Thirty to forty years ago, not too long ago in the grand scheme of things, places like Hackney and Islington in London, where my grandparents grew up were predominantly indigenous white working class British strongholds. Now these areas are completely different. The culture of these areas has completely changed. The pubs have closed down, the community centres closed down, expensive boutiqes and wine bars are everywhere and working people can no longer afford to buy a box let alone a flat to live in. Its all completely changed. Imagine being someone who grew up in these communities who no longer fits in in their own community because mass immigration from unfamiliar cultures like those YUPEEs with their high incomes, no kids and desire to gentrify what were salt of the earth places to live and work? You're the odd one out. I recently had a conversation about this with my grandparents and it's sad what has happened to some of our communities. A lack of integration of people with money and a working class culture and traditions have led to parts of Britain no longer being recognisable as British. No more can you walk into a pub and buy roast beef and Yorkshire pud. It is now deconstructed Apple Struddle.
The problem is that some on the left won't even recognise that this is a problem, instead calling the locals of these areas racist for being concerned about the overhaul of their neighbourhoods. It just makes me feel extremely sad, parts of Britain have been lost.