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@Oliver Schick
Yes, a lot of poor economic choices (reduction of economic diversity, undue enhancement of larger centres, a general drive towards 'efficiency' and 'productivity', etc.) have done this to a lot of small towns. We say 'small towns', but they are anything but small, of course. One big culprit is hypermobility, so that most people now just drive to either a larger place or to somewhere out of town, instead of walking or cycling locally, and hypermobility has also been a major factor in economic structures becoming far less sustainable, all of which is felt in places like Wisbech.