It all depends on the definition of “worst” I grew up in a small northern village that was as rough as rats but I made dozens of life long friends who would jump under a bus for me 😎 it’s all about people and relationships you can live in Beverley hills and feel lonely isolated and empty…

@grains6002

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@tasbilco5144

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@anonymiss495

2 жыл бұрын

I'll take Beverly hills thank you ,and as for that rough diamond salt of the earth rubbish ,you're only bestowed this welcome lol if you're seen as "one of them "woe betide if you're not

@alecgurney9305

2 жыл бұрын

💯

@johnsamu

2 жыл бұрын

Quite true, that's why small villages are often more pleasant to live in although you miss out on a lot of big city accommodations. A "good place to live" has different meanings to different people.

I was born and bred in Middlesbrough. It’s economically deprived but the people are the warmest down to earth people you could wish to meet. I grew up on one of the “worst” (depending on how you define worst) estates but managed to finish my education to masters level and work as a healthcare scientist. These people would give you if you had nothing…. Don’t confuse the word “worst” with economically deprived. The quality and integrity of the people I grew up around can’t be questioned. That’s my experience.

@robnotrug5537

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been it was full of junkies .

@theseadog4025

2 жыл бұрын

UTB!

@nazuddin6346

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@BiffI101

2 жыл бұрын

Well said x

@nazuddin6346

2 жыл бұрын

👌

I was happily watching this, internally laughing at all the towns being mentioned, until my hometown of Peterborough came up as number 1

@supernova046

2 жыл бұрын

hes not wrong though is he ?😀lets hope they dont rehouse any ukrainean refugees there,these people have suffered enough as it is...

@user-mx9bc9xm7p

2 жыл бұрын

I lived in peterborough for 40 years A bit dull but not that bad

@josephkambesha8196

2 жыл бұрын

@@supernova046 😂😂😂😂😂

@visiow2691

2 жыл бұрын

@@supernova046 lmao 🤣

@ingridzedi128

2 жыл бұрын

I left Peterborough for South Africa 50 years ago. I was nine.

I’m not surprised that Middlesbrough, Rochdale, Oldham and Blackpool are on this list. I’ve visited all four of these towns and they’re pretty run down and economically deprived. Middlesbrough has a special place in my heart as I spent a semester there at uni.

As an Iranian person which I moved to London in 1997 and I lived all over the Uk I have to say I never forget all the help and love from British people such a great time in Gravesend lovely people in ruchdale ,Bolton,Dartford,Luton and especially London,this is true every country got good place or bad places but Uk is on another level, i moved out of Uk on 2003 and got backed to my country and bcoz of my job I lived in Germany,Switzerland,Us but none of them like Uk and after 15 years on 2017 got married with a British girl and moved to London for the 2nd time i was very happy to see England again. Sadly my marriage didn’t work out and again moved back to Iran but I know I’m gonna see high street Kensington,Hide park ,North London,Victoria,Manchester and …. Again very soon I love UK like Iran

@willowtree4121

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you find your happy place, and thank you for the positive post

@lynnegulbrand2298

2 жыл бұрын

Where in Iran are you from? My daughter's father is from Iran but he has never seen her. He was here in the US in 1977 when I got pregnant with her. He left after she was born but never came to see her. She is married now with 4 sons. He has missed out knowing his grandsons. Have a nice day sir.

@samfaraji

2 жыл бұрын

@@lynnegulbrand2298 Hello Lynne i hope you doing well, actually I'm from Tehran the capital of Iran, sadly there are lots of same story that i have heard from many people around and we can't do anything about it but some people leaving the wife or husband with a plan to go with someone else but some people leaving with this plan which is going to get a good jub and bring back some money to make a better life for family and in this way lots of strange thing happens,i know the story about a man that he left his family but he went missing in the Iraq and Iran war and after 27 years his family in Germany found out about and i know 2 person that they stuck in Iran and because of legal problems couldn't reunite with their families,can i have your daughter's dad name maybe me or others know him or maybe one day will meet him somewhere hopefully finger crossed.

@samfaraji

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenguegens7047 Hello Australian man you know what? My next destination is Australia for sure and I don't know who the hell are you that you telling me to not coming to Australia, so i make sure to pay the visit to your country because i know plenty of nice beaches and good clubs and nice girls are waiting for me but I'm not ignoble like you and i invite you to Iran Plenty of good things waiting for you as well as nice foods good nature and spatially Iranian boys,see u soon

@lynnegulbrand2298

2 жыл бұрын

@@samfaraji his name was Abbas Naini. He was in the Iranian military before the revolution in your country. I don't want to get in touch with him I just wanted him to know he has 4 grandsons. My daughter is a beautiful woman. She works very hard and just bought a house. I have always loved your country and people. I can cook Iranian food also. Have a nice day. Thankyou for wanting to help.

I'm not English but some of the funniest Englishmen I've ever met were from the north. Poverty helped shape their sense of humour.

@jeff4362

2 жыл бұрын

Cultural difference. In the north strangers would talk to each other, in the south it'd be considered very awkward.

@richardvalvona1159

2 жыл бұрын

Mr Bean is a good example.

@hojdog

2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t realize Rowan Atkinson was from the North his accent is southern

@pyeltd.5457

2 жыл бұрын

@@hojdog he is a continental French barstad

@louiserawle8999

2 жыл бұрын

Cornwell has some really funny people too,the west country.

As someone stuck in America, all I can think of while watching this is that even your “worst” areas have modern, sharp-looking transit and actually paint the lines on the roads for safety in night weather. The US has neither in many areas.

@allarian8726

2 жыл бұрын

Trust me, its just piss and shit painted over to hide the filth underneath. That's worse since it leaves newcomers unsuspecting.

@haroon4567

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blue-ub8ld There are good and bad places in every country. It just depends where you live.

@phuckerby

2 жыл бұрын

@@allarian8726 Looks to me as though it's the people, not the places that make them the way they are, if you are an example of a resident! 😎

@flyguy6504l

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right!

@stevewelsh8560

2 жыл бұрын

cos USA like to think they are the biggest and the best, and leave their poor citizens wanting.

From the photos, they all look beautiful and well worth visiting. I've lived in Chesterfield, Swindon, Ipswich, Brighton, and London, and really enjoyed my time in all of these places, some more than others, and it always came down to the people I met, the friends I made. If you are on your own, out of work, and turning to the dark side (drugs and alcohol abuse), then you are probably not going to enjoy life no matter where you live. Greetings from Australia.

Many of the northern towns have deliberately been left to rot by govts, councils, influx of migrants, lack of investment , they were once thriving towns

@andrewmorton395

2 жыл бұрын

So so very true

@redflag8970

2 жыл бұрын

Yes a dam shame

@CrawfordGrimaldi

2 жыл бұрын

Thatchers Britain lives on strong

@ellismeah5127

2 жыл бұрын

@@CrawfordGrimaldi what has Labour ever done for the white working class's over the years , that has drove many true Labour supporters away

@haleemahsaida9772

2 жыл бұрын

Why would you include influx of immigrants in the same sentence???????

I was born in Sheffield, a long gone industrial city, 87 years ago, and left with my parents 15 years later. It was not a perfect city, but I still love it and think of all my lost friends often.

@picassoboy52

2 жыл бұрын

i live in the US but would love to visit your beautiful country

@Medietos

2 жыл бұрын

Sexton C: I think you mentioned the most important thing influencing what one thinks and feels about a ho e town: it depends o the quality of he relationships one has, the social life.not entirely of course, but i makes conditions more bearable. I lived in Stourbridge, a small town in West Midlands, and saw only the good part. I think it was considered a good, rather wealthy town. I lived simply and didn't understand or think about that, nor care for things like social class.

@Aden288

2 жыл бұрын

Sheffield is an affluent city now. Primarily due to retention rate of graduates.

@MissimoCat

2 жыл бұрын

Sheffield is quite nice, not too small, not too large, quite cosy. I’ve lived in Rotherham 15minutes away for Sheffield and dear lord, I didnt think places like this exist in the uk

@TheLufc85

2 жыл бұрын

Sheffield ain't that bad. Right on the door to the peaks. Affordable housing. Booming student scene.

