Escape from London

[TGTiff]

OK a bit of a laugh and I have had some red.
Anyone support an 'Escape from New York' style prison for London to be turned into, as it has turned into a complete $hit hole!!

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TGTiff said:

OK a bit of a laugh and I have had some red.
Anyone support an 'Escape from New York' style prison for London to be turned into, as it has turned into a complete $hit hole!!

[grumbledoak]

TGTiff said:

OK a bit of a laugh and I have had some red.
Anyone support an 'Escape from New York' style prison for London to be turned into, as it has turned into a complete $hit hole!!

Could you just not come? I'm sure we'll cope without you.

[Blib]

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[valiant]

The monthly London bashing thread is a little early this month.

Trains back to whatever sthole you’re from op leave every half hour.

[gus607]

You mean Londonabad.

[tangerine_sedge]

gus607 said:

You mean Londonabad.

That's basically the crux of most of these London/Bradford bashing threads. Mostly by people who don't actually live or work there...

[123DWA]

gus607 said:

You mean Londonabad.

With all the reastaurants & shows etc i thought Londonagood.

[rodericb]

tangerine_sedge said:

That's basically the crux of most of these London/Bradford bashing threads. Mostly by people who don't actually live or work there...

I suppose you'd have to qualify their opinion by interviewing them with regards to them working and/or living in London/Bradford.

[grumpy52]

Lived on the outskirts and worked in the Tottenham Crt Rd area . Dirty , smelly overcrowded crap hole with little to offer if you're not into clubs,shops, theatres etc , full of sullen commuting people that rarely speak to each other with any form of courtesy.
You don't realise how bad it is until you visit decent friendly towns or cities.

[vixen1700]

grumpy52 said:

Lived on the outskirts and worked in the Tottenham Crt Rd area . Dirty , smelly overcrowded crap hole with little to offer if you're not into clubs,shops, theatres etc , full of sullen commuting people that rarely speak to each other with any form of courtesy.
You don't realise how bad it is until you visit decent friendly towns or cities.

All my neighbours seem happy enough.

[Gordon Hill]

I remember working in Batley in West Yorkshire, sort of a mini Bradford. I found the local community to be absolutely fine, in fact a pleasure to be around.
In saying that I wouldn't want to live in London, nothing to do with the multiculturalism more to do with the fact that I'm a country boy and like fields and woods and fresh air.

[dudleybloke]

I've been saying for years that the M5, M6 and M42 need turning into prison walls to keep the pesky Brummies inside.

[Bright Halo]

dudleybloke said:

I've been saying for years that the M5, M6 and M42 need turning into prison walls to keep the pesky Brummies inside.

How dare yow!
Yam, yam

[dudleybloke]

Bright Halo said:

dudleybloke said:

I've been saying for years that the M5, M6 and M42 need turning into prison walls to keep the pesky Brummies inside.

How dare yow!
Yam, yam

[grumpy52]

dudleybloke said:

I've been saying for years that the M5, M6 and M42 need turning into prison walls to keep the pesky Brummies inside.

Keep all the local drivers away from us sane people.
Those that complain about the M25 haven't experienced that area on a Friday or before a bank holiday weekend.

[DodgyGeezer]

TGTiff said:

OK a bit of a laugh and I have had some red.
Anyone support an 'Escape from New York' style prison for London to be turned into, as it has turned into a complete $hit hole!!

the biggest problem with that idea is that, unlike Manhattan, London isn't an island you can seal off...

[MarkJS]

Gordon Hill said:

I remember working in Batley in West Yorkshire, sort of a mini Bradford. I found the local community to be absolutely fine, in fact a pleasure to be around.
In saying that I wouldn't want to live in London, nothing to do with the multiculturalism more to do with the fact that I'm a country boy and like fields and woods and fresh air.

Batley isn’t great but it is absolutely nothing like Bradford in any way.

I don’t live anywhere near it but I do work in Bradford and there isn’t one thing that’s endearing or positive about the place.

[Gordon Hill]

MarkJS said:

Gordon Hill said:

I remember working in Batley in West Yorkshire, sort of a mini Bradford. I found the local community to be absolutely fine, in fact a pleasure to be around.
In saying that I wouldn't want to live in London, nothing to do with the multiculturalism more to do with the fact that I'm a country boy and like fields and woods and fresh air.

Batley isn’t great but it is absolutely nothing like Bradford in any way.

I don’t live anywhere near it but I do work in Bradford and there isn’t one thing that’s endearing or positive about the place.

It was in the 1980's when I was there, may have changed since.

[MarkJS]

Gordon Hill said:

MarkJS said:

Gordon Hill said:

I remember working in Batley in West Yorkshire, sort of a mini Bradford. I found the local community to be absolutely fine, in fact a pleasure to be around.
In saying that I wouldn't want to live in London, nothing to do with the multiculturalism more to do with the fact that I'm a country boy and like fields and woods and fresh air.

Batley isn’t great but it is absolutely nothing like Bradford in any way.

I don’t live anywhere near it but I do work in Bradford and there isn’t one thing that’s endearing or positive about the place.

It was in the 1980's when I was there, may have changed since.

~40 years is a long time.

Bradford might even have had something going for it at that point.