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![Birdyword Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::138141969.png) Mike Bird [@Birdyword](/creator/twitter/Birdyword) on x 96.6K followers
Created: 2025-07-24 13:59:17 UTC

This is a very "guy who's been away ages" chat, but Leeds city centre has seemed progressively better in recent years. There was a long period post-2008 where I thought it was death spiralling. Now v few vacancies, lots of nice restaurants, less obvious social decay on show


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