How Slough isn't on this list is beyond me

@dillatronic4757

26 күн бұрын

I walked out at the town centre. i did not see any English people to be honest with you.

Reading about people grabbing multi-figures monthly as income in investments even in this crazy days in the market,any pointers on how to make substantial progress in earnings?would be appreciated

@sandraken5250

2 жыл бұрын

You have to have an idea on what you wanna invest in carefully before going in

@georgewilson2434

2 жыл бұрын

You make it seem unreal to make up to that as a passive income annually,when it’s clearly possible😁😁Albert Mathew has really made me rich through his strategies💰💯

@georgewilson2434

2 жыл бұрын

Access him through the tele gram page

@georgewilson2434

2 жыл бұрын

Albertmathe is the name

@albertpitts417

2 жыл бұрын

This man right here,I trade with him he’s inventive and the P.O.T are no jokes, I won’t look awestricken u made mention of him

I’m from Oldham, I lived there until I was 27, and I can tell you all it was a pretty good place to grow up. We had a nice house in a fairly normal suburb, it was just by the moors so I could go up there with my mates, I went to a good school, it was near Manchester, there was a quick and cheap train in to Manchester, and on a Friday night or a Saturday night it used to be a pretty good place to go out drinking. I’m in to indie music, and there was a great alternative music scene there when I was young in the 90’s/00’s. People used to come from other towns for the nightlife. Has a lot of really great chippies as well

@laylaleannejepson7

2 жыл бұрын

Who doesn't like chips 🙂

@djonfonsteen6331

2 жыл бұрын

Never any good clubs in Oldham unfortunately. 90s Manchester was mint.

@krisinsaigon

2 жыл бұрын

@@djonfonsteen6331 well I was into indie music, and we had the ambition night that was well good for indie music, plus a few really good bars like Jackson’s Pit. Maybe for people into dance music it wasn’t good

@JameyLeanneCooper

2 жыл бұрын

Well things change

@MIX-is3rw

2 жыл бұрын

Can be friends

I've lived in Bradford for most of my life. Apart from the ghettos, the car and quad bike chases, police helicopters, black german cars driving up and down Manchester road because the drivers are bored. White shiny top of the range Range Rovers outside the owners run down terrace houses with knackered gate and overgrown garden. The closed shops up the middle part of the city. It isn't all that bad...

@cathihargaden1608

2 жыл бұрын

Haha did u mention the fireworks after midnight and the special driving privileges for some?

@mathewduffy5827

2 жыл бұрын

And the hired super cars fireworks and drug use but if we lived somewhere else we would complain that it was too quiet

@adamwilkinson6721

2 жыл бұрын

Haha the range rover bit, so true, funny af. Cars are like double the values of their homes, live in absolute rot holes, everything falls apart except the car. So true, no one gives a damn, no one has any pride in the area they live, literally barely summon pride for their own belongings. All about that image though, living in a rat house whilst driving round thinking your something 😂

@harryluk7026

2 жыл бұрын

i went to bradford once, went out on the lash and my friend stopped me walking to pull a syringe out my shoe.. i also got mugged later that night

@BozalliCopter

2 жыл бұрын

The drivers and the fireworks and litter are definitely the worse things there. I found living there decent otherwise but those things were a real pain

I'm surprised Wolverhampton isn't on this list.

@MrBagpipes

2 жыл бұрын

Cannock should be. Inbreeding capital of England.

@tonyroy8123

2 жыл бұрын

So am I. It is dump.

@butterfly-bw6cx

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrBagpipes nasty.

@butterfly-bw6cx

2 жыл бұрын

Walsall?

@jrb614

2 жыл бұрын

Dudley should be there

Not the first video I've seen on bad places in Britain where all of the images are sunny and clean and show decent-looking places with nice, old architecture. You need to show the crappy backstreets and visual evidence of why these places are rubbish. Most Birmingham suburbs are far worse than this. I briefly lived in Handsworth and it was like an independent state where anything went and the police would rather not even set foot in there. Murders, drive-bys, rubbish/rats in the streets, gang war, drugs, general lawlessness...it had it all. Place looked terrible too with gardens piled with rubbish, smashed-up cars everywhere, and just damage, decay, and lack of maintenance all around. Horrible place.

@oddities-whatnot

2 жыл бұрын

Ive worked in some of those areas in Birmingham. In Aston ive seen old furniture piled on the grass next to the road, litter everywhere, scruffy shops, nobody taking any pride in the place. Loads of areas around the city like that. Dreadful

Having traveled all over the U.K. and being British you cannot say worse places too live by town or city, because all areas have crime and poverty to some degree. The U.K. Is a beautiful country sadly some people don’t respect the place they live in which is the case all over the world.

@fionagregory9376

2 жыл бұрын

Travelled has 2 Ls if you are British.

@annebenn353

2 жыл бұрын

I do agree with Gravesend. The pub next to the sea defence wall was the worst I've ever seen and the town centre very sad. Iam originally from SE Kent and used to think that our sea side town was dead boring but as a child just after WW2 had the best education and a street full of friends. We were as free as birds and quite safe.

@jakehowie442

2 жыл бұрын

It’s dirty and full of litter. Most English at least don’t even take pride in their own homes, never mind the streets they infest…

@alanmawson9601

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakehowie442 You obviously haven't been to England, tosspot 🙄

@alanfox691

2 жыл бұрын

No matter where you live in The U.K you need to try & find the positives & dont dwell on the negatives as much as you can find it in yourself today. The problem with a lot of places thought The U.K is they where built up during The Industrial revolution & a hell of a lot are stuck in that period of time architecturally ether that or we have 70's style buildings that look 100% worse. What we need is more modern looking buildings & affordable flats as well as new Council built houses Thatcher has a hell of a lot to answer for. We have a lot of beautiful landscapes in The U.K wilderness to explore the winters are the real problem long & bleak. But things have opened up & there is more choice of things today in this day in age. But the our history of The Industrial revolution is holding us back but Government could not careless it's all about votes for them.

I'm from Yorkshire originally and confirm the best thing about Bradford is the road to Leeds.

@peterbilt3385

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in Bradford in 1971. I was lucky enough to escape to Cornwall in 1997. The place is hell on earth, especially now. It's like being in a foreign ghetto. Totally overrun and beyond repair.

@helvete983

2 жыл бұрын

From Leeds, can confirm!

@Em-im1yz

2 жыл бұрын

From Bradford i can confirm

@acidmack1041

2 жыл бұрын

Bradford must be bad if a road that takes you to Leeds is classed as an upgrade lol

@helvete983

2 жыл бұрын

@@acidmack1041 Mate, if we are in a restaurant Bradford is a plate of steaming shit, and Leeds is a steak.

I am sick to death of Peterborough being lambasted with this "worst place to live" brush by people who have never lived here. Lived in London 35 years and I can tell you it was wall to wall concrete, over populated, no one smiled at each other and unsafe at night. Peterborough is absolutely stunning. Wide open spaces, nice people, free.

@Abraham_Tsfaye

2 жыл бұрын

When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere. Homeless people sleeping in doorways. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets. It's a sad declined country

@babox8244

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the USA was bad until I visited England .It used to be lovely, mostly,but it's turned ugly with non English people everywhere speaking foreign languages,some can't speak English .Homeless people sleeping in the shop fronts,drug addicts wandering around .Too bad

@Baldrick_dogsbody

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. And that is why Peterborough house prices are expensive. So its not the bad place this video made it out to be. I think Grimsby should have made the list. Some parts of it look like derelict eastern Europe.

@malpete

2 жыл бұрын

@@babox8244 nah nothing beats USA

@bugsy89

2 жыл бұрын

@@babox8244 Only an American would comment on people speaking a foreign language and see that as a bad thing!

I went to university in Bradford and loved it! The people were really nice. It’s a bit old fashioned compared to Birmingham but I have some great memories from my student days there!

