Pub and banks have been disappearing from communities rather rapidly over the last 20 - 30 years. With pubs its because fewer people are drinking and its cheape

Pub and banks have been disappearing from communities rather rapidly over the last 20 - 30 years. With pubs its because fewer people are drinking and its cheaper to buy your drinks from a supermarket or an off-licence. Communities in London are also changing, the white working class have moved out to the suburbs or out of the city entirely, the newer communities either dont drink or dont have a pub going tradition. But there are no real community hubs that have taken over.