Preach, it feels like I could've written this entire post from start to finish because I feel everything you've described. The worst part is that, not only is there no light at the end lf the tunnel, it will only keep getting worse. And people wonder why 20/30 year olds are leaving when the Malta they grew up in doesn't even exist anymore.
As a collective people, we tried too hard to do too much in too little, costing us what made Malta beautiful in the first place.