Not sure why Sheffield is getting a bad rap here, I quite like it, it's got some cracking pubs for a start. Indeed I don't think I've been in a British City that didn't have some redeeming features or some nice bits
...apart from Sheffield
;-)
We mustn't let Operationpig cloud our judgment :-)
You can check all the other threads and my opinion hasn't budged. Rochdale.
Spent some time in Rochdale a few years ago - it's like Reigate compared to say, Burnley. Burnley is where half the houses are boarded up and the rest are run down. There's hardly any jobs. And the weather's shite.
At least in somewhere like Leicester, you can get a good curry.
personally think sheffield is a great city, one of the best up norf.
Gloucester. My girlfriend's parents live in herefordshire, nothing like the coach journey which goes through beautiful cheltenham and then stops in gloucester where its all dirty and everyone looks like they're inbred.
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You can check all the other threads and my opinion hasn't budged. Rochdale.
Spent some time in Rochdale a few years ago - it's like Reigate compared to say, Burnley. Burnley is where half the houses are boarded up and the rest are run down. There's hardly any jobs. And the weather's shite.
At least in somewhere like Leicester, you can get a good curry.
Plenty of boarded up Houses/Shops etc when I visited to see us in 2011
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Birmingham. It's an absolute eyesore and only serves to slow down traffic trying to transit between the South and the North West or Wales. It's the only place in the UK that's so bad that they charge you a fiver to avoid it by using a purpose-built bypass that avoids it altogether. If the whole thing was paved over, I don't think anyone outside of Brum would really care, except those (like myself) who commute between the North West and London who would notice a considerable reduction in the travel time. I'm not sure why we're spending 30billion quid on making it an hour closer to London by train, personally I'd rather we'd spend the money making it an hour closer to the seabed.
The only reason why I can see anyone giving Sheffield a bad rap is because they haven't visited it since 1979 or because they're only visited the areas around Bramall and Hillsborough, which are both awful areas (it'd be like judging London based on the areas around Palarse or Millwall). As a former resident, the city itself is cracking and has plenty of decent watering holes, venues and eateries.
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Burnley is where half the houses are boarded up and the rest are run down.
There's hardly any jobs. And the weather's shite.
At least in somewhere like Leicester, you can get a good curry.
We're pretty friendly and like good beer.
Pawnbrokers and pound shops galore, not too different from Eltham High Street!!
Gloucester. My girlfriend's parents live in herefordshire, nothing like the coach journey which goes through beautiful cheltenham and then stops in gloucester where its all dirty and everyone looks like they're inbred.
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The only reason why I can see anyone giving Sheffield a bad rap is because they haven't visited it since 1979 or because they're only visited the areas around Bramall and Hillsborough, which are both awful areas (it'd be like judging London based on the areas around Palarse or Millwall). As a former resident, the city itself is cracking and has plenty of decent watering holes, venues and eateries.
Gloucester is about the worst city in the country, nothing going for it on any level.