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(Some Guy)   The annual list of the top-50 worst places to live in England is out. It's Grimsby up north, and this list is only possible because they've excluded Scotland entirely   (ilivehere.co.uk) divider line
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1689 clicks; posted to Main » on 08 Feb 2023 at 5:25 AM (7 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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ManThatHurts [TotalFark]
2023-02-07 11:41:07 PM  
Scotland isn't England...sooo...
 
snowjack [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 12:40:41 AM  
I was gonna submit this list of the top-50 whiskies of the year, but then I noticed it excluded vodak entirely.
 
Ostman
2023-02-08 5:31:11 AM  
Well yeah, if it's a top 50 in England they wouldn't include Scotland. You might also notice they didn't include places in Nepal or Mali in this list.

If it was a top 50 in the UK, or Britain, then Scotland being excluded would be noteworthy.
 
Dischorran [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 5:31:31 AM  
The 11th worst place to live:

"I should mention Castlefield. The place itself is full of ****, with litter everywhere. Castlefield is known as a White no go area. Somebody I know was mugged on the bus in Castlefield in broad daylight. It is an asian and Pakistani community and the youths did seem to give a warm welcome to a white face."

Yikes.
 
McGrits [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 5:34:05 AM  
Scotland is shiate.

/it was colonized by wankers
 
BafflerMeal
2023-02-08 5:39:00 AM  
 I dont see Hull, and i am not watching the video.  So there.
 
The Third Man [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 5:44:20 AM  
Excellent trolling putting Henley-on-Thames high up in the list.   That's the equivalent of adding Beverley Hills or Montecito into a "worst US places to live".

/once dated an Norwegian au pair who lived in Henley.  There were so many au pairs floating around there...I met a bunch of her au pair friends from other European locales.  What a laughably wealthy town...good times though.
 
The Third Man [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 5:45:30 AM  

BafflerMeal: I dont see Hull, and i am not watching the video.  So there.


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Ambitwistor [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 5:46:41 AM  

ManThatHurts: Scotland isn't England...sooo...


And England isn't Scottish, so is therefore crap.
 
Mr. Shabooboo
2023-02-08 5:52:50 AM  
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Zenith
2023-02-08 6:02:14 AM  
Luton is just up the road and it's grim as fark, also next door to Dunstable which is maybe even worse but didn't seem on the list (maybe they grouped them)
last time we were up that way there was a travellers camp set up in the car park of a superstore! and the local authorities didn't give a shiat, stayed in the car whilst wifey took her life in her hands in the store to pick up the order, had we known we wouldn't have entertained the idea.
it's so bad it makes it's airport look good.
 
MillionDollarMo
2023-02-08 6:02:51 AM  
You said Reading twice.
 
Izunbacol [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 6:07:24 AM  
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The resemblance between the worst parts of London and the worst parts of Baltimore are uncanny.
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-08 6:07:34 AM  
Sounds like Stevenage
 
Puffyshirt
2023-02-08 6:24:30 AM  
Yeah but at the 2019 general election Boris Johnson promised the north that he'd level things up so these places will be prosperous again soon. Yep. Any day now.
 
Glitchwerks
2023-02-08 6:49:38 AM  
The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - It's Grim Up North (Official Video)
Youtube 20XLWEjN9eI
 
IRestoreFurniture
2023-02-08 6:50:04 AM  

Puffyshirt: Yeah but at the 2019 general election Boris Johnson promised the north that he'd level things up so these places will be prosperous again soon. Yep. Any day now.


He'll get back to you in a fortnight.
 
Only You Can See This
2023-02-08 6:53:51 AM  
Nuneaton obviously too small to make the list, but it would give Luton a run for its money.
 
Ambitwistor [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 6:59:39 AM  

Puffyshirt: Yeah but at the 2019 general election Boris Johnson promised the north that he'd level things up so these places will be prosperous again soon. Yep. Any day now.


No no, he promised to level things in the north. Easy mistake.
 
Mr. Tweedy
2023-02-08 7:17:12 AM  
So basically, Northumbria always was and continues to be a shiathole.
 
resident dystopian
2023-02-08 7:31:59 AM  
But the names are so quaint.

/Singer-Hoover
//Phlegmington
//Arrghbollickton on the Thames.
 
No Catchy Nickname
2023-02-08 7:34:47 AM  
My hometown makes the top ten.

There's also no way that Middlesborough is a better place to live than Liverpool.

And Kensington at 15? Yeah, right.
 
IRestoreFurniture
2023-02-08 7:48:52 AM  
50 cities?  That's almost half the cities in England...
 
Somacandra [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 8:05:21 AM  
So it doesn't include North Kiltown?
 
patcarew [BareFark]
2023-02-08 8:12:35 AM  
The article was irritating, so I won't watch the video. I'll just assume Hackney was in the bottom 10.
 
Teddy Brosevelt
2023-02-08 8:14:54 AM  
All the places in england are the worst places.
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Target Builder
2023-02-08 8:21:45 AM  
LOL at some of those places.

For the US audience a couple of them are like seeing "Westchester, NY" on a list of US notable shiatholes to live in.
 
BitwiseShift
2023-02-08 8:29:16 AM  
His ex girlfriend reviews are even more spirited.  The chance of his murderer ever getting caught is almost nil -- just goes to show you can offend too many people and nationalities.
 
