothes are we?
justforfunilltryone@reddit
I liked the suit shop near where hobos used to be until they sold up
ax1xxm@reddit
I spent a lot of my first years in Newport. It’s a difficult place to live and the income inequality is stark. Allt-yr-yn/Ridgeway is incredibly wealthy, and just down the road you have some of the most deprived estates in Europe.
It doesn’t help that the council are completely inept. The shopping centre they built just over ten years ago has consistently operated at a loss with constant turnover of shops, it’s now owned by a Canadian pension firm. The town is dire from the extortionate business rates which tends to only attract businesses with high margins, like betting shops.
The public transport is a joke, some main streets only have two busses a day.
The schooling is a joke, most schools are terrible bar three, one of which is a fee-paying school. One is so selective on postcodes that it’s borderline gerrymandering against any social housing.
Newport was great, the docks brought in a lot of business. But slowly, over 30 years, through a lack of investment in infrastructure (I’m looking at you, non-existent M4 relief road), industrial decline, it being a hotspot for drugs usage, and just general bad luck, Newport turned to shit. It’ll take a long time to improve.
terryjuicelawson@reddit
I know quite a few priced out Bristolians who have gone over the water, started when the bridge stopped charging a toll. Places like Chepstow and Caldicot are very attractive too.
rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit
Bet you a fiver you've never been there.
bluejackmovedagain@reddit
I would happily give you twice that if you can convince my friends to stop moving to Newport. There's only so many times you can go to Newport Market.
PretendPop8930@reddit
Safeasfuck
ShinobiS-28@reddit
Also known as the full Monmouthshire
_real_ooliver_@reddit
Hopefully the new stations coming in a few years that'll eventually bring a Cardiff-Bristol "metro" style service will help this too
justmoochin@reddit (OP)
Good point a lot of those places that are just over the bridge from Bristol will probably see change
RustyBucket4745@reddit
Glasgow. It's a major city much, much cheaper than London. Newcastle is apparently gentrifying and Edinburgh is already gentrifying. Glasgow is probably next.
Necessary_Delivery80@reddit
Where exactly in Glasgow? You can’t just say Glasgow it’s a big place
First-Banana-4278@reddit
If you’re looking at Scottish cities getting gentrified than Dundee has to be the number one contender. Edinburgh and Glasgow already largely are. You’d have to start picking an ever decreasing number of areas in Edinburgh that haven’t been but you would have a few more to pick from in Glasgow.
But Dundee it’s right at the start of its modern reinvention from largley working class city to whatever it’s going to become.
Hazza385@reddit
What about Stirling?
First-Banana-4278@reddit
I mean unless Stirling has nose dived in recent years it already was pretty gentrified as a commuter town.
Hazza385@reddit
As long as it doesn't get any worse - I just moved here. Some empty shops, but I'm used to Bournemouth, which is an even faster decline.
porcupineporridge@reddit
I went to uni in Dundee in the noughties and the high street was thriving. It's sad to see it's death, like many others. The waterfront looks much better and the new train station is a big improvement but the high street now needs a face lift.
Remote-Pool7787@reddit
lol. Glasgow is already seriously gentrified. It’s one of the most expensive cities in the UK
aggravatedyeti@reddit
Glasgow is weird because the very gentrified areas (west end, shawlands) aren’t connected to each other and are surrounded by pretty rough areas
Remote-Pool7787@reddit
I grew up in Glasgow, my family still live there. But I now live in Newcastle. The difference between the 2 cities is huge. Glasgow’s rougher areas are nothing like Newcastle’s rougher areas. Glasgow is and feels like a very affluent city by comparison whereas 20 years ago they were very similar places
aggravatedyeti@reddit
I’ll defer to your local knowledge but are there really bits of Newcastle worse than Possil/Govan/Springburn etc?
Remote-Pool7787@reddit
Oh yes. I grew up in Glasgow in the 90s but I’ve never seen rough like the poorest areas of Tyneside. Regularly see things like mothers pushing prams during the day, completely off their faces.
And Govan is lovely now, if I was moving back that’s where I’d want to live.
Godscrasher@reddit
What part of Newcastle are you seeing this?
Remote-Pool7787@reddit
In and around Percy main, meadow well. So not strictly newcastle. But also in the city centre, hang around McDonald’s long enough. Just in the easter holidays saw a stoned to fuck mum, sharing her vape with a kid who looked no older than 12, on the metro
aggravatedyeti@reddit
Fair enough! Need to get back to the south side at some point, I know govanhill is getting gentrified but Govan was a diffeeent story when I lived there
Remote-Pool7787@reddit
Govanhill is hilarious. Went for a meal there last time I was up. Got chatting to a non binary American couple on the next table. Then went to the dessert shop over the road and got chatting to some Syrian lads who’d just been fasting for Ramadan.
ZT0141@reddit
It’s a strange place. Two different societies operating side by side that don’t really overlap
Deadend_Friend@reddit
It's true but I've lived here 11 years now and though some areas have really improved the city centre is so much worse than it used to be. So many venues have closed down and it feels way less safe than it used to. The southside has changed rapidly though
theportyunionjack@reddit
Not really sure Edinburgh could gentrify any more, by some measures (GDP per capita - the most commonly accepted one) it's the richest city in the UK.
Edinburgh and Glasgow's economy have been growing much faster than their English counterparts at least in part due to devolved capital infrastructure spending. The only other cities that have grown as quickly, London, Manchester and Cardiff all similarly benefit from devolved government to some material extent. We need to roll this out to every city in the UK ASAP.
MasterpieceAlone8552@reddit
Newcastle has always had some fairly expensive areas, even people on a decent salary couldn't afford to live in parts of Gosforth, Jesmond, Tynemouth.
