Doncaster: the vibe
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The verdict
Wary · 30Commenters paint Doncaster as struggling, with boarded-up streets, deindustrialisation and decline, though some note a thriving high street and a fond affection for hometown nights out.
- community spirit
- nightlife for a night out
- thriving high street pockets
- people's resilience
- boarded-up streets
- decline since deindustrialisation
- cost of living
- poor housing condition
- lack of jobs
- council incompetence
- Doncaster has declined badly and feels worse with every visit.
- Working-class towns like this have been left behind by government.
- Cheap houses come with risk from neighbouring derelict properties.
- Still a fun place for a night out.
- Community members care deeply about their town.
Read from 8 videos, 40 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
The £5,000 Houses And Boarded Up Streets Of Doncaster
Wandering Turnip · 896K views · 2023
What viewers said
“hi wandering turnip, i just want to give you a bit of history to some of those buildings you pointed out in this video , lets begin with friday , saturday, and sunday nights are heaving with drinkers and clubbers also student nights get bus”
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“When so many people are homeless or overcrowded, seeing homes get into this state is heartbreaking and infuriating.”
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“Nothing like a quick poverty tour to make me feel positive about my life.”
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“It seems that one of the massive problems with those terrace houses is that you can make yours as nice as you can but if the next door house is derelict and someone torches it then your house goes up in flames too. Why would anyone try and ”
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“I proudly completed an engineering apprenticeship in a car factory in 77-81, I got made redundant! I moved into light engineering, redundant again. I retrained as a nurse, my hospital closed. I moved cities (got on my bike, remember Norman ”
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“My heart goes out to the people of donny I would never of imagined things had got so bad it makes me feel very grateful for my little high street that’s thriving right now it also hits home what the cost of living is doing to the working cl”
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“Adrian Welch must be exhausted from smashing windows at night, boarding them up by day, and carrying that heavy wallet around town :D”
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“Like a lot of other commenters, I also grew up in Donny. To see it in that state, breaks my heart. I moved a long time a go, always said I'd never go back to live there, but still. The pool I learnt to swim in, boarded up. The library I use”
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“One of the best channels around. Showing how things are in ex mining towns.”
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“I live in a town in Greater Manchester called Ashton-under -lyne. It was once a thriving market town with a nationally famous market, people used to come from all over the north to see the market. The town 10-15 years ago was pretty much de”
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