Frank Hovis Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 You do know the connection between Gloucester and your avatar right? Well I do now. I would have liked to have seen Gloucester prior to the 1960s redevelopment of the centre. It was probably a nice county town then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Most of the South East of England - just one big commuter community usually with dull shopping centres and full of people who get up early to get a train into London, then who get home late from London.No character, no sense of identity, just one big blandness. Not wishing to generalise of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_dork Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Top=Luton. Some nice places around it but the town typifies all that is wrong with the country-car dependent, utilitarian, chain stored, segregated, ignorant, violent, ugly. I'd also nominate, not in particular order: Margate Stevenage Doncaster Bradford Carlisle Worst in London-Hounslow Surprised by some of the nominations, Sheffield is thriving, Machester and Leeds are perfectly fine, Southampton is nice enough, Cardiff is improving. My priority is to get up to a semi-decent wage and then leave the London hellhole I reside in (paying a parasite landlord for the privelage!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchbux Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 There are so many in my area. Basingrad and Alderscheiss (has improved slightly) but by far the worst is Bracknell. I was in Crawley recently and cannot think of a reason why I would want to go back there. Harlow did not reek of sophistication and elegance either. I guess a lot of these M25 satellite towns are all identikit s**tholes. Bracknell was going to be on my list, but thanks for reminding me about Harlow. Oldham Dewsbury Worksop Pontypridd Worthing Plymouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givemethegun Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 No ladies and gentlemen, we have to agree on a winner and I nominate Bridgend as Britains most depressing town as the locals keep voting with their lives, and they should know. Who can have a problem with that then ? Bridgend is scary and depressing and dark and not even taking into account the above. Curry sauce n chips from the indoor market brightens things slightly tho edit: Oh and Pontypridd yes, never been to Newport but looks like a right dump and also only ever seen Port Talbot from the motorway but looks terrible.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest มร หล Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Bracknell was going to be on my list, but thanks for reminding me about Harlow.Oldham Dewsbury Worksop Pontypridd Worthing Plymouth Ponty! Ponty's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashedOutAndBurned Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 1. Luton 2. Wolverhampton 3. Bradford 4. Gloucester 5. Bridgwater 6. Watford 7. Coventry 8. Swindon 9. Yeovil 10. Telford There may be much crapper places - these are just ones visited that stick in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Tarbuck Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I take it none of you have been to West Bromwich then? A curious little place - I recall my walks to the town centre were through broken glass, blood and sh*t (and yet no dogs about bar the odd council warriors Pit Bull so must have been human!).. The shopping centre is creepily plagued by these horroble black birds that crowd in the roof tops and sh*t down the whole time whilst squawking and flying at people. Hell hole! Coventry's up there too - with Croydon, Nottingham and Worcester coming up on the outside as a somewhere that's going to the dogs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Deflation Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 CoventryDagenham Blackpool Burnley Oldham Chatham Swindon Portsmouth Birmingham Luton Plenty more such as Stevenage & Chatteris, what are your top 10 worst? Never been to Coventry, Dagenham, Luton or Swindow - so can't offer a first-hand opinion. Birmingham's a horrible soulless place. Blackpool is tacky, but it does have a certain charm. Great place to visit for a weekend, but wouldn't want to live there. Burnley and Oldham are dives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seydel Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I found Luton to be unremittingly awful. So bad, in fact, that dumps the like of Burnley, Bradford, Oldham and Portsmouth don't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath. However, if we can count Wales in too, then Luton is like Beverly Hills compared to Merthyr and Rhondda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotus eater Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Bracknell was going to be on my list, but thanks for reminding me about Harlow.Oldham Dewsbury Worksop Pontypridd Worthing Plymouth Worthing's not that bad, especially since you no longer get the stink either from the Beecham factory or on shore winds from the sewage. Only problem now are the chavs that move out there from overpriced Brighton. Good shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 All these pale into insignificance when Jaywick is taken into consideration http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/4771660.stm Jaywick, drove through there the other weekend , its like going back in time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightiesgirly Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Leigh, the only place I've ever seen three generations of the same family pregnant at once. They were accompanied by a lone spotty, hooded, mouth breathing youth. Probably the sperm donor to all three. Dire place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokercola Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 From my experience: Slough Croydon Swindon Reading (SO DULL) Didcot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Jaywick, drove through there the other weekend , its like going back in time . Its like beirut. Or what i expect beirut is like. Nice sandy beach though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry AKA Pod Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Probably not all big enough to be classed as Towns: Glossop Saltburn by the Sea Redcar Sleaford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Leigh, the only place I've ever seen three generations of the same family pregnant at once.They were accompanied by a lone spotty, hooded, mouth breathing youth. Probably the sperm donor to all three. Dire place. People run this country down but, I know, I'm just not going to get these sort of entertaining sights if I emigrate to Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horridbloke Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Yes never got this one. Why? Cheltenham and Cirencester are lovely. How did Gloucester happen? Cheltenham isn't lovely. It only looks nice because it's next to Gloucester. Twenty thousand years ago a large meteorite hit Birmingham, hurling a big section of it fifty or sixty miles south. Where it became known as Gloucester. The end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prescience Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I'm quite surprised no one has mentioned Harlow: new town dormitory of human excrecence. And perhaps worse, have none of you guys heard of Chavtown? http://www.chavtowns.co.uk/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry AKA Pod Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Ponty! Ponty's great! Ponte Carlo (Pontefract) Cas Vegas (Castleford) The dog track just outside of Pontefract is the best thing about Ponte Carlo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Probably not all big enough to be classed as Towns:Glossop Saltburn by the Sea Redcar Sleaford I haven't seen Barnsley mentioned anywhere ____________ Is there a Question Time thread in the pipeline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Cheltenham isn't lovely. It only looks nice because it's next to Gloucester.Twenty thousand years ago a large meteorite hit Birmingham, hurling a big section of it fifty or sixty miles south. Where it became known as Gloucester. The end. Like you get the signs you're now entering 'Catherine Cookson Country', perhaps Gloucester council could spend some of the money they're spending on wallpapering empty shop windows with some new signs that inform visitors they're now entering 'Fred West Country'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry AKA Pod Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I haven't seen Barnsley mentioned anywhere____________ Is there a Question Time thread in the pipeline? Drove through it once. Didn't seem as bad as I imagined. Sadly I once lived with someone from Elsecar, who tarnished all Barnsley folk forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Like you get the signs you're now entering 'Catherine Cookson Country', perhaps Gloucester council could spend some of the money they're spending on wallpapering empty shop windows with some new signs that inform visitors they're now entering 'Fred West Country'. Whats wrong with Gloucester? Cotwolds nearby, Wales not far. Plus where else can you buy a four bed detached for under £120k in the south? http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sa...auction%3Dfalse Never been there mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Whats wrong with Gloucester? Cotwolds nearby, Wales not far. Plus where else can you buy a four bed detached for under £120k in the south?http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sa...auction%3Dfalse Never been there mind. Frankly I'd rather buy a house in Chernobyl, it's up and coming mind, regeneration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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