Fudge_is_1337@reddit
There are definitely other bits gentrifying at pace though. Heaton house prices are bucking the national trend big style, properties are being shown for one day, getting many offers and often going to BAFO and well over price. South Gosforth terraces are in really high demand.
North Shields is getting the expanding Tynemouth effect, other coastal bits like Monkseaton are going up in price
I reckon Wallsend is next, particularly the bits between Richardson Dees Park and the High St. Pretty well connected to town and the coast, you can get a lot of lovely Victorian house for £<200k, and its not as rough as some bits
Godscrasher@reddit
Might as well add North Shields in there too, although on the fringe boundary of Tynemouth, including Preston (which is in North Shields), there’s some very nice and expensive properties.
North Shields is going through a fantastic phase which I’d argue is on gentrification.
MasterpieceAlone8552@reddit
I saw the fish quay was improving. I'd say that was more regeneration than gentrification though, given there weren't really people down there being priced out anyway
Accomplished-Fix4848@reddit
South side of Glasgow is full of post uni students and posh gays, already gentrified, and the west side, well, happened a long time back
Extra-Sound-1714@reddit
And Edinburgh was gentrified decades ago.
intrepid_foxcat@reddit
Edinburgh was gentrified when they built the new town, about 1800
No_Ring_3348@reddit
Glasgow is already well underway, sure 30 years ago Shawlands was rough as toast and now it's cool and expensive.
Winter_Quantity_430@reddit
Having lived there all my life until recently, in my time it has always been a fairly decent area but was nowhere near as expensive as it is now. Particularly for areas like Strathbungo. I live elsewhere now but always love going back. I think it’s my favourite place in the city!
camerp03@reddit
Definitely already happening!
ZT0141@reddit
It’s already happening
Teembeau@reddit
Devizes. It's already not exactly rundown, but it's kinda cheap and has a lot of charm.
It's cheap, but also not a crazy distance from London and Bristol. Close enough for a trip to see clients. And as remote work gets more and more normalised, why live that close to Bristol or London?
snozberryface@reddit
Aldershot
HardAtWorkISwear@reddit
Barnsley centre has been massively improved over the last 5 - 10 years or so, so I imagine that'll star tto spread out to the surrounding areas. Hell of a lot of work to do though....
Front_Society1353@reddit
Ipswich they are slowly moving up the Norwich line pushing prices up
Due-Dig-8955@reddit
The towns surrounding Edinburgh. Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Dunfermline (city in its own right now) to name a few. Edinburgh city centre is still so expensive lots of young professionals are moving to more affordable places which are still easy commutes into the city. Not to mention housing companies like Cala and Walker are building houses en masse in these areas.
gaspoweredcat@reddit
many northern cities are currently exploding. stockport is basically already underway with massive updates and manchester keeps growing and getting more expensive which will push people out to more affordable commuter towns a time goes on, birmingham too is seeing massive development and a lot of buzz lately
with that in mind, unlikely as it may initially seem ill throw Stoke into the mix, less than 45 mins from manc and birmingham by train with very regular services (about 1h20m to liverpool too) very cheap, excellent internet infrastructure, large amount of available housing and a large amount being built, many current restoration projects etc underway, sure a lot needs to be done but the potential is there
i know it may sound far fetched but i think within 10 years it may do pretty well just by being affordable and well connected to bigger cities which are getting more pricey and when there are more people with disposable income there will be more businesses popping up to serve them.
Rich6-0-6@reddit
I think Wolverhampton should be on the up. I lived there for a few months about 10 years ago; with the tram into Birmingham, good transport links, some empty, nice industrial buildings and a university there I think it's got everything it needs to be "up and coming" 🙄
Give it some sort of university-backed business incubator to help set creative businesses up in trendy Victorian red brick factories, tidy up some of the shittier bits, take more advantage of the really nice parks in the city centre and ignore how cold and windy it is and it could be nice.
SarahHamstera@reddit
The Halls are such a great venue. I love visiting Wolves.
SarahHamstera@reddit
It's better be Birmingham or I'm going to have to move because I'm so sick of how run down it is. The amazing summer of the Commonwealth Games was a blip.
DatGuy82772@reddit
I'm honestly wondering if the planet will even exist in 30 years.
SelfSufficientHub@reddit
Crash_Revenge@reddit
The planet, yeah. Give it 30 years post-humans and it will be living its best life again.
Agreeable_Archer_210@reddit
Bet Macclesfield will still be a shithole
braapstututu@reddit
I mean the roads are terrible but it's really not that bad
OctopusArmWrestling@reddit
What’ve you got against Macclesfield?
Agreeable_Archer_210@reddit
I’ve been there
Accomplished-Art7737@reddit
Macclesfield is gentrified, it has reformer Pilates studios and a place that does açai bowls now 🤣
blu_rhubarb@reddit
You underestimate the damage we've done.
I saw a post yesterday about a mars bar wrapper being found at the beach with a best before date of 1986. The wrapper still looked brand new.
Automatic_Acadia_766@reddit
Yep, look at how clear the sea was during covid.
HELMET_OF_CECH@reddit
30 years post humans the surface of the earth will be scorched. It will be living its worst life 😭
Crash_Revenge@reddit
That’s just the beginning of the healing process. Burn and wash away the virus of what humanity had been to the planet and it will be as if we were never here 200 years after that. Even 500 years is a blink of an eye in terms of the planet.
bornfromanegg@reddit
Well, this was a cheery start to the morning. Come on, guys.
Spare_Airport_6002@reddit
Google "eco fascism"!
Worth_Gap4226@reddit
r/im14andthisisdeep
OkHistorian9521@reddit
People have helded that sentiment for decades. You watch too much news.
