No disrepsect here but I'm old enough to remember the UK in times when fist fights were in the papers.
Knife crime, drugs and yobbery is incredibly more severe now than it has ever been in the past. Many of the older forum members would agree with me on this.
The UK media is very good, if anything in times past even better than today, the police were also very effective and well trusted by the community.
Do yourself a favour, book a cheap flight to Dublin and walk the street. Take a look around and compare this to London.
Better still, take a drive out to Cumbria and take a look at places like Dent,Hawes etc. This is what ALL of the UK used to be like when I was a young lad.
If you are only 20 odd years old then you are used to what you see now and perceive it as "normal", I'm old enough to have seen Britain when times were much different.
If youngsters are worried about being perceived as "chavs" by wearing hoodies or nike caps then for goodness sake...take the damn things off, you'll save a few bob and probably a lot of hassle. The clothing has become a "label", it was as inevitable as night following day
