FabSwingers.com forum: Best and worse places to live

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

The Metro have published a list of what is said to be the best and worse places to live in the UK, see below

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/14/best-and-worst-places-to-live-in-uk-revealed-4186935/?ITO=facebook

Do you live in any of these counties and would you agree?

I'm a Londoner, quite close to Surrey which is really nice, most parts but I think there is good and bad in most places

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I live in one of the worst places in uk, people here die, on average 10 yrs before most other places, due to poor education, diet and unemployment, plus the chemical industry.

Highest rates of cancers and lukemia in uk, so not a good place to live

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By *pecifically1Woman
over a year ago

Hull

Absolutely love some of their criteria...Since when does average broadband speed count towards the best and worst places to live?

Ask 100 people and I am sure they will all have different opinions of what makes a place good/bad....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I live in one of the worst places in uk, people here die, on average 10 yrs before most other places, due to poor education, diet and unemployment, plus the chemical industry.

Highest rates of cancers and lukemia in uk, so not a good place to live

Could be worse. You could live in Inverclyde

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By *ndy_mandyCouple
over a year ago

Tredegar

Best place i have lived is Towcester

Worst place i have lived is Merthyr Tydfil

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't stand the west midlands

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How the fuck did Great Yarmouth escape the list?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any town that has an MP and a local council.

Non of them giving a shit,because they only care about how much money they can make while in power.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I grew up in Berkshire. It was alright I suppose, better than where I live now.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Brighton is ok.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Best place i have lived is Towcester

Worst place i have lived is Merthyr Tydfil"

Merthyr wasn't so bad 25 year ago but from what I've heard from friends that are still there it's not good lol

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By *ibbyhunterCouple
over a year ago

keighley

whats the criteria of a bad place to live,from travelling round the uk there are lots of places i would not want live.

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By *inkySCouple
over a year ago

Capetown

Where I think is best and worse......

Best = my bed

Worst = somewhere cold

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By *ndy_mandyCouple
over a year ago

Tredegar

"Best place i have lived is Towcester

Worst place i have lived is Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr wasn't so bad 25 year ago but from what I've heard from friends that are still there it's not good lol "

The locals are fine but all the jobs are being taken by foreigners, we are hopefully moving soon though fingers crossed

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

The trouble with all these surveys is that they can only look at a big picture.

A few streets one way or the other can make 10 - 15 years difference in life expectancy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I grew up in Berkshire. It was alright I suppose, better than where I live now."

I always think of Berkshire to be quite posh! Not sure why?

Parts of Hampshire are nice, my brother lives in Southampton and where he is is not very nice aesthetically!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Best place i have lived is Towcester

Worst place i have lived is Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr wasn't so bad 25 year ago but from what I've heard from friends that are still there it's not good lol

The locals are fine but all the jobs are being taken by foreigners, we are hopefully moving soon though fingers crossed"

Lol well might have to see how it is when I'm down for the rugby next year and go visit the club my brothers biological dad runs haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to live in solihull and my folks still do,

however I've gone from best to worst as my corner of world now is horrid x

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"How the fuck did Great Yarmouth escape the list?"

Great Yarmouth is one of the places I'm considering retiring too. Could you kindly refrain from putting me off before I've finalised my list!

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

I live where the village pub sign squeaks in the wind, the locals stop talking when you go in to have a drink and at night............. you don't stray off the path

Apart from that - it's great

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

Don't know what the list says as can't open it on my tablet but Oakham/Rutland is one of the happiest places to live

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

To me most of the countryside is lovely and most towns are horrible. There are far too many lazy scumbags throwing litter out of the car windows these days and most places just look a mess !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think there was another survey like this not too long ago and Gravesend was at the top. Is this a different survey?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1: New Zealand

2: Canada

3: Kathmandu, maaaaan!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I live in clackmannanshire which ranked 6th on the list of the ten worse places to live behind glasgow and the borders. Clackmannanshire is the smallest county in scotland but is by no means the worst place to live

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I live close to Bradford an the city centre is a shit hole but there are fantastic areas all around the city

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

worst place would be a place to live would a world without the following:

thought

expression

creativity

love

free speech

music

art

poetry

emotion

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Sounds like Hove

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sounds like Hove

lol no its wolverhampton

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By *illwill69uMan
over a year ago

moston

The best place to live is anywhere in Briton.

Think the worst place to live would be somewhere in Syria or Somalia at the moment, but I would suspect that any Islamic state would be quite unpleasant if you happen to be female.

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By *ightkitty4uWoman
over a year ago

Epsom

This "lists" make me laugh, I live in Epsom Surrey. On year Epsom was on Kirsty and Phil's list as the number one place to live and on the metro list Surrey is 5th.....

Having said all this, only this week a "youth" was stabbed in Ewell not far from myself

So these "lists" are all nonsense everywhere has good and bad. As long as you are happy where you live, that is the "Best" place....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-24908896

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By *uckyinlustMan
over a year ago

manchester

I live in a shithole......................but guess who was here today ..............:

HRH The Queen .....................

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The best place to live is anywhere in Briton.

Think the worst place to live would be somewhere in Syria or Somalia at the moment, but I would suspect that any Islamic state would be quite unpleasant if you happen to be female."

I think you need to get out more!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cleethorpes by the seaside.lovely in summer.cold in winter.were you live is how you make it happy for you and your family.

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By *ighland_RoseCouple
over a year ago

Brigadoon

So the top ten are all in England and 8 of the worst are in Scotland. How ridiculous.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i live in the town where sarah ferguson filmed a tv documentary - supposed the worst place in the uk - not even close on that metro publication

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I live smack bang in middle of the lakes

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