A lot of people have stopped going to pubs and pubs are closing. Maybe because paying £2 for a pint in a slightly smokey atmosphere was better than paying £4.80p in a body odour atmosphere.
For sure. Moved out of Brighton 25 years ago. Pined for it for the first few years. Nowadays the idea of standing in a black hole surrounded by arty fartys, paying near on 5 squid a pint, does not seem so appealing.