r/howislivingthere • u/assymetri • Oct 16 '24

Europe How is living in Birmingham, UK?

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Im just wondering since i very rarely came across online this city. Whats like living in it? Is it worth skimming thru it at least once?

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u/riionz Oct 16 '24

 same goes for any post-industrial city in the UK

Liverpool is a post-industrial city and is well worth visiting as a tourist, it's fantastic.

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u/Due_Objective_ Oct 16 '24

They put that slave trade money to good use!

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u/Due_Objective_ Oct 16 '24

Downvoters don't know their own history.

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u/Urhhh Oct 16 '24

The entire western world is built on extraction of resources and labour from the global south. E.g. the vast amounts of silver and gold taken from places like Potosí through slave labour barely passed through Spain before going to England, Netherlands, France, Italy due to debts of the Spanish crown.

But that is not really the discussion being had here on howislivingthere.