Top ten best and worst places to live in the UK

[Ratsoap]

According to channel 4 last night.

The worst:

10 Manchester
Lots of investment but still not a nice place to live.

9 Blaenau Gwent
Unemployment is rife since the steelworks closed.

8 Strabane
The troubles still go on, but things are improving.

7 Nottingham
Crime is down but it's still burglary capital of Britain.

6 Middlesbrough
The city's dilapidated old housing lies empty.

5 Islington
Super rich lies next to super poor.

4 Newham
New hope has come in the form of the Olympics.

3 Merthyr Tydfil
Slowly improving since the steel industry died.

2 Tower Hamlets
The second most deprived borough in the UK.

1 'ackney
High crime, bad education - our worst place to live.

The best:

10 West Dorset
The picturesque rural and coastal district.

9 Eastleigh
Ugly, but with great employment prospects.

8 Epsom and Ewell
Was last year's number one, but isn't cheap.

7 East Hertfordshire
A country-town feel close to London.

6 Orkney
Escape the rat race in the rugged far north.

5 South Cambridgeshire
Fast growing country villages.

4 Harrogate
Elegant living in the centre of the UK.

3 Tunbridge Wells
Its residents clearly aren't disgusted any more.

2 Horsham
Close to both the south coast and London.

1 Winchester
A perfect blend of heritage and vibrant modern living.

I've lived in two of the best, and I have to say if that's as good as it gets then I think it's time to leave the country.

Orkney is a windswept little shithole in the north atlantic full of socially inept boss eyed mutants. Think Royston Vasey with gale force winds. Sure there is little crime, but it's such a sterile environment, no culture, nothing to do, and everyone makes a point of knowing your business (I could rant for hours about how crap it is).

West Dorset was a nice place to be, but I found the people to be quite insular, and not very easy to get on with. I only lived there as a teenager though, might get on better as an adult.

Anyone else live in any of these places? Comments?

[Flabio]

Winchester's always seemed quite nice on the few occasions I've been there. Pricey though, my friends that were renting there had to move to Basingstoke to afford to buy.

[Tmuk]

I'm quite suprised by all the bad press Hackney gets. I go through it on the train every day and it doesn't look all that bad. I'm sure it's a different story at 11pm on a Friday, but it can't be worse that most other places in London...?

[gilesgoat]

Are you a real estate agent

[swith]

That list is bollocks. Any list of the shittest places in the UK which doesn't name and shame Neath and Port Talbot is a fucking sham.

And where's Weston-super-Mare on that list of best places, that's what I want to know.

[Tmuk]

And where's Weston-super-Mare on that list of best places, that's what I want to know.

Fucking Amen brother! Featuring the world's largest joke shop

[peter_cushion]

Harrogate is alright. It's a bit sprawling though - and awful on a night out. A combination of braying middle-aged poshos, drunken US army and coked-up spoilt brats.

[lowey]

I used to live in Nottingham. (Although some would say just outside, the Post Office never could decide whether we were Nottingham or Nottinghamshire). Other than one occasion when I was involved in an attempted mugging (the victim, not the mugger before you start ) I never saw anything bad in Notts. There are two good shopping centres, lots of good pubs (and even more shit ones) and plenty to do not far outside of the city. Being in the Midlands it's easy to get to most places in the UK and it's only a short distance from East Midlands airport.

I moved to Aberystwyth where I studied and, although a lot smaller with fewer attractions, it has a wonderful atmosphere and there is, surprisingly, lots to do. I'd happily move back there in an instant if I thought I could get a computing related job and a house, but computing jobs are rare with the infrastructure being the way it is out there. It's the nicest place I've ever been to, but it's not on the list. Yet despite supposedly having the lowest crime rate in Wales I heard about all sorts of awful things out there, from violent break-ins at the halls, to rape right through to stabbings in the street.

On the other hand I now live in Newbury which isn't on either of those lists and is supposedly a nice place to live, yet I find it to be a dull crap-hole, full of yuppie Vodaclone wankers who all get mashed every Friday and Saturday night and scream at each other from opposite ends of the square. There's bugger all to do in Newbury other than go to the pub. Just going to the cinema involves a half hour drive for fuck's sake.


I therefore conclude the list is a load of old bollocks.

[merman]

South Cambs? Try getting a bus. Or your bin emptied. Too many of the villages have turned into London commuter belt...

[Col]

It annoys the hell out of people in Nottingham that our city gets all this unnecessary bad press. The way the media describes Nottingham you'd think you couldn't walk down a street without getting shot. It's so fucking innacurrate, it's untrue.

My advice, don't take any notice of this utter bollocks.

[Ratsoap]

Are you a real estate agent

My brother is.

My ex lives in Hackney, Dalston was a bit scary, but it seemed ok on the whole.

I've stayed in Islington a couple of times too, and that seemed quite nice I thought.

[zip accident]

swith wrote:

Weston-super-Mare

Have you actually ever been anywhere else

I don't play arcades, but I like sea fishing, and the fishing at Weston is onto mud, and you don't catch much.

The only reasons for going there is that there are lugworms that you can dig for free, and the buses from Bristol and back are frequent.

The best place is the countryside around Hereford. It's probably not so good if you're a townie, that is someone who lives by choice in a town, but countryside is best for me, there have to be brooks with fish in.

[swith]

swith wrote:

Weston-super-Mare

Have you actually ever been anywhere else

There's really no need! It's got the lot

[20thCenturyBoy]

So Hull's not even in the top 10 anymore?

[Col]

swith wrote:

Weston-super-Mare

Have you actually ever been anywhere else

There's really no need! It's got the lot

I went there once when I was a kid, but to be honest - i preferred Burnham on Sea

*runs away*