London ...the cr*pest town in the UK

[Globalti]

Do you mind? I was born in London.

(The hospital where I was born, the Princess Beatrice in Old Brompton Road, is now a hostel for down-and-outs but the less said about that, the better.)

 

[Glow worm]

Redditch gets my vote.

 

[The Jogger]

I think they're pretty crap at geography too, they've included Gibraltar,

Well although it's Spanish, it is shite, can't think why.........

 

[Kies]

Anywhere North of Watford gets my vote ;-)

 

[Doseone]

I love London. It's beautiful, vibrant, interesting, has some of the best buildings in the world and as a bonus has great beer.

You can find cr@p anywhere if you look hard enough. I don't know some of the towns listed well enough to comment, but the fact that London and York are in the list make me think that it's either tongue in cheek or just a plain rubbish bit of filler.

 

[Moodyman]

So Bradford comes in as 2nd crappest city, but it also comes in as 12th most liveable city...Make your mind up!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-12-most-liveable-cities-in-britain-8890228.html

I think that it's 12th from a list of 12 so it's actually quite poor in that survey too.

As a Bradfordian I don't think I could disagree with either survey, but London and York are a surprise

 

[dellzeqq]

I can't name the film.

You're right about the Bromptons though. There are zillions of them.

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 2733911, member: 259"]It was funny the first time they did it.[/quote]

In the first one, didn't Hull come top? They just had a close-up photo of a dog turd.

Or did I dream that?

EDIT: Actually, it might have been a human one....

 

[The Jogger]

Why isn't Doncaster or Wakefield on the list? Only seen them from the train and that was enough. We have an education centre in Doncaster and I keep threatening to go there,(no jokes).

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I don't like London, thats just me, I find it to busy, expensive and pretencious, but I don't think it qualifies as crap. Crap is a town with zero prospects, zero to do, zero culture, zero green fields and trees, and nothing but cars, potholes, and angry people..

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

"drab suburbs"???

 

[swee'pea99]

Why would anyone care about the opinion of someone who can't tell a town from a city?

 

[accountantpete]

[QUOTE 2735004, member: 9609"]that sounds like sunderland[/quote]

Not tonight though

 

[Pale Rider]

It's not made clear, but the Independent's coverage is based on material from the crap towns returns website.

http://www.craptownsreturns.co.uk/index.php

 

[ufkacbln]

They forgot Ipswich where the current big news is the battle of the 99p/£1 stores.

http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/p...osite_poundland_and_yippee_it_s_99p_1_2927292

Lymington in the New Forest borders.

When Woolworths closed a couple of years ago Wetherspoons wanted to move in, but there was a massive campaign that it was inappropriate and a Wetherspoons would lower the tone of the town with an effect on businesses......

The premises are now an aesthetically pleasing outlet that raises the reputation, ambience and tone of Lymington - a Pound Shop!


Couldn't have been more ironic