> It would be like the UK allowing Oxford or Cambridge to become a slum, the universities moving away and the old buildings becoming derelict. Or the Sydney Opera House going vacant and letting squatters move in.
Or the Roman Forum going from the centre of life in the world's most powerful empire to cattle field? [0]
Or the Roman Forum going from the centre of life in the world's most powerful empire to cattle field? [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Forum#Medieval