YarnPenguin@reddit
It's my most Main Character trait, the most Your Own Personal Death is Incomprehensible, but even from being a small child I've always been quite convinced I'd see the end of humanity.
Consistent_Umpire443@reddit
How come?
preaxhpeacj@reddit
gestures around
DatGuy82772@reddit
Lots of reasons.
HELMET_OF_CECH@reddit
None sane I guess.
LuqoDaApe@reddit
I guess one of the reasons is a clown across the pond with a fake tan lol
Toast_505@reddit
I can see more of the UK coast have a bit of resurgence in the way that Margate and Folkestone have. Clacton on Sea? Cromer? Somewhere like that
Miserable-Ad7835@reddit
Clacton??
What drugs are you taking? I want some...
pocketfullofredfaces@reddit
Clackers only would if they made the train to Liverpool st faster
Tall_Working_2942@reddit
On this basis Ramsgate must make the list.
Harbour is pretty, some nice housing stock and a fast train to London. Four bed Victorian terraced for £250k.
Objective-Bad-4051@reddit
Decent Wetherspoons
saccerzd@reddit
That's the opposite of gentrification haha
Objective-Bad-4051@reddit
When you go from a blue signed, dark wood wetherspoons to a modern one that's when you know an M&S food hall is coming
No_Hawk8947@reddit
Ramsgate is definitely on the up. I live just up the road in Broadstairs but own a boat in Ramsgate harbour, so go there very frequently, and it is absolutely improving. Could see it being gentrified in a few years.
fussyfella@reddit
Clacton is a long way down the list, Cromer is already quite a long way down the path to gentrification though (as frankly is most of the North Norfolk Coast). Great Yarmouth could just get gentrified (but I will not be placing any bets on that), while Lowestoft seems to be a completely lost cause.
seagulldeathstare@reddit
With all these comments about Sussex coastal towns, I'm surprised none of them are going out on a limb and suggesting Littlehampton.
It's essentially a dormitory town at the end of the train line to London, but based on what surrounds it it should be livelier than it is.
musicistabarista@reddit
It's already a nice place, though, and quite arty, too. It's not a rundown place that people have vacated, leaving very cheap rental/property prices, ready to regenerate.
musicistabarista@reddit
Eastbourne is trending in that direction. Close enough to Brighton, also decent train to London. You've got the South Downs and the sea, plus some nice buildings and housing stock in some parts of town.
hellbentforleisure@reddit
On this specific stretch of coast I'll nominate Newhaven. Great transport links to Brighton, Lewes and Eastbourne; a ferry terminal that takes you to France; and money being invested in the town itself lately.
The harbour has some nice residential areas and some cool businesses. The leisure centre is getting a revamp. Town centre remains a bit of a dead zone but I can see Newhaven becoming gentrified, for sure.
seagulldeathstare@reddit
Newhaven's been in the process for at least a decade. Its "out of town" shopping outlets (which aren't out of town, they're smack bang in the middle of Newhaven proper and Bishopstone, by the station) have attracted a strong nouveau riche core and done wonders for its future potential.
MarcusH26051@reddit
I think the whole Sussex Coast either side of Brighton will get there eventually with people being pushed out of Brighton by house prices but still wanting the by the sea easy commute to London vibes.
flippertyflip@reddit
Overrstrabd near Cromer is already known as Millionaires row. Despite it slowly falling into the sea.
Semele5183@reddit
Was going to say Morecambe! Gorgeous coast and views of the Lake District, plus if the Eden Project North ever gets off the ground it would hopefully bring some money and tourism in again.
Choice-Demand-3884@reddit
Morecambe could so easily be like a North Western version of the neat little seaside towns that are on the Belgian coast. It's so full of character and charm. It just needs a big shot of investment and better infrastructure.
Truewit_@reddit
Hull why not
ZT0141@reddit
A true city of culture
Capt_Bigglesworth@reddit
It boasts one of our Nations’ three greatest Universities..
Key_Court6110@reddit
I’m graduate of Hull university so I totally agree with you 🤣
Capt_Bigglesworth@reddit
Me too. Recently visited. I see Spiders is still going strong.. Can’t say I was bothered to see that LA’s is now a Hilton. 🤣
Senior_Sentence_566@reddit
Are you a German spy?
Capt_Bigglesworth@reddit
When this madness has finished, perhaps we could go cycling together. Take a trip down to the old Swan at Henley and go for a walk in the woods.
musicistabarista@reddit
I think it's unfair to call Hull rundown, except in the sense that all council budgets in the UK are incredibly stretched - it's a pretty nice city.
pgliver@reddit
Has the best aquarium in the country!
Proof_Ring_4505@reddit
World's only submarium
MillicentColdstone@reddit
I love the deep, expensive but worth it
graboidgraboid@reddit
That’s Deep man…
ThatThingInTheCorner@reddit
Completely agree, I went to uni there and loved it
OmmadonRising@reddit
Same!
One_Trouble_9357@reddit
I absolutely prefer Hull over Doncaster which is in dire need of gentrification.
Nandor1262@reddit
House prices in the HU1 postcode were some of the fastest growing in the country last year
Rpqz@reddit
Hopefully Hull has done things right to avoid gentrification. There's a lot of brownfield land which, due to being former docklands, is now prime territory for premium real estate. The majority of housing in fruit market and old town, the two trendiest parts of the city, are converted warehouses or new builds. There's another massive development which is being planned on old car parks and warehousing.
manic4metal@reddit
Lots happening/planned on brownfield land like you say. There’s that new one just been announced on the East Bank
Iceman_2004@reddit
Given the amount of articles I’ve seen recently saying stuff like "Hull undiscovered gem of low property prices" (not undiscovered anymore is it you cretins) or "Hull top underrated destination" or stuff like that I am inclined to suggest that we might be being prepared for it
xpltvdeleted@reddit
How could hull be any worse?
jan_tantawa@reddit
Middlesbrough enters the chat.
