What happened to this beautiful city?
For context I was born in Portsmouth and grew up there for over 25 years. Between the late 80s and mid 2000s Portsmouth was a gorgeous city. Vibrant town centre, well kept and just generally a nice place to live. Going through the city yesterday. Fratton road and north end are awful and full of the same shops over and over, not to mention it looks filthy. Commercial road is awful and full of graffiti, homelessness, drug use and mostly closed shops.
What happened to this once beautiful city? I still love Portsmouth and to see it decline so badly is heartbreaking.