[JohnnyB]

Definitely seems worse to me. The pandemic was really hard on a lot of people, and inflation has kept making it harder and harder for many.

It also seems noticeable since they cleared out the tents around Hastings that the number of people in rough shape has gone up elsewhere, as would be expected. For me, it's also not just the violence and crime that's upsetting . The frequency with which you see people lying on the ground or slumped over in a corner and quite plausibly dead takes a toll.