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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

According to our local Northampton officials our town is " A vibrant mix of boutiques, stores and a market square that are all the envy of other similar sized towns " . Fuckin Really . Where ?? . It's a cesspit that stinks of piss and it's full of betting shops, pound shops and empty shops . And I don't feel safe in my own town as everyone constantly gets verbally abused by certain people.

What is your town centre like and is it better or worse than it was 20 years ago ??

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Pleasent enough. Just off seafront so perfect for shopping and then chilling with a bag of chips on the pier!

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"Pleasent enough. Just off seafront so perfect for shopping and then chilling with a bag of chips on the pier!"
Sounds blissful compared to here

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

Banks and hairdressers and closed store's

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"Banks and hairdressers and closed store's "
I know the feeling .

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

We have lots of pound shops, cafes, charity shops. But a small shopping centre and an indoor market, and outdoor market on a Friday. Still have to go out of town for lots of decent shopping x

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

Plenty of places to get your phone fixed and have coffee or fried chicken whilst you wait.

On the plus side, we have some lovely independent coffee shops and cafes.

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

We have 28 Poundland shops, I go in there and annoy the staff by picking stuff up and asking how much it costs, I don’t waste my days!

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"We have 28 Poundland shops, I go in there and annoy the staff by picking stuff up and asking how much it costs, I don’t waste my days! "

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"We have lots of pound shops, cafes, charity shops. But a small shopping centre and an indoor market, and outdoor market on a Friday. Still have to go out of town for lots of decent shopping x "
Still sounds better than here

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"Plenty of places to get your phone fixed and have coffee or fried chicken whilst you wait.

On the plus side, we have some lovely independent coffee shops and cafes. "

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

if you go the right places with the right people our town centre is 2nd to none!!

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

Our council is revamping the Town Centre and making it a rival to somewhere or another.

We got a real Costa coffee shop a couple of months ago. Nestled in between two chicken shops a betting shop and a piss poor convenience store.

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By *ELLONS AND CREAMWoman
over a year ago

stourbridge area

Shops empty ....lots of charity shops

Even the famous Merry Hill has empty shops as rents have soared .... sign of the times

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"Shops empty ....lots of charity shops

Even the famous Merry Hill has empty shops as rents have soared .... sign of the times

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Unfortunately you are right

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

Ours is boss, weve got everything you need and more, hustle an bustle shopping, independants galore, the docks, daylife and nightlife, and is a multicultural hive of activity, with people from all walks of life enjoying what the place has to offer!

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

I feel quite blessed where I am,I have a few town centres to choose from. Liscard,which is effectively Wallasey town centre is pleasant enough,a few pubs,beauty salons,tattoo studios,a post office and a small shopping arcade. Just up the road there is New Brighton,on a Bank Holiday this is a seaside resort to rival many others although,if it was up to me,I wouldn't have put a supermarket on the seafront and I'd do something with the marine lake. In the other direction there is Birkenhead,I've not really explored but the town center seems a lot more attractive than the name might suggest.I confess I had a preconceived idea before I moved here but it is quiet a pleasant surprise.

Just across the water,a long tunnel or a short boat ride away is the splendour that is Liverpool. Need I say more about that city centre? It has everything you could possibly want and more.

I absolutely love it here.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"I feel quite blessed where I am,I have a few town centres to choose from. Liscard,which is effectively Wallasey town centre is pleasant enough,a few pubs,beauty salons,tattoo studios,a post office and a small shopping arcade. Just up the road there is New Brighton,on a Bank Holiday this is a seaside resort to rival many others although,if it was up to me,I wouldn't have put a supermarket on the seafront and I'd do something with the marine lake. In the other direction there is Birkenhead,I've not really explored but the town center seems a lot more attractive than the name might suggest.I confess I had a preconceived idea before I moved here but it is quiet a pleasant surprise.

Just across the water,a long tunnel or a short boat ride away is the splendour that is Liverpool. Need I say more about that city centre? It has everything you could possibly want and more.

