Well I can see what you're saying about the legacy of those policies, but it doesn't mean that a huge number of "normal" people weren't elevated by 80s Tory policy.
The loss of public housing isn't really a Thatcherism problem - since Major the building of social housing has virtually stopped. That policy worked, and it could have been protected by politicians but instead they chose not to deal with it. She turned the taps on and it was up to
Also, some towns needed to die. Coal was dead, shipbuilding was entirely unprofitable, our car industry was a disgrace, 3 day weeks, blackouts - compare the country in 1980 to 1990 and the country was completely transformed for the better.