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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's really something to see an area decline in your lifetime

Like the poster above,I'm from Romania,born after the fall of communism and I actively remember there being more people in my town when I was young (I'm still living here for the time being)

Now,to be fair,it's a smaller town,less populated area,but both me and my mom who now works and practically lives in Norway can recall a time when there were more people in the city

When I was born we had almost 100k people,the biggest recorded population in our history,and now we're at something below 65k,it's really wild,I can recall the town being a little more lively,but now it's not empty,but just...it feels like something is missing

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

That must be pretty grim to watch. I imagine that's probably happening all over Europe now as cost of living keep climbing and opportunities become scarce. People who can end up leaving for greener pastures.