Only for fun of course... but I wonder how many of the less desirable towns are run by machine politicians? Politicians who expect to inherit a meek populace who will automatically vote for them again and again, and therefore cannot be bothered to actually make things better.
I'm sure that there are many other towns that could be added to the list. I offer Bangor. A pre-COVID visit showed many closed and filthy shops.
DJ - yes, I'm sure many of the less desirable towns are run by machine politicians. I haven't been to Bangor for decades and don't recall it having enough character to go there again.
James - the video is divided into chapters, one for each town, so if you run your cursor along the base of the video you see each one in turn.
This has been done before with different choices, there seems to be an ever lengthening list, as many succumb to mass migration with inevitable results, but outside of that, what is the point of Milton Keynes for instance, a featureless place whose highlight is the biggest concentration of roundabouts in the UK, and I can remember visiting briefly Alexandria in Scotland years ago, one of the most depressing places I have ever seen, there are many, all good fun unless you have the misfortune to live in one.
Glad to see that Luton, where I hail from, makes the list at no. 2. Whenever you see these lists, it's always there. Too far out of London to be a suburb and attract a sizeable middle class, not far enough out to develop any sort of civic or regional pride. Nobody would actually choose to live there, so those remaining are presumably trapped by jobs or inertia.
Wiggia and Sam - it may be partly an internal migration issue where the bright ones leave and the ineffectual stay, although there seem to be reasonable areas almost everywhere.
Blimey, I thought he might mention Hastings, and where's Brighton?
(Sorry Sam, I know it's near you, but somehow, I just loath the place with an intensity that boils over like a bubbling cauldron of cheap, odd food and unpleasant memories...)
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Only for fun of course... but I wonder how many of the less desirable towns are run by machine politicians? Politicians who expect to inherit a meek populace who will automatically vote for them again and again, and therefore cannot be bothered to actually make things better.
I'm sure that there are many other towns that could be added to the list. I offer Bangor. A pre-COVID visit showed many closed and filthy shops.
Where's the list to view?
DJ - yes, I'm sure many of the less desirable towns are run by machine politicians. I haven't been to Bangor for decades and don't recall it having enough character to go there again.
James - the video is divided into chapters, one for each town, so if you run your cursor along the base of the video you see each one in turn.
This has been done before with different choices, there seems to be an ever lengthening list, as many succumb to mass migration with inevitable results, but outside of that, what is the point of Milton Keynes for instance, a featureless place whose highlight is the biggest concentration of roundabouts in the UK, and I can remember visiting briefly Alexandria in Scotland years ago, one of the most depressing places I have ever seen, there are many, all good fun unless you have the misfortune to live in one.
Glad to see that Luton, where I hail from, makes the list at no. 2. Whenever you see these lists, it's always there. Too far out of London to be a suburb and attract a sizeable middle class, not far enough out to develop any sort of civic or regional pride. Nobody would actually choose to live there, so those remaining are presumably trapped by jobs or inertia.
Wiggia and Sam - it may be partly an internal migration issue where the bright ones leave and the ineffectual stay, although there seem to be reasonable areas almost everywhere.
Blimey, I thought he might mention Hastings, and where's Brighton?
(Sorry Sam, I know it's near you, but somehow, I just loath the place with an intensity that boils over like a bubbling cauldron of cheap, odd food and unpleasant memories...)
Scrobs - I don't think I've ever been to either place although there are plenty of online hints that all is not well.
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