MrHlk2020@reddit
I accidentally put Hell in my sat nav but it still took me there.
flippertyflip@reddit
Hull isn't all that bad at the moment tbh.
MelodicAd2213@reddit
Why the Hull not?
Acidphire21@reddit
Sunderland is having a bit of a resurgence lots of building work going on in the city centre area
but people will still complain that crowtree leisure centre closed despite no bugger using it
lukozaid@reddit
Not exactly a town or a city, but Jaywick.
evenstevens280@reddit
Swindon
General-Bumblebee180@reddit
I think so too. Lots of new houses being built and new businesses, especially in between Swindon and Oxford. Still don't want to live there ever again
NebCrushrr@reddit
The new towns are really well designed and 20th century architecture is coming back into fashion
Several_Cold_7160@reddit
Oldham
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Stick anywhere in Greater Manchester (not Wigan or Bolton) on here tbf
Ok_Economist7901@reddit
out of interest why not Bolton or Wigan ?
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Too far away mostly
Several_Cold_7160@reddit
Rochdale may have a dirty rep and thats understandable but the outer bits are changing mad quick.
Majestic_Matt_459@reddit
I went to Rochdale centre for the first time ever recently and tbh i was shocked how nice it was -
Morganx27@reddit
Wigan's on the up, I'll have you know. Well, it can't go further down.
MacsKolinge@reddit
Royton seems to be having a renaissance
Sister_Ray_@reddit
did it ever even have a naissance lol
Harrry-Otter@reddit
I went in a pub there once and they were playing bingo for meat.
Ok_Economist7901@reddit
Hoping Bolton too from trickle down Mancunian wealth
Terrible-Bad-9002@reddit
Bolton should re-join Lancashire
Ok_Economist7901@reddit
Why ? To turn into Blackburn or Darwen ?
Mrslinkydragon@reddit
Dartford, gravesen, Medway towns and Sittingbourne.
abitofasitdown@reddit
Gravesend is already getting new developments in anticipation of the Clipper eventually getting a new pier and making regular commuting runs. (What a lovely way to get to work!)
Unfair-Potential4527@reddit
Jaywick
Fuck it 🤷🏻
abitofasitdown@reddit
The flooding issue will always be there - but I've noticed in the past couple of years the council seem to have stopped trying to run it down until it disappears altogether, and new stuff is getting built. So... perhaps not gentrification, but at least not death.
Basic-Shine6299@reddit
ipswich
vurkolak80@reddit
I think a lot of seaside towns will see regeneration with the influx of work-from-home families that started after COVID.
NoWatch3354@reddit
If we're talking the ultimate rundown town, Morecambe.
Hear me out.
Eden Project plus a 10 acre site earmarked for mixed use, which will likely have plans once the Eden project has started.
I genuinely believe there's something in it, however more like 10-15 years realised gentrification as opposed to the more fast improving areas.
ID-552555777733999@reddit
I’m gonna throw this one out there.
Dudley
Got the “new” tram network starting out here in June / July (that’s when they’re doing the test runs), with the BCLM and the new apartments popping up everywhere around Tipton - it may soon change.
MapOfIllHealth@reddit
If they improve the rail journey time and/or the A21 to London, Hastings will explode with people looking for a cheap coastal place within commuting distance.
Funk5oulBrother@reddit
Until they sort out the Blue Boys chokepoint, the A21 will always have issues.
Hastings itself? It won't change until the people who live there learn to accept change instead of watching the town crumble into dilapidation and calling it character.
Every new potential investment scheme has been met with hostility by the local population, putting projects on hold.
Yorkywelsh@reddit
I like Hastings but there aren't any improvements to either of those two things on the horizon?
rob-des@reddit
Big up the stings
SavlonWorshipper@reddit
Craigavon in Northern Ireland will be a really good place to live 15-20 years from now. It was NI's new city in the 60's, and it was broadly a failure. Some estates have a lot of houses gone, one estate is gone completely (but now being replaced), some areas are pretty rough. There is a pizzeria with one steel door and no windows.
But the main route across Craigavon is a dual carriageway, and there is an entire walking and cycling network separate from the roads. You can travel from an estate to shops, or the civic centre, or another estate, or the hospital, or anywhere in the town, without setting foot on a road. Maybe a short distance close to a destination on a footpath at the side of the road. Nice lakes to walk around. A lot of greenery in general. Good motorway links. Commutable to Belfast, but it also has a bit of industry and commerce of it's own. A golf course, sports grounds, etc.
New estates are being built, raising the character of the area. The old estates will eventually be knocked down and replaced, but there is a lot of empty ground still to be built on so that may take a while.
im_just_called_lucy@reddit
Coventry.
There is a lot of work going on with the demolition of the Precinct Shopping area and Coventry Market. Concept art suggests that the former retail square is to be a upmarket residential space with pricier apartments and more upmarket retail. Gradually, there’s going to be less of the ugly austerity architecture- designed to be built as quickly and as cheaply as possible post-WW2- and more higher value, visually appealing architecture will replace it.