Okay, let's sort this crap out once and for all... Virtually anywhere in the Northern Europe is nice to live in if you're wealthy. It's being poor that makes life miserable. I've seen it from both sides of the fence. England is a perfect example of the effects of massive inequality.

@oscarwildchannel5510

2 жыл бұрын

The best places to live in Europe are Spain and Italy.

@richatlarge462

2 жыл бұрын

Poverty doesn't cause garbage, graffiti, vandalism, sex crimes, rudeness, etc.

@romeogrigoras9378

2 жыл бұрын

@@richatlarge462 exactly. Everything goes from lack of education. Obviously, no government of the world wants to have cult and educated peoples. Otherwise, how they will manipulate them to obtain favours, votings?!

@TechRyze

2 жыл бұрын

@@richatlarge462 Doesn’t cause them, but often vast areas of poverty allow those behaviours to fester unchecked. Wealthy or affluent people are often just doing the sex crimes and rudeness. They’re too busy managing their money to to the other ones.

@alyahamzah1952

2 жыл бұрын

Im from southeast asia. This is true for many countries of the world. If you have money, you can choose the best locations the place has to offer, in an area w good schools, low crime rate ect. Being poor is hard. Except maybe if you live in Brunei where the Sultan ensures no citizen is homeless, without food or medical cover.

A Greater Manchester resident here. Can confirm that one should avoid Oldham at all costs. Even a brief visit will leave you clinically depressed.

@jamielambert5267

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I have to go to Oldham often, I hate it.

@markfox2043

2 жыл бұрын

What's so bad...

@bradleycoopie503

2 жыл бұрын

Oldham is a shithole !!!!!!

@RickRubinesque

2 жыл бұрын

I was on the MegaBus from Newcastle to Manchester with a hangover and a come down passing through Oldham. It was a Sunday afternoon, grey and drizzling. Looking out of the window at the decay and deprivation of Oldham was the bleakest thing I've witnessed and most miserable I've ever felt.

@gracemanock2471

2 жыл бұрын

@@bradleycoopie503 I agree ,as someone who loved the place in the 60s and 70s .since the fire at the indoor market ,and influx of immigrants .

That was informative!!

As someone born and raised in the town of Hartlepool, I can say that it is rough the more inland you go (from experience, don't take this as fact) but in places like the Historic Headland and Marina there are some very gorgeous places to go, and especially when the Tall Ships arrive. Plus, on the headland, everyone looks out for eachother and helps a person in need while in places more inland you get people who are slightly less helpful and will only help you in need if you have some sort of friendship or relation to them. Overall, Hartlepool is a gorgeous town with amazing people, and even the queen (RIP) has visted during the summer and enjoyed it!

I grew up in Oldham and whilst the town itself is run-down and being left to rot I always loved that I had very easy access to Manchester (7 minute train ride) as well as the beautiful scenery of the Pennine hills and moors (10 minute car ride in the opposite direction).

@HelenaMikas

2 жыл бұрын

I understand as have seen it Left to rot sums it up by a vile government for too many years.

@shermanator87

2 жыл бұрын

Mate if you live 7 minutes from a large city you're living on a gold mine. Give it a few years and where you live will be the hottest suburb to buy in.

@islanddweller3674

2 жыл бұрын

Born in Wigan and the best folk in the world are there. Poor as church mice but hearts of pure gold.

@debra1232

2 жыл бұрын

@@shermanator87 Not Oldham - I can assure you. I lived there 4-decades too long.

@arbaabsheytaan6723

2 жыл бұрын

Or the number 76 through Failsworth, Newton Heath, Miles Platting, Ancoats and BAM! Town !

Some of the towns and cities mentioned in the video are possibly the tip of the iceberg. I think that London has had millions of pounds spent on it in the last few years. I'm amazed at how much infrastructure geared up to tourism . I get the impression that so much has been spent that there is so little left for projects elsewhere in England.

@matthewjdouglas6471

2 жыл бұрын

London is it's own country. Its catering for tourists and the elitest wannabe assholes. The common person has no place in London. Its a sess pit now. It was great 20 years ago. Now it's more arrogant and stuck up than ever.

@heliotropezzz333

2 жыл бұрын

Not quite true. London is one of the 3 areas (the South East and West Midlands being the other two) that raise more in tax revenue than they spend. Tourism is one of the areas that helps this. These 3 areas have traditionally subsidised spending on the rest of the country. I don't know the current situation (since Covid and lockdowns hit) but the figures are available up to 2017 at least. Where the surplus is spent is up to the politicians but the Tories has preferred to support their heartlands in the south.

@HelenaMikas

2 жыл бұрын

@@heliotropezzz333 Tourism is about to drop .London has a public transport system .Every other place in UK lost their's when sold off by Mrs Thatcher .Makes a huge difference.Living in Germany now my home city was Manchester and I'd ask you to study history .Manchester, Bradford and Belfast,made London the wealthy capitol it is via cotton / wool / and linen exports .to name but 3.. London has done the rest of UK any favours ever .Taxation is paid by all and should be equally divided .Preference should play no part .Every are of a country should be treated decently .

@heliotropezzz333

2 жыл бұрын

@@HelenaMikas I agree. Historically the wealth of the country came more from the north but then the electorate voted in Mrs Thatcher with her view that manufacturing didn't matter and could be left unprotected to sink, and she closed down coalmines without putting a replacement source of income in their place. Her mistaken view was that Britain could thrive on its financial services only and London was the hub of those.

@esmtv925

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/a5qkyNurncvAnsY.html

How on earth is stoke not on this list?!

I lived in Bradford and what a horrible experience it was. I didn't feel safe at all. We lived in the Manningham area in the Silk Warehouse right across from a police station. But I still didn't feel safe and was the victim of assaults and verbal abuse. glad to leave it behind me.

@supernova046

2 жыл бұрын

agreed.ive heard if you call the police in bradford the bengal lancers turn up 😀😀😀

@noel2115

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear of the abuse you endured just for attempting to live to your means and what you know. Fucking arse holes

@Abraham_Tsfaye

2 жыл бұрын

When I was in UK. I saw empty boarded up streets under a constant grey sky, litter everywhere. Homeless people sleeping in doorways. Opioid addicts out of their mind and women so drunk they urinated on the streets. It's a sad declined country

@vyvii3293

2 жыл бұрын

@@Abraham_Tsfaye that is not the case everywhere, I live in a very nice area now.

@vyvii3293

2 жыл бұрын

@@noel2115 what was absolutely awful was people assuming that because I'm a white woman, that I must sleep with any man... It was difficult to listen to and people spitting at you is disgusting. Several times with my son (who was 2 at the time) we had bottles, stones etc thrown at us. And I would leave the park crying, a man once asked why my husband wasn't with me... Why do I need a husband to be in a park with my son?

These were once proud northern industrial towns Middlesborough, Bradford, Sheffield all ravaged by a greedy Westminster. Much of the rest of Britain including London has been built on the industrial and cities of the north.

@andrewmorton395

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you, I live in Sheffield, it as been devsted, over the years, all the steel, works, coal mines have gone, who would think, steel was invented in Sheffield.

@LINTUSOORYA

2 жыл бұрын

And illegal immigration

@haniffmohamoodally

2 жыл бұрын

These were world famous cities with a proud with a well established industrial heritage.

@markstubington798

2 жыл бұрын

Bradford is the heroin capital of England

@kathymarik1932

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with your statement. I was born a d brought upon the Borough area. It was a great place to live and I will always be proud to say I come from Middlesbrough

I grew up on a housing estate in South London in the 70's . No money, no dad, no private school, no real opportunities. Had a bunch of good friends and a mother who ensured that I never missed school and kept on the straight and narrow. Now I'm fairly wealthy and my kids have private education and want for nothing. I wouldn't trade my upbringing for theirs for all the tea in Tesco's.

@kristianburton6811

2 жыл бұрын

Only part I disagree with here is no opportunities when you lived in South london, you lived right by the capital of the UK. You want to talk about being raised with no opportunities try growing up in the Welsh valleys in the 80s and 90s.

