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worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:34 pm

That you have been to.

For me in no particular order:-

Dundee
Sunderland
Newport
Swindon
Stoke
Gillingham
Livingston
Middlesborough
Wolverhampton
West Bromich

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:37 pm

Swansea
Newport
Swindon
Preston
Nottingham

Peterbrough looked nice the other day tho

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:38 pm

newport

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:56 pm

swansea
bradford
newport
liverpool
manchester
sheffield
wattstown
tylorstown
motherwell
falkirk
belfast
butetown

i could go on forever :D ;)

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:02 pm

Newport lol

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:36 pm

Blaina
Brynmawr
Stratford
Ogmore Vale
Fochriw
Blackpool - Apart from the golden mile :lol:
Swansea

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:41 pm

Dundee
Airdrie
Blackburn
Barnsley
Livingston
Darlington
Middlesborough
Dumbarton
Coatbridge
:lol:

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:46 pm

Doncaster
Todmorden
Bodmin
Hamilton
Hull
Preston
Swindon

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:47 pm

Newport
Swansea
Glasgow
Liverpool
Manchester
Bradford
Wigan
Burnley
Aberdare
Merthyr

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:15 pm

i see newport is quite un-popular :lol:

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:23 pm

Lets be fair South Wales has its fair share of "shitty cities"

Pembroke Dock
Milford Haven
Port Talbot
Aberavon
Newport
etc etc

but there are places such as

Wigan
St Helens
Most of London
Liverpool
most of the Midlands

in fact your better off starting athread from the opposite end of the spectrum i.e. best towns/cities in UK

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 4:18 pm

Newport number one by a mile
Bradford
Halifax
Gillingham
Blackpool (great when its dark)
Blackburn
Middlesbrough
Scunthorpe
Grimsby
Portsmouth
Sunderland
Carlisle

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:39 pm

It depends on how you are judging this. I live in Newport and agree it's pretty grim but there are far worse places in the UK. The East End of London is awful, as is Mosside in Manchester, Sparbrooke in Birmingham and Toxteth In Liverpool.

On the other side of the coin I remember parking up in Cockfosters for the Arsenal game and it was full of toffee nosed wankers.

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:41 pm

Moss side etc are suburbs thou.

Cardiff has some dodgy suburbs, but overall its a decent place.

Indeed , Cardiff is sixth best city in the United Kingdom for shopping, according to a poll in November 2009, surpassing other cities such as Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.( since SD2 completion)

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:53 pm

Joff wrote:Moss side etc are suburbs thou.

Cardiff has some dodgy suburbs, but overall its a decent place.

Indeed , Cardiff is sixth best city in the United Kingdom for shopping, according to a poll in November 2009, surpassing other cities such as Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh and Newcastle upon Tyne.( since SD2 completion)


Oh right I did ask on what criteria this survey was being based so it seems the answer is shopping. :geek: I'll duck out here then as that's a bit naff for a football related forum :lol:

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:55 pm

no not at all, I was just giving you and example of what consitutes a good city.

Besides , what is wrong with shopping and buying nice footie clobber ?

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:57 pm

Joff wrote:no not at all, I was just giving you and example of what consitutes a good city.

Besides , what is wrong with shopping and buying nice footie clobber ?


I was only joking, but when you are a fat b*stard like me shopping is restricted to the oversized shops :lol:

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:05 pm

Southend

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:27 pm

Joff wrote:That you have been to.

For me in no particular order:-

Dundee
Sunderland
Newport
Swindon
Stoke
Gillingham
Livingston
Middlesborough
Wolverhampton
West Bromich




Newport, Newport, Newport and Bradford.

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:28 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
Joff wrote:That you have been to.

For me in no particular order:-

Dundee
Sunderland
Newport
Swindon
Stoke
Gillingham
Livingston
Middlesborough
Wolverhampton
West Bromich




Newport, Newport, Newport and Bradford.



I live in the lovely shit hole of Newport :( o the lovely city of Newport......NOT


definely Newport for me

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:29 pm

Newport and rhyl

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:30 pm

milly44 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
Joff wrote:That you have been to.

For me in no particular order:-

Dundee
Sunderland
Newport
Swindon
Stoke
Gillingham
Livingston
Middlesborough
Wolverhampton
West Bromich




Newport, Newport, Newport and Bradford.



I live in the lovely shit hole of Newport :( o the lovely city of Newport......NOT


definely Newport for me



I pay my council Tax to them, but a Cardiff post code, dont mention it to Baz.

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:37 pm

PtB wrote:Dundee
Airdrie
Blackburn
Barnsley
Livingston
Darlington
Middlesborough
Dumbarton
Coatbridge
:lol:

Quite a few Scottish places-how the hell arent Grangemouth and Cumbernauld in there????

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:39 pm

Gareth (Wilts) wrote:
PtB wrote:Dundee
Airdrie
Blackburn
Barnsley
Livingston
Darlington
Middlesborough
Dumbarton
Coatbridge
:lol:

Quite a few Scottish places-how the hell arent Grangemouth and Cumbernauld in there????


Fair play, Don't now how I missed Cumbernauld.

I don't count Grangemouth as a place up here - it should be boarded up and forgotten about lol

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:43 pm

Swansea
Hersham
The north of England

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:48 pm

I live in Nottingham but am a student in Newcastle (final year journalism if you must know)


Ive lived in Nottingham for 7 years and I hate the place, its full of chavs, the accent and alot of the people are just vile and as you know crime is ridiculous, its a shit and expensive night out...Where'as I could easily see myself living in Newcastle for the rest of my life after travelling etc...

But there are plenty of dumps out there!

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:55 pm

Liverpool was friggin awfull a complete slum. City of Culture indeed.
Town centre spot on thow. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:27 pm

Rochdale is missing!

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sun Jan 03, 2010 5:37 pm

I always find ex-heavy industrial towns and current working ports are pretty shitty.

Dover and Holyhead are dire, Middlesboro and Stoke are awful. Liverpool is still a big working port and therefore suffers.

Although Cardiff WAS one of the biggest working ports at one point it is now far enough in it's past to make the City look pretty decent.

I quite like Bristol, it's dock area died many moons ago so also gains from redevelopment. They moved their ships to Avonmouth which really is a dive.

Re: worst Towns/cities in the uk

Sun Jan 03, 2010 6:44 pm

newport
llanelli