Jacksgranda Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Dele said: Stoke. An absolute shithole filled with backwards racist arsehole. 3 hours ago, Andrew Wells said: Cardiff is filled with arseholes. If they get fed up they could do a swap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 hours ago, Angusfifer said: I stayed in Bristol for 4 years in the late 1980s. I can't say I was made to feel overly welcome for the most part by the native English. I used to mostly hang out with other migrant workers. In saying that, Bristol seems to have become more liberal in recent years, strongly voting remain in the Brexit debacle and it always had potential as a cultural location. There was a thriving, slightly underground soul music scene, the Western Star Domino Club was fantastic on a Friday night, where you also got a glimpse of the young black kids celebrating the hip hop stuff that was on the rise. I realise that I seem to be bigging the place up, but there was a lot of anti-Scottish sentiment I had to deal with at the time. Glad to see Bristol appears to have moved on though... Maybe it was just you... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Maybe it was just you... Why would you say that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackislekillie Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I quite like Dougie Wallace's photos of Blackpoolhttp://www.dougiewallace.com/blackpoolMore horror than Don McCullin saw photographing the Vietnam war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Hull 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Anywhere in Kent. The Gammon Utopia. Also anywhere in and around Stoke. Another Gammon safe haven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Pontypridd, Merthyr Tydfil, Bristol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Has Fleetwood been mentioned yet? Accidentally spent a day there on holiday a few years ago. Wandered around for ages looking for something, *anything* to do. Sod all apart from an inexplicably-located "designer village" of overpriced shops a little outside the town boundaries. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Having lived in NE England for a good few years now I'll add my voice to those nominating Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Whitley Bay (although WB has allegedly been spruced up a bit in recent times). I'll also mention North Shields. If you think South Shields is bad... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahid khan Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Most of my suggestions to put forward have been mentioned already. Only places I can nominate that hasn't been mentioned yet, I don't think, is Bridlington and Rhyl. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Bootle is fucking awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Bootle is fucking awful.Actually add anywhere in and around Merseyside. Permanently angry criminals with an awful accent thrown in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, mizfit said: Actually add anywhere in and around Merseyside. Permanently angry criminals with an awful accent thrown in. Indeed but anywhere which embraces the use of "Strand" shouldn't be quite as unremittingly bleak as it is when the reality strikes you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester Desmond Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 A few years ago I had to go to a place called Hattersley, just outside Manchester. Its big claim to fame is that Myra Hindley lived there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Cort's Hamstring Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I taught in Barking in East London for 4 years, and these are all things that happened within 100 yards of my classroom in that time: People shagging in broad daylight within view of the class. People sh*tting in broad daylight within view of the class. People shooting up within view of the class. All the cars in the staff car park being broken into. Several mass brawls with weapons. A rape A murder A serial killer dumping his victims' bodies. It still wasn't as grim as Blackpool though. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I taught in Barking in East London for 4 years, and these are all things that happened within 100 yards of my classroom in that time: People shagging in broad daylight within view of the class. People sh*tting in broad daylight within view of the class. People shooting up within view of the class. All the cars in the staff car park being broken into. Several mass brawls with weapons. A rape A murder A serial killer dumping his victims' bodies. It still wasn't as grim as Blackpool though. Did these things stop happening when you left? [emoji848] 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 49 minutes ago, Carl Cort's Hamstring said: I taught in Barking in East London for 4 years, and these are all things that happened within 100 yards of my classroom in that time: People shagging in broad daylight within view of the class. People sh*tting in broad daylight within view of the class. Practical Biology lessons, what's not to like? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatowner Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Here's a handy guide to the nice parts of the UK (excluding Scotland). I’m not having it. To name just a few places: That map includes Brixton where the term “eat your kids” originated and Millwall and where they recently filmed the remake of the film Towering Inferno. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Actually add anywhere in and around Merseyside. Permanently angry criminals with an awful accent thrown in. To be fair to Merseyside, there are a lot of very nice towns & villages around here. Where it is shit it is spectacularly world class shit however. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 57 minutes ago, Moomintroll said: 16 hours ago, mizfit said: Actually add anywhere in and around Merseyside. Permanently angry criminals with an awful accent thrown in. To be fair to Merseyside England The World, there are a lot of very nice towns & villages around here. Where it is shit it is spectacularly world class shit however. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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