@MrKhatibu

2 жыл бұрын

Blessings

@GuinessOriginal

2 жыл бұрын

Why do you send them for to private school then?

@billyclark7079

2 жыл бұрын

Just been to Tesco, all their tea is out of stock, ya fucked now abo

@ultraviolav9626

2 жыл бұрын

I would. :) Only massive luck and an amount of work of a ship slave will get you out of disadvantageous background. You grew up in in the 70's - totally different world, 10 times slower than now. Now the wealth has their 7-8th generation and even the digital wizards are on their 2nd generation. And the more kids get into private school ahead of you, the less chance you have to make it at least equal to them. The more kids are born into the network, the less space is for an outsider to break into. The self-made-man movies were made in 70-80's and that was basically the last time when you could make it just by luck and hard work. Now it's all a linked network or marriages.

It is interesting how people keep mentioning all the little things that make life bearable. I am not an outstanding sports fan, but at the age of 87, and having left Sheffield 70 years ago I still love Sheffield Wednesday/Sheffield United. Of course, having lived in the Middlewood/Hillsborough area Sheffield Wednesday was my first love as a 5 year old.

wow i know peterborough well and i always got this lost hope, end of the line, type of feeling there but your description literally took the words from my brain, was kind of freaky.

The main issue is lack of cleanliness and rubbish everywhere, especially on the side of the roads, fronts of houses leave a lot to be desired., rubbish bags, dirty windows, simply too many places are badly maintained.

@beeopper

2 жыл бұрын

That is not the main issue whatsoever? The main issue is employment and the fact large corporations buy properties in lower income areas making them impossible to be bought or rented by the residents of that town.

@chillijoe8264

2 жыл бұрын

theres no need for maintenance if people pick up there garbage.

@jwsc17276ify

2 жыл бұрын

Problem is the immigrants

@vennsim71

2 жыл бұрын

@@beeopper at least a brick wall has its uses… 😂

@sabbracadabra8367

2 жыл бұрын

Late Stage Capitalism.

If I had to pick the worst place to live in England, I would simply say any major city. I was never a city goer but when I started to visit cities in England for work, two things surprised me; just how rude everyone is and how dirty the place is.

Well done and good job. Please, could you give me some clues about Lincoln city?

@002lisamarie

Жыл бұрын

It's nice.

to me the uk feels like it doesn't have much of a community life anymore, which it used to have to a high extent up to the 90ies I suppose. The greyness of many towns is therefore so much more accentuated by loneliness.

i protest, as a native boltonian that my town has not been placed in the top ten, a situation most of the populace are trying to remedy...

@chrisyates4509

2 жыл бұрын

Just close your eyes and think of Warrington 👍👍😂

@MohiHash

2 жыл бұрын

You mean Boltistani

@chrisyates4509

2 жыл бұрын

@@MohiHash 😂 not saying a word

@user-lo4lg1xe3g

2 жыл бұрын

@@MohiHash crying 😂

@ianwright40

2 жыл бұрын

If you are picking Bolton I want Leicester including. Terry Wogan once joked that they should build a wall around Leicester... How right he was.

Your home is what you make it. There are always good and bad areas. I live in London and there are plenty of both. Just remaining streetwise where ever you live and learning the surrounding culture is key. If it’s not for you try your best to move to a place that suits… if possible, I get there are reasons people can’t!

@dannicatzer305

2 жыл бұрын

No your home is what everyone makes it.. If the majority of people think litter bins are a suggestion and any vertical wall is a urinal you cant do shit about it.

@enigman6031

2 жыл бұрын

Learning the surrounding culture? That might prove difficult or Christians as Christianity has been frowned upon by other faiths and religions who have fled their own burnt out countries. They have no love for London her traditional people and would rather see London become like the razed War torn crapholes from whence they came.

Went to school in Oldham, Clarksfield and Breeze Hill back in the 80's, biggest issues in the north is work or lack there of. People should start seriously questioning government over the last 40 years. What have they been doing in terms of job creation and stimulating the local economy....nothing basically.

@oddities-whatnot

2 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80s there was a lot of optimism generally in the UK. Im from up north and had a great time when I was younger. Never out of work. Everything has changed now. Main problem is the cost of living and property prices. Wages are not keeping up which causes more people to be in financial difficulties, stuck in renting or in jobs that are not secure. Its bad now.

I grew up in the ghettos of Los Angeles and had no idea it was an undesirable slum until outsiders told me so. It was tough but we knew no other way of life so it was normal to us. It's where we lived, laugh, cried & made wonderful memories that I still hold dear. Home is home no matter where you find yourself so I believe the majority of locals in these towns would vehemently disagree with these assessments.

@cyqry

2 жыл бұрын

Can definitely tell you grew up in the US if you think we'd disagree with our town being on the list, its a common English pastime to bitch and moan about how horrible our situation is without doing anything to improve it.

@mzaf2247

2 жыл бұрын

The happiest people are in the poorest places ...

I have lived in a few cities in England in the past ( Reading, Didcot, Kyngs L., Norwich and Peterborough), and I must say regardless the poverty issues Peterborough was the place where I was most happy! I managed to get off poverty and find a decent job , great friends and workmates, I still remember there where some old ladies working with me that used to bring me gifts all the time (parfums, socks , wallets, clothes, etc… they where looking after me as family , will forever be grateful, miss those times and the mates I had back there , Ferry meadows, nene park ….. no place I’ve ever seen matches Peterborough I still feel like it was my home and will be forever.

@Ahuntrgw2013

2 жыл бұрын

Here! Here! 🤨 Over the last decade+ I’ve lived in the Midlands - Barton Seagraves (suburb of Kettering), Alconbury, and in St. Neots. Been to and / or through Peterborough a few times, with co-workers living in / near it. Never heard this sort of “bad press” about Peterborough. (Even had my US-spec car fixed at a dealership up there!). It was a “big city” as far as I was concerned. I think anyone who says something bad / boring about their own town probably does wish to go out somewhere else. OR, they could simply invest themselves in getting to know their own neighbors (for starters) and put themselves into their town.

@CashIsKing_UseItOrLoseIt

2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou for sharing that.

@006ahenry

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ahuntrgw2013 i.lived in Alconbury for 3yrs. 30yrs ago. My father was in the US air force. He was stationed at the Alconbury base, but we lived off base in Alconbury Village. Iwas 12. I enjoyed living there. Quiet boring, perfect for getting into trouble lol...

@Ahuntrgw2013

2 жыл бұрын

@@006ahenry Then sir(?), perhaps you remember a pub called The Manor House? I lived on Hawthorne End, right up a short footpath that was just down the street from that pub. (Although when you were there, I think there would have been THREE pubs in the village.)

@Ahuntrgw2013

2 жыл бұрын

@@006ahenry Thank you for sharing! 👍🏻 It’s nice to “meet” folks who’ve travelled / lived in the same place(s) you have.

The way you listed bradford as having drug issues out in the open... is there a uk city that doesnt have this?

@MrGlutenFree.

2 жыл бұрын

Hatfield, Hertfordshire doesnt have this problem

@dannista98

2 жыл бұрын

They don't police rich areas where cocaine is taken freely without fear of prosecutions.

@dannista98

2 жыл бұрын

Oldham has a lot of all white council estates where generations of white folk have never worked but folk looks t the Asians who saved it from being a ghost town of junkies.

@jackiefitzgibbon8219

2 жыл бұрын

Every inch of UK has drug problems

@kullulillu

2 жыл бұрын

Where the hell is Doncaster?! I lived there for 6 years. Mad place in my opinion.

Actually, Hartlepool isn’t too bad. Over 90,000 people live here, and quite enjoy it myself.

I come from Bradford. I left. I grew up thinking it was normal to see drug dealers in every McDonald’s car park after 6pm and getting constantly asked to get into cars with groups of men I’d never seen. This is only in the city though. The outskirts are vast, rural, and the people are nice. I now live in a safer town but I never feel uncomfortable anywhere after growing up in that kind of place. You become immune to seeing the depravation and crime after a while. You just see it as what it is. People struggling to get by and young men(mostly) making bad decisions so they look richer than they are in a place of poverty.