Mycroft_Holmes_IV
2023-02-08 8:46:14 AM  
What's wrong with Scotland?  There's no people, plus the lovely balmy weather.  Seems perfect.
 
IRestoreFurniture
2023-02-08 8:48:08 AM  

Mycroft_Holmes_IV: What's wrong with Scotland?  There's no people, plus the lovely balmy weather.  Seems perfect.


Scotland is lovely
 
Carter Pewterschmidt [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 9:10:54 AM  

Mycroft_Holmes_IV: What's wrong with Scotland?  There's no people, plus the lovely balmy weather.  Seems perfect.


Donald Trump owns property there.
 
nyclon
2023-02-08 9:16:46 AM  

Izunbacol: [Fark user image 850x590]

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The resemblance between the worst parts of London and the worst parts of Baltimore are uncanny.


if they can make Sean of the Dead in North London, they should be able to make a zombie movie in Baltimore.
 
muphasta
2023-02-08 9:22:36 AM  

Glitchwerks: [Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/20XLWEjN9eI]


Came here for this comment!!
 
JohnnyFark
2023-02-08 9:27:52 AM  
Elton sang it, Bernie wrote it
Elton John - Grimsby (Caribou 3 of 13)
Youtube 4cWtA1LNvIg
Off the second greatest album Elton ever made 👍🏽
/listened to it a thousand times when it first came out
//Grimsby really is a shiathole
///no wonder Bernie left
 
DrMaturin
2023-02-08 9:41:22 AM  
Hull at 48 and Kensington at 15? These people have never been to Hull apparently. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if most people that go to Hull don't make it out somehow...
 
The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2023-02-08 9:56:20 AM  
Please study the diagram.

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snowybunting [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 10:17:20 AM  
"I'm most certainly not staying here any longer than I have to. I've never experienced, let alone lived in, such a ****-ridden sh*thole as Grimsby. I think I might move to Beirut...."


Sounds as if someone hasn't gotten to know the people of Grimsby...

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Torchsong
2023-02-08 10:30:28 AM  
Is Purley on there?

/Say no moah!
 
cefm
2023-02-08 10:48:30 AM  
The Grimsby town football team isn't half bad though.
 
LewDux [OhFark]
2023-02-08 11:19:07 AM  

Glitchwerks: [Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/20XLWEjN9eI]


The Orb ft Alan Parker - Grey Clouds (unofficial video)
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Zenith
2023-02-08 11:19:35 AM  

DrMaturin: Hull at 48 and Kensington at 15? These people have never been to Hull apparently. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if most people that go to Hull don't make it out somehow...


Born there and we made it out, would return to see the inmates (family) but haven't been back in nearly 30 years and have no intention of doing so.
 
FarkinNortherner
2023-02-08 11:33:07 AM  
13. Henley on Thames.

Awful. Just awful. Once I went to Waitrose in Henley and they didn't have any organic asparagus.

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FarkinNortherner
2023-02-08 11:33:45 AM  

Zenith: DrMaturin: Hull at 48 and Kensington at 15? These people have never been to Hull apparently. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if most people that go to Hull don't make it out somehow...

Born there and we made it out, would return to see the inmates (family) but haven't been back in nearly 30 years and have no intention of doing so.


I'll see your Hull and raise you Bradford.
 
Zenith
2023-02-08 12:25:23 PM  

FarkinNortherner: Zenith: DrMaturin: Hull at 48 and Kensington at 15? These people have never been to Hull apparently. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if most people that go to Hull don't make it out somehow...

Born there and we made it out, would return to see the inmates (family) but haven't been back in nearly 30 years and have no intention of doing so.

I'll see your Hull and raise you Bradford.


a friend went to his mates stag do in Bradford, the first thing said by any of the locals they meet on the night was
'WHY?'
 
AllerJeez
2023-02-08 12:55:22 PM  
I've been to Grimsby many times, and every single time the worst part is the smell.
I understand that it is a fishing town, but it's like they only process the most rotten and stinking fish on earth.
 
Puffyshirt
2023-02-08 12:58:09 PM  

The Irresponsible Captain: Please study the diagram.

[upload.wikimedia.org image 640x636]


Don't rely on this in Ireland...
 
Kirkenhegelstein [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-08 1:24:19 PM  

Puffyshirt: The Irresponsible Captain: Please study the diagram.

[upload.wikimedia.org image 640x636]

Don't rely on this in Ireland...


Unless you want a good stabbing.  I've been all over the place, but I've never been as paranoid as walking to/from Donkey Ford's post-pub in Limerick. Yiiiikes.
 
Ketchuponsteak
2023-02-08 2:05:08 PM  
Happy that Milton Keynes isn't on the list, as I liked it when I lived there. Thought it had a horrible reputation though.

Slough, try looking at it in Google Maps. What a shiathole.
 
dbrunker
2023-02-08 2:30:37 PM  
Since the list left out the bottom top 10, I watched all four minutes and 39 seconds for you (although you're missing out on all the amusing insults):

10. Bradford
9. Bournemouth
8. Swindon
7. Andover
6. Aldershot
5. Aylesbury
4. Slough
3. Portsmouth
2. Peterborough 
1. Lunton
 
Nicki Minaj's Cousin's Friend's Swollen Testicle
2023-02-08 2:34:27 PM  
Grimsby: it's not as bad as Scoonthorpe.

Grimsby Marketing Board
 
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