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Dying Quietly: English Suburbs and the Stiff Upper Lip
Author(s) -
Dorling Danny
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the political quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-923X
pISSN - 0032-3179
DOI - 10.1111/1467-923x.12579
Subject(s) - austerity , hindsight bias , falling (accident) , brexit , poverty , face (sociological concept) , life expectancy , history , political science , sociology , demographic economics , demography , psychology , law , economics , social science , social psychology , european union , population , psychiatry , politics , economic policy
The English suburbs are dying. Years of austerity have slowly changed the landscape. Poverty is now common in the suburbs. Since 2014, life expectancy has been falling across most of England, especially in the suburbs. Now infant mortality rates are also rising year on year (unlike anywhere else in Europe). In hindsight it is not surprising that the majority of suburban English people voted Brexit, most noticeably in the Home Counties. Middle England is understandably angry. No more fortitude in the face of adversity and the hiding of emotions. The stiff up lip has slipped. Change is in the air.