Any place is bad if your skint.. bless.... Blackpool has the best Park in the County. Check it out.. locals go to poulton, Lytham for nights out meals etc... lots of nice housing and areas to live in Blackpool. The town centre is a working class holiday resort. They come from all over the country and beyond.. some stay in low rent accommodation and work seasonal job's. People from Blackpool dont live near the Centre... the Transidient folk live there.. Tourism is booming lots of investment.. some very nice Housing road layouts and areas within Blackpool. Any Tourist place will look bad if u look for Drunks to film or simple people with issues.

@paulbaines9125

2 жыл бұрын

Wrea Green just outside Blackpool is the definitive English country village with green & a cricket match being played on, well worth a visit nice pub & beer was spot on. The comment on Blackpool Town centre was bang on, two streets back from the front would put Frank Gallagher right at home. Admittedly a Winter's day visit after a local relative's funeral we went into a pub on Lytham Rd & the pool table had someone asleep on top🎱🤣. We finished our drinks, jumped in the car & sped down the M55 & M6 as fast as we could (1 out of 10 for entertainment value).

@oldgeezer3269

2 жыл бұрын

I’m in Poulton just outside Blackpool Was born and raised Stepney east London The people and area are amazing The only regret I have I didn’t move a long time ago

@lindamcmahon3577

2 жыл бұрын

Blackpool is not just a few St's of prom it has lots of beautiful housing if u just go back a bit of the prom area, use your legs a go a walk back from the front and u will find beautiful areas.

@redflag8970

2 жыл бұрын

Blackpool fantastic place

@ellismeah5127

2 жыл бұрын

@@redflag8970 yeh Blackpool not to bad ,at least it don't look like part of Africa or the middle East yet, I would be quite happy to live in Bishpam nice place

There's one serious common denominator in the majority of these towns that wasn't mentioned...

@tonyroy8123

2 жыл бұрын

They are all dumps!

@DaDARKPass

2 жыл бұрын

...which is?

@oddities-whatnot

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaDARKPass Demographics. There, ive made it easy for you.

@DaDARKPass

2 жыл бұрын

@@oddities-whatnot Damn, I was really hoping that wasn't what he was trying to imply.

It's amazing how the worst places are the some of the most ethnically diverse.... maybe not hartlepool lol

Interesting list. I grew up in the U.S., on the East Coast, so my ideas of "the worst place to live" are some of the cities in Eastern NJ or parts of Brooklyn or the Bronx where you are told "get in a taxi NOW and don't you dare go walking anywhere", there's gunfire, and most of the buildings are boarded up. None of these places strike me as anywhere near that awful, though most cities have their "bad" places. When I came to the UK for an extended stay this year, I rented a place in Plymouth. I was roasted by my London friends, who told me Plymouth was a "total s**hole" (spoiler: no it isn't). When I do take the coach to London, the taxi driver will inevitably ask "Where are you going luv? Anywhere nice?" And when I say "London", they say, "Ah. Nowhere nice then." Definitely a very subjective thing.

@alinaally6048

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from the U.S. but live in England and it's true. Their bad cities with maybe the exception of London with their daily stabbings and gang activity are quite safe. I grew up in Los Angeles and this place is not scary or bad. I also live in the north in a beautiful village with wealthy people so not all of the north is backwards. We get a lot of snobby Londoners moving up here because of low crime and beautiful properties for a fraction of the price.

@basconevinnie647

2 жыл бұрын

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@rianosherry860

2 жыл бұрын

@@basconevinnie647 I'm jealous. I need some guidance please. Lately I've been considering buying dividends stocks for retirement, I have set asides $400k but somewhere along the line, I get cold feet maybe because I'm a rookie and have no idea what I'm doing.

@basconevinnie647

2 жыл бұрын

@@rianosherry860 You've saved for yourself some good bucks. Get a professional, my sincere advise.

@rianosherry860

2 жыл бұрын

@@basconevinnie647 That sounds good. But how do i get a reliable one considering the heavy presence of scams in our social media space today?

I love how he mainly shows old buildings making England look like its back in the 1800s lol

@mangot589

2 жыл бұрын

IKR? They all look so charming. And clean.

@mooglesmodelrailways

2 жыл бұрын

The pub shown in Gravesend is the 'Three Daws' built in the 16th century. Its right next to the river Thames, was notorious for smuggling and press gangs in the 18th century and sits next to the town pier. Which incidentally is the oldest cast iron pier in the world...

Firstly, a postcode doesn’t define you as a person. It’s just letters and numbers and where you hang your hat. I have been to London many times, and trust me that London has some of the roughest and most deprived areas in the country. If you don’t live in the wealthy and glamorous parts, London is a dump and massively overpriced. There is good and bad in all regions. And some the most genuine people you could ever meet come from the so called bad areas, salt of the earth working class people. Give me them over the stuck up plebs from the so called “better” areas anyday.

I don't know if this is fair but I went to Blackburn for a job interview and was glad to leave the place and equally glad I didn't get the job there. It's one of the few places where I got a very bad feeling about the place.

@oddities-whatnot

2 жыл бұрын

Its a town of two halves. Literally. Its about 40% Asian, the rest are mainly whites on large council estates. Its a conflicting mix that gives the impression of it being rough. Problem is, media reporting of problems there is biased, you can tell which way. You dont get an honest picture of whats really going on for fear of upsetting sections of the community.

My dad was from Middlesbrough & left to fly spitfires. He went back 20 years later at the age of 46 & never lived anywhere else again. As a steel town with 3 big steelworks & 2 chemical plants nearby the house & shops were full & the surrounding areas grew. However with the decline of heavy industry until i stopped visiting in 2008 it never recovered. No doubt with better investment life could have been different. I was born in Blackpool & it was lovely in the ‘50s but once people went to Majorca for their holidays it lost its purpose.

@scottking869

Жыл бұрын

My nan moved to london from there along with her sister but after the war her brothers stsyed there as dockers i think they was

Bradford is definitely a place to avoid at all costs

@355PH

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Driving into or through Bradford not a good idea. Good chance of a smash with another vehicle without insurance or looking for a whiplash claim. Absolute bandit country.

@rascalhusky8129

2 жыл бұрын

When arriving in Bradford they have a sign saying ( HAVE YOUR PASSPORT READY). Leeds is in India.

@LINTUSOORYA

2 жыл бұрын

@@rascalhusky8129 means?

@markstubington798

2 жыл бұрын

The heroin capital of England

@charlie2601

2 жыл бұрын

@@rascalhusky8129 they say mini Pakistans & you know when someone say Pakistans it means?

One of the worst places to live, in England is...........................England...! And we have it pretty ok here, compared to the rest of the planet. Doesn't say much for the poor planet, does it.

@whatarewegonnabe2932

2 жыл бұрын

Too true

@katiewilliams8754

2 жыл бұрын

True Keith! And why do we have a monarchy? That crowd of numpties own so much land globally that it’s obscene. In this day and age, there should not be such disparity between the haves and have-nots.

This is hilarious thank you!

My daughter was born in San Bernardino the slums of California when she got out of high school she wanted to go Uk to go to school so now she’s in Lincolnshire university

A lot of the northern towns and city’s were once the heartbeat of the industrial revolution which made England a rich country

@BlatentlyFakeName

2 жыл бұрын

All of England was really. But after it all sort of collapsed the North didn't get the same level of investment. Part of that is because of logistics, It's easier to get goods to Europe from the south of England so that is where the wealth ended up. Many of the towns on this list are in the "south", but none are below London.

@mshams3463

2 жыл бұрын

Industry moved to China

@kadensmike8190

2 жыл бұрын

@@mshams3463 Maybe we should... I could imagine Chinese people having to cope with the eccentricities of disgruntled Northern migrants.

@bram992

2 жыл бұрын

Slavery made england rich

@bram992

2 жыл бұрын

@@mshams3463 Due to cheap labor white industry owners moved their business to China.

