I had relations who sold the house and moved when it become so hard to cross the road too much traffic,the road are the same in cardiff,I have hear of people getting a bus into town then one back out just to get to the shops other side of a busy road,
The road now is more like a motorway with the amount of traffic and lots of them very large lorries for the dock. It uised to be a lovely tree lined road when I went toSt Wilfrid's whic is now a large new estate of houses.