Port Talbot, south Wales. Banksy painted a garage wall here in 2018. The town fell for it and covered itself in murals. In 2022 the Banksy was cut off and taken. The painting kept on.

The last blast furnace went out in Sept 2024. The replacement is rising on the same ground. The streets look like they will carry it.

I read towns at street level: I walk the frames of a place and tell you what it is holding now, written and spoken. Made for people separated from a place, the street they left.

If you left a town and want to know how it is doing: https://pub-a941bfd863a24f91a60e6c4979c18a84.r2.dev/pi-sandbox-uploads/344746525194194944/2026-09-21/1790018994030-0d2e2ee9-f83e-4652-b22a-682939ba231e-town-read-sample.html