It is a shame that the narrator does not ask the question why?

@Kelly14UK

2 жыл бұрын

We know the answer and it comes under hate speech ie gagging orders

@johnorchard4

2 жыл бұрын

@Charles Wetherspoon You might think so, but I have done a lot of empirical research in towns and cities across the UK and Europe. My observation is that there are obvious impacts from the prevailing economic conditions, but for the most part this is about poorly crafted public policy. I also observe that every town really is different, and therefore the one fit for all ideas that are often promulgated are simply not viable in the majority of cases.

@smartypants7284

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kelly14UK only if youre a racist who does not engage in critical thinking beyond what the tabloids want you to think

I think you're missing key details about some of these towns ie Oldham Bradford Rochdale Luton.. lots and lots of Asians. I'm Asian by the way and have been to all of the ones listed above.

@Snowshowslow

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what you're saying. Do you mean Asian populations make a place worse, or better? Or are you suggesting a racist motive behind the choices made for this vid?

@JJ-te2pi

Жыл бұрын

@@Snowshowslow Lots of Pakistani Muslims make a British town or city worse because of segregation and extremism.

Leicester, Derby, Birmingham, Grimsby, Telford, Stoke, Doncaster the list goes on

@morganbryan8045

15 күн бұрын

Particularly Stoke

Love how you describe the worst places whilst showing the most scenic parts of them....

@sandragray3951

2 жыл бұрын

And they all looked so clean!

@mangot589

2 жыл бұрын

They all looked so charming! And like Sandra said, clean. I’m like, heck, I’d live there lol

@reddykilowatt

2 жыл бұрын

agreed. if these are the worst places then you’ve got a pretty good country. they don’t look like the bombed out shells of places in the U.S. like Detroit, Camden or Gary.

@sandragray3951

2 жыл бұрын

@@reddykilowatt If the video maker had gone down the back streets, it might be a different story. But these worst places look fine!🤔🤔

I drove through Bracknell today. I think it's my idea of what Hell must be like.

I was born in London around Lewisham, I really loved it here because I had so much friends until I had to move. I had to move to Gravesend and it was bad here I didn't have any friends, none of my friends/cousins/ everyone I know lived around here, they all lived around Lewisham. I really want to move back there

Hi everyone, Pls I need honest review. I'm planning to move to Peterlee, county Durham for work as a health care worker. Is it a good place to live especially as an immigrant?? Thanks in advance

Nobody’s mentioned London that would be my worst nightmare , it’s like the Wild West 👍

@topsalah1819

2 жыл бұрын

what does that mean? I live in London ,

@Genevasplaytime

2 жыл бұрын

So the number 1 tourist destination in the west is a nightmare?

@dream-67

2 жыл бұрын

So places like Kensington and Richmond are like the wild West?🤷

@sandragray3951

2 жыл бұрын

You mean the wild middle east surely!🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MelissaMarshman

2 жыл бұрын

@@dream-67 haha exactly, I live in Richmond and it's pretty decent, nothing like any of these deprived northern cities 🤣

Oii…I live in Stevenage! 😄 I live in the Old Town though, which is somewhat nicer, prettier… The new town is not as bad as portrayed here though. It’s a large town that is still growing with Great Ashby almost being a town in itself. And there’s a lot of rejuvenation going on in the town centre. I moved here in ‘99 and raised both my kids here.. my daughter is 24, works full time, and is NOT pregnant! 😂

@everyfoster4810

2 жыл бұрын

Yep agree...worked in Stevenage looks beautiful than what is shown here...

@airzulu2733

2 жыл бұрын

Stevenage has its problems. But it's know different from many others . And it's changing fast and in my view not a bad place to live. And I've been to far worse new towns and other areas then Stevenage.

@zdavis4222

2 жыл бұрын

I moved to Stevenage in my twenties and have lived there nearly 40 years now. The cycle paths form one of only two such comprehensive networks in the UK (the other is in Milton Keynes) and the excellent road network enables you to get from one side of the town to the other quickly. The town centre is currently undergoing a massive redevelopment, although I admit there isn't much greenery there. However, Fairlands Valley Park has an area of 120 acres not far from the town centre. Although there has been an influx of London commuters in the last 10-15 years, I don't consider being 30 miles from central London being a particular asset. The town has over 5,000 jobs in the pharmaceutical and aerospace industries alone (out of a population of 90,000) and the comparative lack of people at opposite ends of the social spectrum means that it is a very socially cohesive community.

@AcornFox7

2 жыл бұрын

Lived in The Nidge for 2 years and I loved it. Of course it’s got its issues, but it’s buzzing, busy and the old town is great.

There used to be a sign on the way into Rochdale that some one had vandalised to say ‘Welcome to sweaty crochdale’. It has some nice areas though and I now live nearby in Todmorden which is a great part of the country to live in.

Why would you illustrate this with pictures of beautiful Victorian buildings, cathedrals, and bridges? They don't exactly look like bad places. You've added quiet suburban streets too: why not the council estates?

@raymcd4976

2 жыл бұрын

it doesnt fit the agenda and is a shite video altogether.

@chrisg7011

2 жыл бұрын

Can't show council estates I a negative light, it's not woke 🤣

Those of us who know Oldham know that it is no longer in Britain .It opted out of our culture decades ago.

@mrmyorky5634

2 жыл бұрын

How true, it once used to be a place full of hardworking decent people.

@leod-sigefast

2 жыл бұрын

I think taxi driver is now the number one occupation in Oldham. Paying income tax is mearly optional.

@ellismeah5127

2 жыл бұрын

Republic of Oldham, I guess the population feels right at home

@alanmawson9601

2 жыл бұрын

Diversity is our strength.

@grahamthegreat2680

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanmawson9601 what strength? we're done for because so many are so woke!

All these places are SUPER nice from an American and Canadian perspective. I just looked up Kensington philadelphia - it is very bad. Then there is Vancouver Downtown East side, Skid row in LA (a huge area), Baltimore, Detroit, Buffalo, parts of Portland, OR and Seattle, WA, downtown Atlanta, several NJ and CT cities. Then there are lots of rural areas where people don't have plumbing or electricity. The only area I can think of as pretty and clean as what you showed us is Vermont which has a raging opioid problem and lots of quiet desperation in the middle of natural beauty and heritage buildings.For Americans and Canadian worst means boarded up decaying buildings, overgrown empty lots, vermin, lack of basic infrastructure like water, electricity and trash pickup. Trash everywhere. Open drug use and sale. Gun violence and general lack of safety.

I recall a food takeaway in Blackpool where a serious fight broke out between a customer a member of the staff. I didn't wait around for my food order.

Interesting and more importantly the comments. I live in Manchester decades ago and now in Kent where the Council have surplus funds and CEO pay comparable to pm I think. My observations of the 245 Councils I think, majority of councillors were not professional..

About Bradford I agree 100 % . However, Gravesend is not the only trouble town in Kent, there are plenty of them. Hardly any main city in the UK has survived the rise of unemployment, gangs and general corruption.

@mcramzy4848

2 жыл бұрын

Chatham, gillingham

@mubzplay

2 жыл бұрын

The plague

@peterlovage3167

2 жыл бұрын

I live near gravesend . Its not that bad. There's a lot worse places in kent that's for sure.. .

@TB-pm6qv

2 жыл бұрын

What would you say about Margate

@charliechaz1982

2 жыл бұрын

Many of the Thames estuary towns both in Kent and Essex are terrible. How is Basildon not on this list? It's the most depressing place I've been in England. Tilbury isn't any better either. At least some of the northern towns on this list have historical importance or interesting centuries old architecture. I am speaking as a southerner from Essex so really not being biased.

I was born in Bradford and have fond memories. It really makes me sad that I always hear bad news about the town.