I’ve only been to Coventry relatively recently so I can’t comment on what the city looked like 10,15,20,25,30 years ago but the city centre skyline is dominated by high rise student accommodation for Coventry University and University of Warwick students that have only been built in I guess the past 5-10 years. In my opinion, the city is prioritising the needs of students who are unlikely to live in the city after graduation due to less graduate work being nearby than in London or Manchester rather than long term residents. It’s on its way to being gentrified.
foxmanfire@reddit
Their Very Light Rail project’s really interesting too. It’s designed to be super easy, inexpensive and fast to place tracks and I think the full intended map is really comprehensive, joining up with all the travel hubs and even creating a route to the University of Warwick (half of it’s technically in Coventry) so they’ll have easy access to the Warwick Arts Centre etc.
Terrible-Bad-9002@reddit
I really don't want Londoners pricing the locals out though as it jus isn't fair. Cov is one of the last affordable places in Warwickshire.
Real_Science_5851@reddit
It's also disadvantaged by being so close to the Second City, but it can use that as an advantage - be cheaper and easier to commute between them both ways!
theblingring@reddit
I grew up in Coventry and totally agree. 10-15 years ago the city centre was all closed shops and card shops. It’s on its way to improving with the introduction of so many new restaurants by the Godiva statue.
lasdun@reddit
Westbury, inexplicably shit for somewhere in a nice part of the country with great trains to London. Huge industrial land next to the station. One day someone is going to transform it.
New-Replacement-7638@reddit
Harwich. It has all the bones but none of the meat at the moment.
Level_Confection_926@reddit
Any thoughts on Inverness? It’s the so called capital of the Highlands and a major employment and commercial hub for the wider Highlands and Islands area. Parts are quite run down. Parts are very pleasant especially along the River Ness.
Gixxer1000k@reddit
I travel to lots of large towns and cities across the country for work. I'm yet to see one that has improved over the last 10-20 years.
The larger the city, the faster it is turning into a third world shithole.
gustinnian@reddit
Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of rain... Gloucester has a lot of gentrification potential especially in the somewhat neglected centre. It has a lot of impressive early medieval history beyond the famous cathedral, almost like a smaller York. Many of the apparently Georgian shops are, in fact, just fronts to intact medieval timber framed houses. The Romans had a thriving city there, it being a vital crossing place for the river Severn and a gateway to Wales. Nearby regency Cheltenham seems to have garnered most of the cash.
Stunning_Leading2705@reddit
Stoke
Terrible_Account_641@reddit
Croydon
colinah87@reddit
How do you encourage a bit of gentrification in your area? Asking for a friend…
Alien_Goatman@reddit
Dursley has gone from a beautiful countryside village to an overpopulated town where all the fields are being bought out by developers. Makes me sad really
KoorbB@reddit
Eastington is suffering the same fate.
Alien_Goatman@reddit
It makes me wonder where all the animals are supposed to go.
Fudge_is_1337@reddit
All the very flat, flood plain fields at that...
AonghusMacKilkenny@reddit
Stalybridge. Placed on the outskirts of Greater Manchester, about 40 minutes on the train from Leeds, beautiful natural scenery on its doorstep. Could be a lovely commuter town with a little boost.
Sister_Ray_@reddit
stalyvegas
potere_operaio@reddit
I feel like it's going that way already, you've already got some more bougie places to eat like cafe continental, there's a new development happening by the train station and general upgrade of the built environment round town
Bbew_Mot@reddit
Stockport seems to be getting there.
EvenMathematician874@reddit
It already is gentrified
Sister_Ray_@reddit
around one small square in the town centre, the rest is still shit
musicistabarista@reddit
Hot take: Redcar.
It's a handsome town in a pretty nice part of the country that has had its heart ripped out, leaving it feeling like a bit of a ghost town. If all the empty retail lets had businesses in them, I think the town would feel completely different.
Astronaut_Striking@reddit
Warrington - Commuter town to Manchester, lots of younger people are moving to Manchester for work but it's getting way too expensive, Warrington is decently priced and not too small or rough so I can see people moving there and commuting.
slightleee@reddit
Bournemouth and Poole, they have been turning into shit holes for the last 15-20 years. Time for a turnaround, please. 🙏
Dependent_Idea_1281@reddit
I live in Poole and they have been investigating a lot of money in improvements here. Parts of it are already gentrified
slightleee@reddit
Yeah. Ilive up the rd, They are making an effort around the outskirts near the new bridge but they need to sort the high street and bus station.
trashmemes22@reddit
Birmingham - the old Queensway offices are being knocked down and replaced with restaurants and flats , we’re getting our own version of media city a new sports quarter which will extend into small heath .
cursy@reddit
I suspect the era of gentrification may be over.
There are less young people being born, there will be less immigration, and there will be less jobs (AI).
This lack of demand should lead to falling house prices and empty properties.
I'd expect the young professionals (the gentrifiers) to consolidate in already nice areas rather than move into new spots.
theportyunionjack@reddit
I'm old enough to remember these exact same conversation about almost exactly the same places from 2006/7 just before the crash. I hope I'm wrong obv and if live to see proper devolution that will let everywhere thrive but I'm using it as a sort of personal pre crash indicator.
pocketfullofredfaces@reddit
Luton
The last bastion of non-gentrification in the London radius will fall eventually. Not even that bad currently imo
Traditional_Rice_123@reddit
As someone who grew up in "that area is Luton. We must never go there" reach, if anything I admire the place. It has an almost pathological inability to be anything other than an absolute shithole.
Anyone with money and a desire will always flee to Snalbans, Harpenden, Letchworth - it's too close to places which are much better to make it worth staying. The busway is practical though.
I do not wish the place well.
HedonisticVibrations@reddit
Why would not you wish the place well? People live there.
Luton is the way it is because it’s a working class town broadly, and the working classes of this country have largely been abandoned in the past decade or so. It’s taken hit after hit with the closure of its industrial base, and mass under investment in public services and infrastructure and being ignored by central government when it and the people who live there need help. Even the busway you mention wasn’t delivered in a form that’s meaningfully helpful to the people of Luton.