I absolutely love it here."
I need to move

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By *udistnorthantsMan
over a year ago

Desborough

You are very correct with your description OP... you need to go to Market Harborough to see how a town centre can be developed with lots of quaint and vibrant independent shops...it helps that it has a really good indoor market too.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"You are very correct with your description OP... you need to go to Market Harborough to see how a town centre can be developed with lots of quaint and vibrant independent shops...it helps that it has a really good indoor market too."
I've actually never been there . It sounds lovely . I'm glad someone else agrees with me

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By *uddlybear2015Man
over a year ago

BEDFORD

I live in Bedford OP,so I guess you know it and I don't have to say anything

on the upside for you there is Wantage Rd cricket ground

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

Just across the water,a long tunnel or a short boat ride away is the splendour that is Liverpool. Need I say more about that city centre? It has everything you could possibly want and more.

I absolutely love it here. I need to move

Nice parks too.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"I live in Bedford OP,so I guess you know it and I don't have to say anything

on the upside for you there is Wantage Rd cricket ground

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I know Bedford all too well . At least it's not Luton though

. And if our Cricket Ground is the best thing we have then we are truly fucked

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

Just across the water,a long tunnel or a short boat ride away is the splendour that is Liverpool. Need I say more about that city centre? It has everything you could possibly want and more.

I absolutely love it here. I need to move

Nice parks too.

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Oh yeah

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

Our town centre is full of closed shops and old pubs that stink of piss full of old people and people who don't work. Should be totally different for the better in about 15 years time

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

My work takes me around and about quite a lot,even visiting some of the wonderful town centres of the country.Most of them have quite distict and recognisable character but,in order to get to them you have to drive through miles and miles of tedious landscape ,endless retail parks,dual carriageways and office parks. Generally,you could be just about anywhere,they are almost indistinguishable.

This is more noticeable to me in places such as Oxford,Cambridge,Edinburgh or Salisbury where it is the beauty of the architecture that makes the ugliness of the surrounding concrete jungle seem so depressing in contrast.

People need somewhere to live and to work,obviously,but it doesn't have to be so samey and anonymous looking,does it.

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

"Our town centre is full of closed shops and old pubs that stink of piss full of old people and people who don't work. Should be totally different for the better in about 15 years time

From the little I've seen,I'd say Birkenhead has a lot of potential.Some magnificent buildings and views. Could do with a clean up but that could be said of almost everywhere.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Lovely independent coffee shops, weekly farmers market, an art gallery, a museum, a nature reserve, lots of green spaces from which you can see the London skyline, major supermarket, a Boots and Superdrug, leisure centre with two pools, private gym, library, train station, several restaurants, WH Smiths, florist...not too shabby for south London.

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

"Our town centre is full of closed shops and old pubs that stink of piss full of old people and people who don't work. Should be totally different for the better in about 15 years time

From the little I've seen,I'd say Birkenhead has a lot of potential.Some magnificent buildings and views. Could do with a clean up but that could be said of almost everywhere."

True words. I believe after the construction work in town has gone on and been completed I think town will be like another Liverpool one

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"My work takes me around and about quite a lot,even visiting some of the wonderful town centres of the country.Most of them have quite distict and recognisable character but,in order to get to them you have to drive through miles and miles of tedious landscape ,endless retail parks,dual carriageways and office parks. Generally,you could be just about anywhere,they are almost indistinguishable.

People need somewhere to live and to work,obviously,but it doesn't have to be so samey and anonymous looking,does it."
Well said . I agree 100% x

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By *uddlybear2015Man
over a year ago

BEDFORD

"I live in Bedford OP,so I guess you know it and I don't have to say anything

on the upside for you there is Wantage Rd cricket ground

I know Bedford all too well . At least it's not Luton though

. And if our Cricket Ground is the best thing we have then we are truly fucked

Ahh! Luton! Old enough to remember when it had a town centre, pre-arndale/mall.at least we have the embankment in bedford,takes the edge off

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

"I live in Bedford OP,so I guess you know it and I don't have to say anything

on the upside for you there is Wantage Rd cricket ground

I know Bedford all too well . At least it's not Luton though

. And if our Cricket Ground is the best thing we have then we are truly fucked

Ahh! Luton! Old enough to remember when it had a town centre, pre-arndale/mall.at least we have the embankment in bedford,takes the edge off

Luton a war zone needs to be flattened and turned into a carpark

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

Have only lived here 7 yrs but i am guessing not much has changed in the last 100 yrs, never mind the last 20..

Its a quaint, chocolate boxy type town with no boarded up shops, a couple of pubs, a bank and a post office... even the Wetherspoons is a d*unk free area...