@tonyroy8123

2 жыл бұрын

It is a dump

@MarkSmith-er7fe

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonyroy8123 blackpool is worse-as a utd supporter-liverpool is bad as well

@The_Phoenix_Saga

2 жыл бұрын

@@benpenguin7382 hence the nickname Bradistan

@zx-zw3jm

2 жыл бұрын

@@benpenguin7382 people like you are why Yorkshire can't thrive Ben

@benpenguin7382

2 жыл бұрын

@@zx-zw3jm Yorkshire would be absolutely amazing if they shipped them all out

Not surprised stevenage is on there it's where I was born Oaks cross it's a town stuck in the past. I loved it there tho miss it but won't be the same feeling going back

I’ve traveled for work all over the UK for years and am always amazed that Middlesbrough makes these lists. It’s got it’s ups and downs just like anywhere else but it’s just not the place these videos say it is. Loads of decent affordable housing, genuine people, new tech creating good jobs, miles and miles of open countryside and seafronts on the doorstep, good road links and much more. And I don’t live anywhere near there before you ask. Barrow-in-Furness on the other hand - what a characterless slum of a place. Minging housing, the best jobs are done by outsiders who travel in for the week, knackered boats abandoned on beaches and if we ever enter true world peace, Barrow will just be a jobless ghost town as like lots of other places, it centres on one single industry. Ulverston isn’t far behind. Ulverston only exists because upmarket Lakes folk need somewhere to build larger shops and house their peasants, another example of the second-home buying middle class folk pricing the young villagers out with increasing house prices and they are forced to move to this slum.

@swazzyyk9880

2 жыл бұрын

A- good essay

@PL7802

2 жыл бұрын

Went to University there. Really liked the town and access to Redcar and Saltburn.

@archivist17

2 жыл бұрын

I spent a year in Barrow one week. It was grim.

@craigwilliamsdesign

2 жыл бұрын

It's just the usual PR for London, the BBC was always the worst for doing this, anytime they would report from Middlesbrough they would head straight to the worst part as they want to make sure that people down south don't think of escaping to a better life 😉

@corryjookit7818

2 жыл бұрын

Middlesbrough Sir David Frost the Brexit guy has resigned. Happy are you ? Brexit has already ruined the UK. Thanks. Not.

Middlesbrough is a great town. Always used to be there when I was younger. Its a bit of a melting pot of cultures who all seem to get along. My town hartlepool isn't a bad place to live either. It has its rough parts like any town. But also lovely parts too. People complain... but I've worked in every corner of the UK and thought that most towns are pretty much the same. Good luck to your town, wherever it is your ivory tower is situated.

@ER-gw2xz

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shit hole. Full stop.

@Alskdoenfkemfnek

2 жыл бұрын

No, it’s a hole. You need to get out more to see the comparison.

@borisisanutjob4482

2 жыл бұрын

Comparing Middlesbrough to a shit hole is an insult to a shit hole 🤣

@ianbradley2795

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Middlesbrough

@borisisanutjob4482

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianbradley2795 Hartlepool is 10x worse I will say that

Have a "stab" at London too. Place where noise, pollution, traffic jam, rude people, overpriced properties, drugs, and theft have no end.

I have lived in Stevenage for 14 years and I am very happy there. I lived in Edgware for 30 years and I could no wait to get out of the place. Because we moved further out of London we were able to buy a far nicer house for less and although I work from home now there is a fast line into London that takes twenty minutes. There are certainly grotty bits but there are plenty of very smart houses as well. We have a great theatre and lovely parks and two outdoor pools a short drive away and the town centre is currently undergoing a very big development.

@vavavroom4001

2 жыл бұрын

Edgware used to be a sought after area, big jewish population but even they are moving out now, its gone to the pitts.

Re; The worse places in “London”??? a 2 bed flat is almost impossible to afford with a 30 grand wage. Trust me

@kalimkhalidrao547

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnybravo5667 uuu of the best of Ur health

@travelsphereuk-7090

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnybravo5667 thats right! Thats why I’m still living with my parents. Our house is valued at £895.000, and I ain’t moving for shit. Need to save up for several more years before i get on the property ladder.

@mohammadahmed8171

2 жыл бұрын

From Sw1 london I love it

@husayn_east

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnybravo5667 London is the ghetto of uk trust me

@travelsphereuk-7090

2 жыл бұрын

@Calisthenic Day Trader thanks 🙏🏼

I am surprised that you haven't included Rotherham in South Yorkshire, believe me, I escaped from there two months ago, ssssh don't tell anyone, but Rotherham has been on it's last legs for many years, having to go between meadowhall and parkgate, the town centre has basically become a ghost town, there's parts of the town that's so rough, a week in Afghanistan would feel like a holiday Rotherham is top of the worse places to live in

@JB-lt1dx

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking why isn't Rotherham in this and I haven't even been.

@daviekelly3683

2 жыл бұрын

@@JB-lt1dx I stayed in Rotherham for 15 years and couldn't wait to get out of the place again, the town centre is run down mainly because of meadowhall and parkgate shopping centres, there's more charity shops than I cared to count It's lost all the big named stores leaving empty store spaced The buses in Rotherham is awful, run by south Yorkshire first bus, a big majority of the vehicles should have been scrapped years ago I recently moved back to Edinburgh again and I have seen quite a lot of changes, it's completely different to Rotherham am glad to say :-)

@godhams

2 жыл бұрын

I am surprised Rotherham isn't on the list...my mum's from Rotherham, but going back to when it was just a respectable northern town in the 60s & 50s..u know..in the era when working class people knew how to behave in a respectable manner! I dont even recognize the town centre from visits up there as a child!! It used to be so busy & so clean!! With just ordinary housewives (like my lovely na,na) doing a shop... & going into 'town' with her was a treat!! & the most good hearted people & soo friendly!! The outside shopping centres...& the modern working classes plus too much immigration (resulting in hundreds of young vulnerable girls being used & abused) has brought Rotherham to it's knees. Nobody knew where Rotherham was before that scandal BUT everyone knows where it is now!!! Rotherham didn't deserve that. My poor Aunties (all in their 80s now) are now embarrassed to say that they live there!!

@duncancurtis1758

2 жыл бұрын

I owned a house in Rotherham but got burgled seven times and left when migrants turned up. No regrets.

@Alfredromeothatsme

2 жыл бұрын

@@godhams Hey, it's all part of the multicultural utopia your politicians sold you, enjoy!

One of my early Ancestors lived in Oldeham. Will go find the best places now.

I live in Blackpool, I'm from Burnley originally and I have lived in London and Kent for ten years. I love Blackpool, there are good and bad areas of course like anywhere else but I'm at my most happiest here than anywhere else. Stanley Park for example is gorgeous and the people here are so friendly. There were some lovely people, and I've still got fantastic friends in London but generally the way of life is so hectic, People don't have time for each other x

Worst places to live in England. The North the South the east the west and everything in between

@misssarahashplant7493

2 жыл бұрын

You know where the airports are.

@leod-sigefast

2 жыл бұрын

@@misssarahashplant7493 Brexit prevents an easy exit now. We are all stuck on this shitty island!

@daveowen8502

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't you leave when it was easy?

@AhmedKMoustafa2

2 жыл бұрын

@@leod-sigefast 😂😂😂 come to Qatar next year, at least you will enjoy the world cup if you are into football

@arrongoldberg697

2 жыл бұрын

@@misssarahashplant7493you also know go back home and don’t forget take your family with you as well. Uk is full!

Middlesbrough's great,cheap as chips to live in a decent area and easy access to the north york moors

I grew up in San Francisco(and Oakland/Richmond) and it often gets put up in a good light since houses aren't dilapidated or rundown compared to other parts of the country(Baltimore, Detroit, Southside Chicago, etc.). But, like this video indicates, looks may be deceiving. Also, any city or area where jobs(careers) are hard to find for sizable segments of population, you can bet your ass that crime will be high. Common problem, factory jobs got outsourced overseas which took away from once decent neighborhoods/cities. This resulted less decent-waged blue collar jobs for those who choose not to pursue higher education.

