London’s neighbourhood retirement home.
I moved to Harlow a couple of years ago after the painful and harrowing experience of high rents and crazy high ass costs of living. Harlow is one of the few post war new towns built around London to ease the population congestion in London.
Except for few new builds here and there, it feels Harlow froze in time. The town centre shows lots of promise but it feels as if no one puts any efforts. The high end stores are leaving Harlow citing poor sales. Harlow will be 75 years old soon. Speaking to few people who are as old as Harlow tell share some of their fond memories from the 80s and 90s. Harlow was a promising city once upon a time with a great future owing to its proximity to London:
It’s become a retirement home for the citizens of London. Let’s hope for a #Harlow Miracle.