car hating cities/towns.

[essexplumber]

Which places that you've been to that show total of disgust of cars? I spent some time in such a place over the last couple of days and im interested to see how many of you mention the same place.

[JCW]

Oxford. Full of sheep drivers too who all got very upset with me as I inadvertently drove down the bus lane, coming off the roundabout which wasn't sign posted until 300m were up. Cyclists everywhere and buses with a couple of people on them during rush hour, and despite that most of the commuters were in cars.

[miniman]

Bristol. If they can make it difficult for drivers, they do. Bus lanes, cycle lanes, one way systems, you name it. Frikkin lentil munchers.

[essexplumber]

JCW said:

Oxford. Full of sheep drivers too who all got very upset with me as I inadvertently drove down the bus lane, coming off the roundabout which wasn't sign posted until 300m were up. Cyclists everywhere and buses with a couple of people on them during rush hour, and despite that most of the commuters were in cars.

Sounds very much like the place ive been to. Can anyone guess where it is?

[Morningside]

Cambridge? You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Edited by Morningside on Friday 5th February 18:59

[carreauchompeur]

miniman said:

Bristol. If they can make it difficult for drivers, they do. Bus lanes, cycle lanes, one way systems, you name it. Frikkin lentil munchers.

Gah! I'm with you there. All of this Cycling City bks isn't helping either.

[essexplumber]

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

[miniman]

carreauchompeur said:

miniman said:

Bristol. If they can make it difficult for drivers, they do. Bus lanes, cycle lanes, one way systems, you name it. Frikkin lentil munchers.

Gah! I'm with you there. All of this Cycling City bks isn't helping either.

Brilliant isn't it? Here's a lovely cycle path but no bugger can use it because if you do, you get mugged. Genius.

[carreauchompeur]

Very true. I only realised how bad it was down there recently when my DS at work confessed to having been subject to a recent attempted robbery on the cycle path- In the middle of the afternoon. If a hulking 6ft 2 rugby playing Police officer is fair game... Eeek.

[TVR Andy]

I agree Oxford is bad and I live on the outskirts of the city so I should know. Thinking about moving to Norfolk to get some open road & clean air.

[Dracoro]

essexplumber said:

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

Leftie?! Thought it was Tory breeding ground....

[Morningside]

Dracoro said:

essexplumber said:

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

Leftie?! Thought it was Tory breeding ground....

29 out of Cambridge's 42 city councillors are Liberal Democrats.
http://www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/pages/wards.htm...

[Dracoro]

I meant the students lol

[Marquis_Rex]

essexplumber said:

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

Your posts always wind me up and make me hate the UK again- destroying the rose tints that were being regenerated.

I remember driving in Oxford years ago-and you can just 'feel' the hate.
I'm not sure if there's a similar car-hating place here in the USA.

[essexplumber]

Marquis_Rex said:

essexplumber said:

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

Your posts always wind me up and make me hate the UK again- destroying the rose tints that were being regenerated.

I remember driving in Oxford years ago-and you can just 'feel' the hate.
I'm not sure if there's a similar car-hating place here in the USA.

Who me?

[Waugh-terfall]

Canterbury.

[ewenm]

essexplumber said:

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

I don't know why anyone would even want to drive a car through the city centre - narrow streets, lots of one ways, lots of pedestrians. M11 right round the place or park and walk (get to see more that way anyway).

How many of the students did you chat to? Must have been quite a few of them to decide the city is full of lefties with chips on their shoulders. Must have taken you ages to get a decent sample size.

[mybrainhurts]

Sheffield...

City of dead ends and Traffic Light Mecca...

[essexplumber]

ewenm said:

essexplumber said:

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

I don't know why anyone would even want to drive a car through the city centre - narrow streets, lots of one ways, lots of pedestrians. M11 right round the place or park and walk (get to see more that way anyway).

How many of the students did you chat to? Must have been quite a few of them to decide the city is full of lefties with chips on their shoulders. Must have taken you ages to get a decent sample size.

What walk with the entire contents of my van in a duffle bag? Like some sort of plumber snail.

[ewenm]

essexplumber said:

ewenm said:

essexplumber said:

Morningside said:

Cambridge - You are a murderer to even THINK of owning a car let alone drive one.

Thats the place. Didnt take long. It is a hatefull sthole full of leftie students with massive greasy chips on they're shoulders.

I don't know why anyone would even want to drive a car through the city centre - narrow streets, lots of one ways, lots of pedestrians. M11 right round the place or park and walk (get to see more that way anyway).

How many of the students did you chat to? Must have been quite a few of them to decide the city is full of lefties with chips on their shoulders. Must have taken you ages to get a decent sample size.

What walk with the entire contents of my van in a duffle bag? Like some sort of plumber snail.

Fair enough, you need to be there with a van for work. Hard luck, time to work out the easiest (not most direct usually in Cambridge) route.

Watch out for all those "lefties"