Hopefully with the investments by the football club in the town centre in the stadium, music venue and other things like opening up the river again it gets on its feet again.
Ill-Faithlessness430@reddit
As a Luton resident now but having grown up in London, we're talking more like 40 years since the well paid work started to dry up and the town centre was destroyed by planners in the 60s to build what was the Arndale centre. Before that it had a tram and a huge amount of architecture from the Victorian era and some that went back even further than that. I agree with everything you've said those are just specifics.
They are redeveloping the centre now gradually including opening the River Lea back up (for some inconceivable reason it was concreted over) and there are a lot of local projects to try and deal with the consequences of the loss of good jobs here.
It gets sort of boring having people just trotting this negative stuff out when they've never lived here and sometimes never even been here. But it's very longstanding, people were equally snobby about the (female) Hat Factory workers in the 19th Century.
HedonisticVibrations@reddit
It has its opportunity to do it in the next couple of years with the stadium being built, which also includes a music venue and other bits and pieces as a part of the broader development of the town centre
The stadium will happen and is being built, but I really fear that dilly dallying and delays in the approval process, which now mean it’s actually being built in a time when the broader economic situation is in a much worse state than when the development was first brought forward, will mean that ultimately the other parts of the development which are equally as important for the vitality of the Town will fall by the wayside.
I hope not as the Town needs investment and despite what people say whenever it comes up on here, there’s good things that happen and good people in the town and it’s been neglected for far too long
Frustib@reddit
Stevenage is right behind Luton
textbook15@reddit
Slough?
Flying_worms@reddit
As a Lutonian I don’t think it will ever happen. Its location works against it, too close to London.
saludpesetasamor@reddit
Wow…that would be quite something to see!
Remote-Pool7787@reddit
Grimsby
Fudge_is_1337@reddit
I went on a stag in Grimsby/Cleethorpes last year. Our accomodation cancelled on us last minute, and we ended up rebooking into the only place we could find, which was in the streets midway between Grimsby/Cleethorpes.
The walk to Grimsby centre was through the genuinely roughest area I've ever seen. Next day got the bus to Cleethorpes, which goes round a lovely quiet housing estate that looked like retiree heaven, and then Cleethorpes seafront was quite pleasant. Collossal gap between the good and the bad though
not-suspicious@reddit
The name prohibits it ever being nice I'm afraid
Mouse2662@reddit
I hear its proper grim
GreatChaosFudge@reddit
I went to Grimsby once for work. I stayed in a hotel which appeared to have been converted from a multi-storey car park. Not much conversion involved, as far as I could tell.
IranianAlan@reddit
Scarbrough
Spiritual-Plate-7377@reddit
Acton, specifically near North Acton/Old Oak Common. A lot will change once the HS2 opens and already tons of new builds and little cafes are starting to pop up.
Markies_Myth@reddit
Hebden Bridge and Todmorden are still being updated. Mytholmroyd and Littleborough are next.
clrthrn@reddit
For regeneration, Halifax is having a good go at being a commuter town for both Leeds and Manchester. Tehre are still some rough bits but house prices are steadily going up and the people buying the houses have some money. And the reverse....York has gone from a lovely place to a Harry Potter theme park full of Geordie hen nights. I went there earlier this year and there was an ambulance picking up a drunk lass, half naked, covered in sick, in the middle of Parliament Street that was full of families at 3pm. No thanks
_Happy_Camper@reddit
Clacton. It already has a little gay area, and it is really beautiful there, and there’s a lot of beautiful old houses in the estates just out from the town centre and pier.
Terrible-Bad-9002@reddit
Rhyl probably. When Wrexham becomes overpriced. Rhyl is full of sub 100k houses.
Mister_V3@reddit
Huddersfield when the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has been complete. It'll have fast trains to Manchester and Leeds. City works may want to choose this place because it's cheaper to live and right next door to great countryside. The council are really trying to push the Stadium Enterprise Corridor and West Yorkshire Investment Zone. They are working close with University of Huddersfield and the new National Health Innovation Campus.
Previous-Ad7618@reddit
Gentrification does feel like a needlessly dirty word sometimes to describe fixing shitholes
Ok_Bumblebee_9873@reddit
Coventry. I'm serious.
Shot-Ad-363@reddit
milton keynes will eventually become upmarket. just, not right now x
crucible@reddit
I saw a video some Americans made about the place recently… it’s even got a Santander!
Madamemercury1993@reddit
Watch the deprived seaside towns. Margate being the blue print. It’ll travel up. For better or worse.
Only a matter of 10 years or so I’d say for Weston super mare. Already younger families moving down from Bristol where they can’t afford a family home there anymore.
I went to Blackpool recently and it wasn’t half as bad as I was expecting. Dare I say it was nice.
JaBe68@reddit
Stoke - great.commuter links - top notch hospital - a.few.big name.companies - two universities.
silly_font@reddit
I always wondered what would happen when the steel works went from Port Talbot. This was difficult to imagine 10 years ago yet here we are.
Places like Aberavon - where you can walk straight from a council estate to the beach in five minutes - I can see being completely gentrified in a decade or so.
justforfunilltryone@reddit
Who is going to live there without the steel works? Commuters into Swansea?
silly_font@reddit
Possibly, or people looking to work from home by the sea and have an easy connection to the M4. Retirees, maybe. Not saying this is a happy outcome btw, there's just a sense of inevitably about it. I suppose we'll see with time.
