Grim towns you've visited lately...
Discussion
Most towns have unpleasant areas and a few pleasant ones and it's probably a bit unreasonable to expect commuter towns to be particularly characterful, but I recall going into Whitehaven on a hiking holiday once.
Blimey... It's a seaside town in the Lake District, but it was horrible... It may have improved this was long time ago, but GRIM was definitely the word...
One town that surprised me was Dorchester. I drove through there recently and, whether for better or worse, it has changed dramatically!
M.
PS Oh, and Preston, I spent two hours there swapping coaches going to the Lake District. 3 months in prison would've been preferable!
Blimey... It's a seaside town in the Lake District, but it was horrible... It may have improved this was long time ago, but GRIM was definitely the word...
One town that surprised me was Dorchester. I drove through there recently and, whether for better or worse, it has changed dramatically!
M.
PS Oh, and Preston, I spent two hours there swapping coaches going to the Lake District. 3 months in prison would've been preferable!
Edited by marcosgt on Thursday 28th July 17:10
Kenty said:
For grimness it is a draw between Grimsby and Hull - no contest!
Hull is far, far worse. I have lived and worked in both places. Grimsby is a godforsaken dump, but Hull is unspeakably horrible.I have also worked in South Kirkby, near S Elmsall. Bloody horrible places both. Whoever mentioned Goldthorpe had it right. See also Mexborough, Wath on Dearne, all those towns near Barnsley.
Has nobody mentioned Oldham? Now that place is shocking. Nearly on the same scale as hull.
My Mother lives on the Inner Promenade in St Annes on Sea, over the past five years this area has begun to decline, a Town with some grand old houses, once a very desirable place to live, each house thats sells nowadays seems to become either flats or a HMO, many of the new residents are members of that club 'The great unwashed' if a place like this is in decline then god help the rest of the North West.
marcosgt said:
Most towns have unpleasant areas and a few pleasant ones and it's probably a bit unreasonable to expect commuter towns to be particularly characterful, but I recall going into Whitehaven on a hiking holiday once.
Blimey... It's a seaside town in the Lake District, but it was horrible... It may have improved this was long time ago, but GRIM was definitely the word...
One town that surprised me was Dorchester. I drove through there recently and, whether for better or worse, it has changed dramatically!
M.
PS Oh, and Preston, I spent two hours there swapping coaches going to the Lake District. 3 months in prison would've been preferable!
Blimey... It's a seaside town in the Lake District, but it was horrible... It may have improved this was long time ago, but GRIM was definitely the word...
One town that surprised me was Dorchester. I drove through there recently and, whether for better or worse, it has changed dramatically!
M.
PS Oh, and Preston, I spent two hours there swapping coaches going to the Lake District. 3 months in prison would've been preferable!
Edited by marcosgt on Thursday 28th July 17:10
It still has its rougher bits but it's ok on the by and large now - plenty of spit and polish has gone on and the local regen board have pumped some money in.
tehole, populated by the most unfriendly, unwelcoming and aggressive people on the planet.drivin_me_nuts said:
richyb said:
scotal said:
SoapyShowerBoy said:
Chatham, Kent. The arse of England.
Strood, or swanscombe make Ch'am look like the pinnacle of high society. Edited by e21Mark on Friday 29th July 07:43
forest07 said:
Anyone been to Gainsborough!
Don't remember Gainsborough being as grim as all that. Calling Leeds "dangerous" is a bit much as well. Sure, hang around Harehills, Gipton and Chapeltown late at night and you'll not like it, but that's like saying that London is a horrifying dump because Deptford and similar areas are bloody horrible.
trickywoo said:
Leigh-on-sea
I've seen a few down at heal towns and been around long enough to remember when large parts of Brighton were awful but Leigh-on-sea today is properly dire.
I wouldn't say it was particularly grim as such but it certainly is now chock full of possibly the worst mix of people you could imagine:I've seen a few down at heal towns and been around long enough to remember when large parts of Brighton were awful but Leigh-on-sea today is properly dire.
Loudmouth hedge fund managing look-how-important-I-am-because-I-have-a-big-car twunts and TOWIE wannabes.
Le TVR said:
My singularly worst memory of the UK has to be Blackpool. Nowhere else even came close.
Born, bred, and full season ticket. You need to be in the right mindset. Stab someone for their kebab then trade it for for a blow job in a bus shelter from a paralytic munter from Blackburn.
Job jobbed.
Gassing Station | Holidays & Travel | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff