Why “Streets” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
I remember watching a video of retail tycoon Mike Ashley at a UK Parliament Select Committee hearing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn3p7by5F0I A lot of what he…
by paulbjensen · Nov 5, 2026
UK high streets have been in some kind of decline (IMO) for decades now. Long before online shopping, COVID and its repercussions, and the current wave of street crime (phones,…
by nickdothutton · Nov 5, 2026
UK's high streets really are depressing. More than half of the shops are retail chains with stupidly bright colors that clash with the local architecture. The other half is chea…
by d--b · Nov 5, 2026
Commercial property on our high streets is owned, in the main, by foreign investment firms that treat it as an asset. In many cases you can’t find out who the owner is. There’s…
by Lio · Nov 5, 2026
The homelessness problem in the bay area is mostly caused by the extremely high housing prices, which are ultimately caused by NIMBYism; and by the stupid and self-destructive e…
by JuniperMesos · Nov 5, 2026
What, have the gambling shops fallen to their online rivals? They were really dominating last I visited, which is admittedly some 8-10 years ago. But yeah, UK main streets have…
by vintermann · Nov 5, 2026
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Streets is the plural of street, a type of road. Read more on Wikipedia