The lack of services by most councils
The normal things that should be done, street cleaning, trimming the trees and shrubs, weed killing, painting buildings and railings etc, fixing worn out or broken footpaths.
A few examples, on a small green a tree fell over 4 years ago, they cut the grass around it.
A wobbly paving slab was marked with a white circle for attention, 4 weeks later a twat with a hammer broke it in two, it does not wobble but not the answer.
The local park somehow got " Green Flag " status, and 300k funding, but the railings are rusted scrap metal, not seen paint for 30 years according to those around longer than me, and the footpaths are smashed every morning, by the twat in a 3.5 tonne truck who tears around from bin to bin emptying them.
New build estates look clean and tidy, because the council take the council tax, but residents pay a service charge for private service, other than emptying bins, as part of planning consent.
The streets in some places, with shitty run down shops, look third world
