Without sounding twee, one of Hull’s biggest assets is its friendly natives. Heard lots of great reports from people all over the country who have spent some proper time here, or visit regularly, about how friendly, welcoming and grounded Hullensians are. It is something to be proud of.
It must be so refreshing for people from places such as Birmingham and experience a proper English culture replete with proper non ironic fish and chips and genuine open people.
Quite. Saw a big **** off bus queue whilst leaving City - each person patiently waiting. Try getting a ****ing bus in Brum, Leeds, London or Manc.
Plenty of Villa already in Hull by midday and wandering round looking lost and no locals to separate them from their money. Shame our stadium (see comments after Man City) adopts a ' **** off we don't want you' attitude with the police' s complicity. Although having said that, there was a temporary big screen in West Park and a mobile burger place next to Carnegie.
Last time I went to St Andrews I ate at the café in Morrisons near the ground.Very multi cultural and extremely friendly and courteous. Stayed over at a B&B run by family originally from the south of India.Very clean,tidy and welcoming. If this is the nightmare that some of our over reactionary brothers fear I suggest they stop worrying and open up to great new experiences
But what if you prefer English culture, cuisine and atmosphere? After all, we are in England -the world's greatest country.....
Sorry one of my parents is Scottish so I am an alien. Is badger baiting part of English culture? Inventing concentration camps?
Oban is a weird town - the streets are so steep it's like it has been built on a cliff. It's also full of tourist crap. And £6 a portion for fish and chips!! But it has a pseudo-Roman Colloseum and a distillery so I could never call it awful. London on the other hand, is the last place on earth I ever want to be outside of Afghanistan and Syria, (and even they cut it close).
Went to Oban twice in the 1990s - thought it was a smashing place given its location, the best WHS I've ever been in.
York should never get anywhere close to the top ten, in fact I'd say its a strong contender for the nicest city. Nuneaton is a **** hole but I've been to far more than 10 worse places. Coalville, Goole, Luton, Stoke, Skegness, Blackpool, Braunstone, Stockport, Oxford.... Too many to list...
I know this is a bit OT, but the most disappointing town I ever went to was Bangor Maine. Having heard the name in Roger Millers song King of the road, I thought I would pass through, just to say I had been there, and what a **** hole.
Well it's famous for being Stephen King's hometown but other than that I don't know what I'd expect to find there.
I thought it might have had some character, but it was the most run down, drab, depressing place I have ever been through.
I believe you were on the Hull CityMad board in early 2010( Imperial Tiger was) when my husband posted a topic taken from the Burnley board,namely " Which is the Skankiest town/city in England"? I collated the results from over 150 opinions across the 2 boards and the runaway winner was ..... Luton. Recall Morecambe, Grimsby and Rhyl! were in the chasing pack.Sadly Millom too received a vote!
This is the second book, but there have been online winners between the books, I can't remember them all but they definitely included Luton and Boro.
Luton for me. The place has no identity what so ever. A collage of ugly buildings , crap road systems and unsmiling residents.
I seem to recall that Middlesbrough won the Channel 4 'worst places to live' programme which followed on the coat-tails of Crap Towns.
