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The UK did do that to large swathes of Northern England. Changing times comes for everyone in the end

• marcus_holmes 6mo ago
  Agreed, and I'm sure at one time the UK was seen as an industrial and mining powerhouse and people raised with that image would be sad at the change. But by the time Thatcher trashed the North that wasn't really true any more. I don't think the UK went from an industrial giant to a desolate wasteland in a single generation like Detroit did. I could be wrong, though.
  • lmm 6mo ago
    > I don't think the UK went from an industrial giant to a desolate wasteland in a single generation like Detroit did. I could be wrong, though. Glasgow went from a prosperous shipbuilding town to the heroin capital of Europe. Sheffield also collapsed fairly dramatically with the loss of the steel industry, though maybe it didn't quite fall so far.
    • volemo 6mo ago
      > Sheffield also collapsed fairly dramatically with the loss of the steel industry Nah, Sheffield is supported by their main export — Doctor Who’s companions. :D
  • adi_kurian 6mo ago
    Grew up in Sunderland and have spent plenty time in the Rust Belt. Sunderland's worse.
  • cal_dent 6mo ago
    Yeah that's fair point. The closest from that perspective would be the collapse of shipbuilding in places like Sunderland or Hull or maybe textile mills in burnley. But not as significant in terms of global cultural importance i guess