Originally Posted by Breezey

Yeah I always pitied the Bankers living in St Johns Wood

Originally Posted by turkeytickler

yep - although slough is more of a commercial office/warehouse kind of location.... think post war/ 1960s architecture gone to seed.... have you seen the bbc series The Office? based in slough...

Originally Posted by turkeytickler

Acording to the BBC, famous people from OxfordSHIRE (not sure about Oxford itself but surely at least one of them qualifies??)

Matthew Pinsent
Roger Bannister
Thom Yorke
Tim Henman
Rowan Atkinson
CS Lewis
Agatha Christie
George Harrison
FRR Tolkien
Lewis Carrl
Winston Churchill
Ronnie Barker

Originally Posted by kiwichild

And I always thought George Harrison was from Liverpool then ended up with a home in California and one in London.

Silly me, obviously

Originally Posted by Bob

he had a gaff everywhere...but the one out in kidlington was lovely...

Originally Posted by kiwichild

gaff = home/house I take it?

Where is kidlington? never heard of it.

Originally Posted by Crispyuk88

I bought this book for a quid at a book shop a mate of mine worked for; only because his boss said she would chuck me out if I didn't buy anything!

I made a thread on this as I am interested to think what people of the results and if they have anything to say about them. Despite living in England for 15 years, I can honestly say even though I know I've been to some of these towns, I can't for the life of me remember what they were like.

All of the below are extracts from the book - not related to me in any way shape or form!

Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK

Listed in Reverse order, crappest town being #1.

50. St Albans
49. Hinchley Wood
48. Widnes
47. Barrow-in-Furness
46. Skelmersdale
45. Yate
44. Bridgwater
43. Alresford
42. Slough
41. Dagenham
40. Keighley
39. Hastings
38. Huntington
37. Maghull
36. Reading
35. Billingham
34. Newport
33. South Woodham Ferrers
32. Dover
31. Oxford
30. Peterhead
29. Tintern
28. Mirfield
27. Horsham
26. Hayling Island
25. Ipswich
24. Leiston
23. Aldeburgh
22. Brighton
21. Ascot
20. Didcot
19. Wolverhampton
18 Peterborough
17. London
16. Islington
15. Croydon
14. St John's Wood
13. Crouch End
12. Stockport
11. Portsmouth
10. Hackney
9. Basingstoke
8. Beshill-on-sea
7. St andrews
6. Liverpool
5. Winchester
4. Hythe
3. Morecambe
2. Cumbernauld
1. Hull

The Results looked to be based off a couple things:
Population
Unemployment Rate
Violent Crime Rate
% Achieving 5+ GCSE grades A-C

Discuss

Originally Posted by touchingcloth

Where the fluck is Maghull?

Originally Posted by kiwichild

God I couldn't stand The Office. I thought it was the most boring and ineffectual attempt at comedy the BBC has ever been involved with!

Where are The Young Ones when you need them LOL

Must check out Little Britain, I hear that's good

Originally Posted by cupranod

Milton Keynes is a great place to live if it's facilities and modernity you are seeking.
Apart from that,it's about the most unfriendly,soulless place I have ever lived;the people there are so ignorant it is untrue.

I think some of the larger towns in Cornwall are great to live in,but it all depends what you are looking for as far as work opportunities,cost of living et al.

I do agree that Hull is a shit hole though,as is Slough.

Originally Posted by halcyon 52

Hi all.
I am late on this I know but when I noticed a 50 crap towns thread I just knew Milton Keynes would be mentioned. Well I confess I live here and have since 1979. It was desperate for years until about the late nineties when they started to pour money into it.
It is fantastic as cities go and I have travelled all over the country and have been from Scotland to Cornwall. O.K so there are "better" places to live but at what cost.
It has everything now and anyone who has been to the snowdome will know how good it is. There are around 15 lakes to take the kids around, good entertainment and very good cheap housing when you think of the areas not that far away that are double the price. It has loads of parkland and traffic flows very well compared to most other towns , crime is no worse than anywhere else and in many cases better. It is home to many huge worldwide companies because of its clean image.
It can be seen as soul-less because the city has very few "locals" - we are all people from other cities/towns. If you think they are ignorant in Milton Keynes you have not been south of Watford then.
Most people that knock it have usually been to the bowl for a one day concert or a trip with work.

Originally Posted by turkeytickler

its not my cup of tea - too much dual carriageway .... its like one giant retail park

Originally Posted by halcyon 52

I know what you mean and agree. Its like Vash said its what suits us all at the particular time though. For the moment with 2 young boys I am very happy here but I certainly would not want to retire here and love other areas of the U.K much more but with children M.K is great.
Many people move to the villages and small towns for a better life but theses are just as crime and drug ridden as any of the cities, The U.K is just too crowded.

Originally Posted by turkeytickler

something good about milton keynes (my folks live in upper gravenhurst so we visit quite regularly (well we did until we moved to nz!)) when you compare it to where i will be living (norwich) is how close it is to everything.... norwich is very much off the beaten track.... MK has fantastic transport links....

like the avatar btw