Its nice but dull dull dull

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

"Our town centre is full of closed shops and old pubs that stink of piss full of old people and people who don't work. Should be totally different for the better in about 15 years time

From the little I've seen,I'd say Birkenhead has a lot of potential.Some magnificent buildings and views. Could do with a clean up but that could be said of almost everywhere.

True words. I believe after the construction work in town has gone on and been completed I think town will be like another Liverpool one

It'll always be birkenhead tho, as the old saying goes 'you can't polish a turd'

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

I am from the same town...and yes, the shops could do with filling and the market returning to it's former glory, but there are some great shops there too! If people actually used the town rather than the supermarkets or online then things might be better...but they would rather moan about how awful it is instead of encouraging vendors and buying from them... I know town shopping isn't convenient but if ya want a nice town then ya have to use it! Oh...and I have NEVER been scared of verbal abuse nor any other kind of abuse from anyone, day or night! (Have had more abuse from 2 years on fab than almost 46 years of Northampton town centre. I love this town and would never leave it again! Maybe it was leaving it that made me realise it is not as bad as we all thought

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By *tarbeckCouple
over a year ago

york

york is beautifull

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By *inful xWoman
over a year ago

In a sleepy little village

"According to our local Northampton officials our town is " A vibrant mix of boutiques, stores and a market square that are all the envy of other similar sized towns " . Fuckin Really . Where ?? . It's a cesspit that stinks of piss and it's full of betting shops, pound shops and empty shops . And I don't feel safe in my own town as everyone constantly gets verbally abused by certain people.

What is your town centre like and is it better or worse than it was 20 years ago ??"

I went in a few wks back and was saddened to see so many homeless people in virtually every door way. However I did raise an eyebrow to the homeless man dressed in brand new stone island gear

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

Derby's not too bad really, apart from the obviously increasing number of vacant retail premises. The Council seem hellbent on chucking money in the wrong direction though. There's a waterfall at the Market Place that's not been working for the past couple of years. When I enquired about it I was given 2 different reasons. One was that it costs too much to run! It's only a pump ffs! Seriously!! I worked on the refurbishment of the Council Houses for over a year, during which time they could have had some solar panels fitted to the roof as all the tiles were removed and replaced. The mind boggles sometimes

On the plus side, there is now a stronger Police presence in the town centre to deter the beggars and mamba heads

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I live in a very small town. It only really has two main shopping streets. Charity shops, hairdressers and estate agents. The other street has some classy shops. Only got fatface and wilko as high street shops

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By *ave-and-LouiseCouple
over a year ago

Torquay

What is your town centre like and is it better or worse than it was 20 years ago ??"
Pretty much the same here in Torquay sadly, definite decline... It's like a Zombie Apocalypse in places with all the spiceheads shuffling around.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Our nearest one (Droitwich) is having a revival after a lot of investment from both the local council and the private sector.

It's a lovely part of the shire and attracts a lot of out of town folk.

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By *tonMessCouple
over a year ago

Slough Windsor ish

We are slap bang in the middle between Slough which is a shithole and Windsor which is beautiful but full of tourists.

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

Commuter town really which just popped up in recent years so basically one shopping centre with Morrison’s and Aldi plus things like Greggs, Domino’s Subway, a funeral director, a hardware shop and a dentist.

Another two small shopping areas.

No clothing shops, no department stores or anything like that. Big mall 4.5 miles away and Glasgow 8.5 miles away and Paisley is accessible too.

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By *ida8780Couple
over a year ago

any town

"Shops empty ....lots of charity shops

Even the famous Merry Hill has empty shops as rents have soared .... sign of the times

Ah merryhill.. used to go there back in the 1990s before I left to pastures new.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"We are slap bang in the middle between Slough which is a shithole and Windsor which is beautiful but full of tourists."

If you see David Brent, just do a monkey dance in front of him and walk away.......

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

Mines great for coffee

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

"Mines great for coffee

There's no need for bad language

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over a year ago

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By *radleywigginsMan
over a year ago

northwest

"We have 28 Poundland shops, I go in there and annoy the staff by picking stuff up and asking how much it costs, I don’t waste my days! "

I occasionally pop into the pound shop to ask if they know you can get the same stuff for cheaper in the 99p shop.