Status-Mousse5700@reddit
Gotta be Luton It’s begging for it …
throwaway5746348@reddit
Derby, it's only just getting off the ground, but money from Rolls royce and defence manufacturing is on the up
Nicktrains22@reddit
Bedford has put all it's eggs into the universal theme park basket. If it pays off then things will skyrocket
SwivellyTwizlers@reddit
Indeed. And with the East to West rail link between Oxford and Cambridge, Bedford is set to really transform over the next 10-20 years.
WeabooBaby@reddit
I can't wait to have a railway line between two major cities 😩 It be like we are finally advancing into the 1800s 🙌
themuddypuddle@reddit
Ipswich, possibly.
Fool5Gold@reddit
Such potential. Great transport links. But the town center is a mess of beautiful old empty buildings and shitty 80's design. The docks never took off despite millions of investment. Bury St Edmunds is eating Ipswich's lunch.
TechnicalTrash95@reddit
Southend.
Right next 7 miles of beach. Very near Leigh on sea and Thorpe Bay and within 40 mins of London. With a bit of regeneration it has a lot of potential.
Automatic_Screen1064@reddit
Second that, it's a city, great train links, great beach, close to London, plus starting to knock down them towers at Queensway ( or planning to)
TechnicalTrash95@reddit
If that whole Queensway project actually went ahead it would tidy the town up a bit. Trees down the high street too would improve it considerably
Strange_Recording931@reddit
Blackpool
bodhibirdy@reddit
Any of the coasts and cities the further north you get, really. Glasgow is regenerating. The holiday parks in Scotland are increasing. People increasingly can't afford to live down south and also increasingly can't afford holidays abroad - so this is a no brainer.
PyroTech11@reddit
Ipswich is slowly on the up. It's in a good location and is well connected. It just needs to become its own thing instead of being overshadowed by London, Norwich and Colchester
Front-Tear-7467@reddit
Peterborough
Cpan03@reddit
Chatham, it still has a long way to go but it’s getting there
Existing-Rhubarb-972@reddit
Had to scroll a long way to see the Medway Towns get a mention! I think there’s no home unfortunately, because it’s just becoming London overflow (in a shit way) due to the London councils buying up cheap property for social housing.
Mrslinkydragon@reddit
You know the flats they are building on the old go outdoors site, 80% of them have been sold to Lewisham Council for their social housing... medway is going to just become another area of london...
Melendine@reddit
Wakefield is on the London train line and whilst it isn’t run down as others mentioned, it also isn’t gentrified.
CarefulHomework8110@reddit
Armley, Leeds is very slowly getting there. With a few issues holding it back
AlterBridge24@reddit
I hope Leigh in Greater Manchester, too much potential, such little investement!
Top_Egg7315@reddit
Scunthorpe. Idk if it's a city, but I think it's up and coming
mattmgd@reddit
Can a city get gentrified? Maybe areas of a city, but a full city? People saying Sheffield - it’s way too big to say it’s being gentrified. I don’t think people realise it’s a city of 550k people with the metropolitan area of 750k people. Are parts of it getting better? Yes. Was it run down before? Parts of it, definitely. Will there still be rundown parts of it in 10 years? 100%.
I think you could look at a lot of smaller towns and cities in Lancashire - Preston, Bolton, Burnley etc. Sheffield is too big
Spottyjamie@reddit
Carlisle, money coming in finally, business improvement district starting, a few good new nonchain shops/cafes/bars starting up and being well supported
bs3_1982@reddit
WsM
Electrical_Business2@reddit
Crewe. The north cheshire footballers wife's cartel are just inching closer and closer to sunny south cheshire😁
MonkeyBoy697@reddit
If funded properly then Sheffield deserves it (and I don’t even like Sheffield)
Accomplished-Reach-4@reddit
Croydon
UnderHisEye1411@reddit
The Cronx
Maximum-Particular28@reddit
Croydon has been on the cusp for it for years, particularly around the 2010 mark but it keeps fucking it up somehow. Buildings going around East Croydon, Box Park, actual decent restaurants in South Croydon, talk of West Field taking over North End - then suddenly it goes back to shit again.
Frustib@reddit
Stabbing capital of England
Holiday_Cat_7284@reddit
I was in Croydon for the first time about a month ago and was glad to get home to Mansfield. Never felt that way before
Anaptyso@reddit
Croydon is weird because it has all the ingredients to be a great place, but still manages to be shit e.g. great transport links, green spaces, a decent sized town centre, lots of large employers etc.
mokoe101@reddit
lol every time they try they go bankrupt
Interceptor@reddit
Might seem an odd suggestion, but... Chatham. Lots of independent new businesses springing up, cheapish housing, right next to the more genteel Rochester ,fast London commute. Still has it's rough spots but there's definitely something going on.
Similar-Actuator-338@reddit
Goole
It will see the biggest shift in where it is right now to where it will be in 10 years time. The amount of serious big business money going into the place generating long term work is incredible. The town centre is hardly being touched, but that will come organically from the jobs.
Dons231@reddit
Blackpool
TheNorthernBaron@reddit
Sunderland is looking not totally shit these days. Long may it continue
Ravvick@reddit
London. It’s the most disgusting, poverty-stricken city in the country.
Lonely-Ad-5387@reddit
Rochdale - its got great transport links to central Manchester, there's green space easily accessible nearby, the centre of town is actually quite nice and property is much cheaper than Manchester itself.
Born_Price6063@reddit
is anywhere not gentrified? I live in govanhill in Glasgow where they house refugees and unfortunately even here has become gentrified and ruined by trustfund kids from England.
anarchtea@reddit
Paisley. Parts of Glasgow have gone through gentrification; the West End is on the other side of it, Southside is having its moment. If Glasgow/SPT get their arses in gear about public transport, it's fair to assume Paisley will get swallowed up in the next few decades.