Got to say Portsmouth.Went to Uni there.Its so over crowded and just grey blocks of flats everywere. Really run down and scatty

I don't think you can paint a true picture of any city just by solely looking at statistics. If you look at knife crime and murder rates London would be high up the list but it also attracts tourism from around the world and is a popular destination.

@jeff4362

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is that London statistics are always inflated. First of all it is the largest city by far (you can fit Manc, Glasgow, B'ham, Leeds, Liverpool all in there with room to spare), and naturally that bigger population makes its numbers in such stats higher. Secondly the London region used for official statistics only consists of the urban area, whereas other regions in England cover much wider and countryside areas. Comparing other cities between themselves is fair, but not with London.

@johnmitchell2269

2 жыл бұрын

The biggest problem with London is Sadiq Khan

@racecar15

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmitchell2269 please stay away from 👉🕋... save ur country England .

You listed Gravesend just a few miles south are a couple of gems, the medway towns. Walking down the high streets of either Chatham or Gillingham is like walking down main street in 1870s Tombstone or Dodge city.

@teddybear9029

2 жыл бұрын

Chathams more like walking through downtown Baghdad!

@hasanhuseyin2353

2 жыл бұрын

Chatham and gillingham 🤣 nailed it on the dot moved there less than 6 months moved back to east London even the vast majority of people who lived there

@lisa-vh7pl

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Chatham and I'm glad I moved away however where I am now is just as bad

@duncancurtis1758

2 жыл бұрын

Maidstone looked half dead in the 80s lots of zombies 🧟‍♂️ in the town centre.

@oliver3713

2 жыл бұрын

You know those towns must be bad when Strood of all places is a big step up 😂

You can’t judge a place till you’ve lived there 🙌🏼 don’t listen to others opinions you have to base your own, every place has a “rough part” it’s what you make it 🙌🏼💯

No mention to Skelmersdale, Leigh, Wigan, st Helens and Manchester or Liverpool. Oh lovely places to live with very similar problems the places mentioned in this video.

I wonder what Bradford, Rochdale, and Oldham all have in common?

@releesadopamine9810

2 жыл бұрын

And Luton and Middlesbrough lol I'm from boro ,I know exactly what your thinking and you be right I thought the same,was surprised Rotherham wasn't top of the list tbf ! And Slough x

@thathurt

2 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@brianday6429

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder

@minidwarfdude9230

2 жыл бұрын

Curry

@winston99999

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget LUTON, full of them!

I once felt like hobbit walking through Mordor, when I was walking through Bradford city centre!! 😆

@Val-M.

2 жыл бұрын

@romchiks - Well put some bloomin' shoes on then and cover those weird feet of yours . . . !

@clown811

2 жыл бұрын

The homeless bloke picking dumpers out of bins was gandalf

@helvete983

2 жыл бұрын

Well not far off, adventure into the wrong curry house will destroy your ring.

Hey Isabel Where are you from in Spain? I am English but live in Nerja 😊

I honestly can't agree with 90% of this list. I'm a travelling contractor, who has spent his last decade on the road in hotels in every city and town of the UK several times over. The only cities I can agree on is Stevenage. It's so devoid of heart and soul and even the residents hate the place. It's like a city that was built to simply 'house' commuters and no other care was taken to make it a decent place to live. The other I agree with is Blackpool... what a horrible dump. When I see that name name on my schedule my heart sinks. My list would be: Woking.... there is just nothing there, nothing unique or characteristic. Mansfield... Growing up there used to be a saying.. 'you're as useless as a tourist information centre in Mansfield' Rotherham.. Get drunk, fight... call police. Bradford is a paradise compared, at least there is stuff to do in Bradford Preston. Dark, depressing, boring... Rochdale is nicer, so is Oldham Stevenage... as described above. Blackpool... My number 1. Awful. Kings Lynn.. Lived there for 2 years. Couldn't wait to leave. Peterborough is much nicer than Kings Lynn, Kings Lynn is the inbred capital of the UK. A cesspool of hell. Grimsby... This guy has obviously never been to Grimsby. If he had... he would never have missed this off his list. My number 2 Seaham / Blyth.. I added these as one because Middlesbrough is not the worst place in the North East, and neither is Hartlepool. They can be both charming, despite their decline. But there are worse places in the North East to live... these two are examples. Sunderland is equal to Middlesbro... as bad, but not worse, interesting... but I would say neither are the worst. Torquay... Hard to say, as my childhood spent many happy days there on holiday with family. But it really has gone badly downhill. There are so many honourable mentions... Croydon. Bracknell (where I am today). Wakefield. Huddersfield. Chesterfield (my birth town). So many outskirts of London townships. Warrington. Kingston Upon Thames (because they gave me a parking ticket for being 2 minutes over the limit.. despite the Ringo app not working.) Dartford. Boston (The real murder capital of the UK) and Watford (because Luton, is actually a nicer place to stay than Watford.. and Watford is the HQ of wetherspoons.. so meh to Watford).

@002lisamarie

Жыл бұрын

Watford is much nicer than Peterborough. It actually has middle class people. King's Lynn is ok, so are Bracknell and Woking. Have you been to Peterborough lately? It's gone downhill terribly and has been ruined by uncontrolled immigration. Stevenage is getting a lot of regeneration now.

After living in Luton for over 2 years, I would put that town on the number one spot. Horrible place. A police helicopter constantly hovering over the area of Bury park.

@ronny150

2 жыл бұрын

Is that even a part of England anymore?

@aminahreviewsstuff

2 жыл бұрын

I worked in Luton for a month and it depressed me 😂😂😂

@stickytim

2 жыл бұрын

Mansfield would like a word. And to steal your wallet.

@deidredrakeBEST

2 жыл бұрын

@Ronny Yes, my thoughts exactly - but I was affraid to write that. Maybe someone would be offended.

@ozyuk9226

2 жыл бұрын

@@deidredrakeBEST it doesn’t matter what you think of ethnic minority , I was born here and am part of England, u can accept it or reject it due to me not being white. Being white doesn’t qualify u as more worthy than others and doesn’t give u the right to call non white people non British

Ever been to Margate? Off season? Kent's answer to Blackpool.

I’m from Oldham and it was a great place to grow up from 70’s to early 90’s, I then married a posh girl, who said “I’m not living here it’s shit hole” and we moved to Cheshire 👍🏻 My mother died late last year and I had to return to Oldham town centre to sort her affairs out, at a local solicitors and 2 local banks. I could not believe what an absolute shit hole it had now become! Full of scrotes and it appears to have become a dumping ground for asylum seekers, many of which couldn’t speak English. At my mothers funeral, I spoke to a couple of people who worked for Oldham Council and they confirmed my asylum seeker perception. I also noted that the mainly white and Asian communities are still living parallel lives! I also have close friends who live in Rochdale and I personally believe that Rochdale is a much nicer town than Oldham. Finally I work for a company that has its head office is in Bradford and occasionally I’ve had to stay over in local hotels. Now this city gives a whole new meaning to the word shit hole 👎🏻

@mrmyorky5634

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant comment, I especially enjoyed the bit about your 'posh girl' saying 'I'm not living here it's a shit hole. It's interesting how we are all influenced from being born to believe that the place we are in is somehow better than everywhere else.

1.Hull 2.Plymouth 3.Telford 4.Burnley 5.Hatfield 6.Barrow 7.Margate 8.Rotherham 9.Dover 10.Scunthorpe

It's not Where you live, it's how you lives .

@eduardochavacano

2 жыл бұрын

if you are celibate in a city with lots of pretty people that would be hell.

@mrmyorky5634

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter how decent you are or how decently you try to live but living in a dump with ever decreasing standards will bring a sense of hopelessness and depression that will eventually drag you down. I used to live in Oldham and moving away was the single best thing I've ever done.

@thetruthk5138

2 жыл бұрын

What a ridiculous statement

@montanas4174

2 жыл бұрын

@Tina Disagree with your statement...

@tinaforbes1059

2 жыл бұрын

@ Montana S . Running away/uprooting will not solve problems. Humans migrations are a perfect example. By leaving their Countries/villages will creating more problems elsewhere. Locals or international.