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By *firsttimeCouple
over a year ago

halifax

Hebden bridge lesbian capital of the world

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

Peterborough full of homelessness empty shops etc gone totally down hill x

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

Round here it's either charity shops, European shops, estate agents and a smattering of pubs.

Proper shithole and would never go out on my own at night

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

My home town is dire. Don’t go very often, but went last week to pick up some bits. It was fecking awful. The council put the rent up and decent shops close only to be taken over by charity shops. If you want to buy tat, there’s plenty of choice, if you want to buy a nice shirt to go out in, then it’s either online or drive to Milton Keynes.

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

Clacton-on-sea, also known as crackton because of the druggies and the dealers coming down from London. Its full of chavs, pissheads, druggies and wannabe gangsters. More and more shops are closing, the roads are crumbling. No investment from the town council.

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

"Clacton-on-sea, also known as crackton because of the druggies and the dealers coming down from London. Its full of chavs, pissheads, druggies and wannabe gangsters. More and more shops are closing, the roads are crumbling. No investment from the town council."

Oooh, I wanna be a trainee Gagsta, where do ya sign up

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

I'm in a villiage. We have a church, a library, then 2 pubs, 2 working men's clubs, bingo, spar, coop, 2 fish and chip shops, a Chinese a chicken place, 2 cafes, a stone masons, a charity shop, a bookies, numerous garages and a pet shop.

So much for a quaint village

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

Oooh, I wanna be a trainee Gagsta, where do ya sign up

Well you need lots of cheap gold jewellery, a BMW and a mockney accent. Just sign up at Clacton Job Centre.

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By *ockyjohnMan
over a year ago

North West

I give you Barrow-in-Furness - enough said!

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

I'm really lucky, within 5 minutes of my house I can see The Colosseum and the gardens of Babylon..

Now don't get to excited, it's not the grandest amphitheatre in the world or one of the seven wonders it's actually my local night club and takeaway

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By *ig Chris75Man
over a year ago

Sandbach

Very pleasant market town with cobble square and black/white timbered buildings.

Some lovely pubs and handy for the commute to larger conurbations.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

I love Harborough

nice place trendy shops. A jeweller that you have to ring the doorbell to be allowed access says a lot too

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

People need somewhere to live and to work,obviously,but it doesn't have to be so samey and anonymous looking,does it."

I agree - I see the same as I travel around the midlands. Some very well heeled areas still thriving and some I wouldn’t stop the car in let alone get out!

My home town isn’t much better

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By *kin BohnerMan
over a year ago

derby

The town centre where I am is worse. A combination of the recession that saw most of the night life disappear and poor management by the council has left the town dead in the water. What little night life there is now too risky to try. Most weekends there are fights between east Europeans either with British lads or themselves. The council have wasted hundreds of thousands on 'improvements' that have closed public toilets, killed off the market and reduced parking by building on car parks. They have given planning permission to build new shops on the rugby club site yet there are three shopping precincts all with long term empty shops. The councillors responsible for the farse they call planning have been allowed to quietly resign. We have more coffee shops than you can shake a stick at, charity and betting shops coming out our ears and the usual money lenders, pawn brokers and discount shops.

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By *oungYorkscoupleCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

Nothing where we are really. Closed shops, charity shops alcoholics and drug addicts. Not somewhere you would go for a stroll, would love to move out of the area

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By *rumpyMcFuckNugget OP Man
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"I am from the same town...and yes, the shops could do with filling and the market returning to it's former glory, but there are some great shops there too! If people actually used the town rather than the supermarkets or online then things might be better...but they would rather moan about how awful it is instead of encouraging vendors and buying from them... I know town shopping isn't convenient but if ya want a nice town then ya have to use it! Oh...and I have NEVER been scared of verbal abuse nor any other kind of abuse from anyone, day or night! (Have had more abuse from 2 years on fab than almost 46 years of Northampton town centre. I love this town and would never leave it again! Maybe it was leaving it that made me realise it is not as bad as we all thought"
Don't get me wrong I've lived here for 37 years and I do love my home town Ariel . I'm just dismayed at what is happening . I still won't move myself but it doesn't mean that things don't need to improve . We have the single worst most inept council in the whole country and there is zero investment coming in . But yes I'll never leave here. And at least it's not Wellingborough lol

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By *ulfilthmentMan
over a year ago

Just around the corner

Covered in vomit and full of d*unks at 3pm most days.

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