Ok_Economist7901@reddit
When Bolton is as affluent as St Albans (which is the same distance from central London as Bolton is from central Manchester- 11 miles/20-30 mins on train) I’ll believe the guff about Manchester being the second city.
AdDisastrous6356@reddit
Hull
Sweet_Confusion9180@reddit
Most small towns in Devon are already becoming overcrowded and unlivable for the number of people moving down from London or further north (mostly with high paying remote jobs compared to locals)
Its been a growing problem since the pandemic.
Choice-Demand-3884@reddit
Gentrification can't come too soon for Barnstaple.
LE-NRY@reddit
Mad how Barnstaple is as sad as it is, with Saunton & Croyde a stones throw away.
Esoteric_Prurience@reddit
What do you mean? They've got those statue things on the roundabout and everything!
Hefty_Tip7383@reddit
Bradford
geoakey@reddit
Wakefield.
Also worthy of note, I think there’ll be a lot of wealthy but quite sleepy commuter towns becoming much trendier like Solihull and Bracknell.
Setting-Remote@reddit
Corby. 55 minutes from London by train, massive past investment in housing meant for Londoners, with another huge round about to start.
AmarilloMike@reddit
Oddly enough, I was looking through the comments to find Northampton for a similar reason. Plenty of investment going on in town, reasonably priced property and basically equidistant between London and Birmingham makes it pretty much the perfect commuter town (particularly if hybrid working continues).
textbook15@reddit
I'm not too knowledgeable on this, but this sounds like what Milton Keynes was supposed to be for. Do you think Northampton does/can do something that MK isn't? I know that MK is a bit soulless and Brits love to hate it, but it's not the worst place I've been to and I've heard house prices are fairly reasonable.
ThomasEichorst@reddit
You can also get square sausages and haggis on demand. Just don’t drink the tap water though
Setting-Remote@reddit
Oh, the tap water is fine - it all comes from Rutland, they're too posh for heavy metals. I'll pass on working in the new business park that they're building over the waste cells, though.
TululaDaydream@reddit
Is Dundee gentrified yet? If not, it's coming
Competitive_Golf8206@reddit
Boscombe, lots of big houses round the skanky town centre that ware slowly getting bought up and modernised
hellbentforleisure@reddit
By rights, Boscombe should be a very desirable place to live. Had some class nights out there - and one or two scary ones!
Ok_Bumblebee_2196@reddit
Grantham. Pleasant commuting town with good rail links, multiple grammar schools, buildings of historical interest and a solid middle class housing stock.
BillWilberforce@reddit
Anywhere in the South East will gentrify over that time period, even Luton.
Neither_Computer5331@reddit
This is when we’ll find out if AI has stolen all our jobs. If it has, then most places will look worse, it not, we’ve still got hope.
I’d like to see Blackpool make a real comeback. Open up a mega casino and make it a small Northern Vegas.
64gbBumFunCannon@reddit
Rhyl. (North Wales)
Insanely cheap housing, encouraging people buying first homes to move there as they can afford it.
My old hometown was very much like Rhyl and is now heavily gentrified.
flippertyflip@reddit
Ilkeston.
Geniejc@reddit
St.Helens.
It's in the right place economically and is in the middle of a big rebuild in the centre.
It still has green edges.
high_plains_grifter_@reddit
Please say blackpool 🙏
willatpenru@reddit
Swansea
Slightinsight@reddit
Birmingham
Prestigious-Slide-73@reddit
Darlington.
With multiple government departments moving in (HM Treasury, the Department for Business and Trade, and the Department for Education), large areas of the town centre are already seeing regeneration from the DEC (Darlington Economic Campus) and I hope it continues to spread.
No_Ring_3348@reddit
Wigan - spillover from Manchester now Bolton has become more expensive, likely to be young families/commuters rather than arty types
Bradford - they're really trying: city of culture 2025, new development in the city centre, Leeds is on the up and Bradford is much cheaper
Confident_Drop8326@reddit
Harlow. Bought our house for 390k, sold 4 years later for 450k. Lots of Londoners moving out that way
Objective_Quiet_751@reddit
"Gentrification" was an economic condition of the immediate post-crash period, an asset panic salved by the accrual of cultural capital. It won't exist in the same way 30 years from now.
Familiar_Benefit_776@reddit
Barnsley. It's already experiencing regeneration and growth, and is in a good location just off the M1 between Sheffield and Leeds which are also growing.
AonghusMacKilkenny@reddit
Add Wakefield to that for similar reasons.
jonschaff@reddit
The City of Bath has been outside of gentry fashion for years. Silk waistcoats and cravats. Puh-lease!
sicksquid75@reddit
Belfast, when the uk lets them go
Jpmoz999@reddit
Harwich
AnonymousTimewaster@reddit
Liverpool is a strong contender if they can get their council in order.
You just need a council who actually allows shit to be built.
Upstairs-Quail5709@reddit
London
Choice-Demand-3884@reddit
Morecambe.
Halifax.
Carlisle.
_flipsticks@reddit
As someone who spends regular time in Carlisle, I’m somewhat less optimistic
Choice-Demand-3884@reddit
English Street is looking a lot better. Some new shops opening. Once the uni moves into the Citadel and the station approach is revamped I think it could be transformational.
Botchergate needs booting into the sea and replacing with a nice park.
I lived in Carlisle in the early 90s. It was a neat, thriving city full of character and life back then.
TheLittleChikk@reddit
I hear people are moving to Rochdale now because of its real close proximity to Manchester. Wouldn't be surprised if we see it gentrified a little in the coming years.
Middle-Yesterday-818@reddit
Swindon
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