Give me good old Coventry any day (1 Viewer)
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Houchens Head
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Someone shouted at someone in Newport town centre yesterday afternoon. Then a finger was pointed and shaken in anger! It all happens here on the Isle of Wight!
CJ_covblaze
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Anyone that doesn’t live or work in London is lucky imo. There are good things but the bad outweighs them and it gets very tedious spending time there. Don’t understand why anyone would look forward to a visit.
CJ_covblaze
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Now you mention it, for a one off I suppose it’s ok. Plenty of historical stuff to look at. Almost all of it is free too. You get to enjoy the fact that you don’t have to go back on the way home too!
Houchens Head
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My step-daughter lives in London - East Finchley - and I bloody hate going for a visit. Everywhere is rush, rush, rush, whether it's traffic or people. Nobody looks at you or smiles and nods to say "Good morning". It's a soul-less place.
I like London for a day out, but not the usual tourist places, they are packed full of people living their lives through photos on their phone.
But there's some decent places to go. I quite like it at Greenwich, with the cutty sark and the little resarutants and the market. Also walking along the river near to London Bridge, some nice places to stop and eat/drink.
My old company had an office in London and as said above it's not a nice place to work.
But there's some decent places to go. I quite like it at Greenwich, with the cutty sark and the little resarutants and the market. Also walking along the river near to London Bridge, some nice places to stop and eat/drink.
My old company had an office in London and as said above it's not a nice place to work.
bringbackrattles
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As a Cov Kid like myself you can recall the mad weekends in the pubs and clubs in the city centre back in the 70's/80's. Coventry had a bad reputation and so it is the same now in London and the big cities. But as bad as the violence was I don't remember as many stabbings as their are now.
Maybe the days of a fist fight are gone ?
LastGarrison
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Absolutely love London and, for me, it is one of the best cities in the world.
One of my biggest regrets is not moving there when I was in my early 20's.
One of my biggest regrets is not moving there when I was in my early 20's.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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I'm of the opinion that London is a complete cesspit to be honest. It doesn't feel safe and it's not a very pleasant experience being there.
I could go on a rant about it for hours but I can simply say that having been to Stockholm, Barcelona, Rome etc, that all of those cities are considerably better than London in more ways than one.
I could go on a rant about it for hours but I can simply say that having been to Stockholm, Barcelona, Rome etc, that all of those cities are considerably better than London in more ways than one.
Gazolba
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A lot more people didn't get stabbed in London than in Coventry.
The Queen lives there so it can't be that bad. Mind you she does have sentries posted out front.
clint van damme
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was there over the holiday for a few days.
Walked around at night and felt totally safe to be honest.
Walked around at night and felt totally safe to be honest.
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You really wouldn't.
Otis
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Because??
Know very little of Watford, but have spent time around Watford Junction (while my daughter was at Warner Brothers Studios). Seemed quite decent.
Sick Boy
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St.Albans would be much nicer!
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Plenty of places much nicer. He'll be suggesting Hemel Hempstead next!
Otis
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Said Watford Junction because of the Coventry to London/Watford Junction, Watford Junction to London/Coventry accessibility.
Dead easy, straight, regular train journeys back and forth, one line. Short journey time.
Liquid Gold
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Lived in London for nearly a decade, amazing city where you can do basically anything that you want to any time of day or night. Never felt unsafe, even when I lived in Peckham, Deptford etc. all the crime is basically gang related so as long as you're not involved with them it's in their best interest to leave you alone as to not draw attention to themselves. I think out of my huge extended friend group only 1 got in a fight in all that time.
The reason I left was the cost of living getting ever higher and wages not catching up. I was lucky enough to do my undergrad and masters there so being a student was able to live in cheaper accommodation and had loans every few months to top up my basics noodle supply.
My friends that are there now see less and less of each other as they're forced further out into the suburbs away from one another and are paying insane prices for terrible housing. The cost of a travel card is then hitting you too.
I would never put London down though, an incredible place, a properly global city and I love to visit time to time.
The reason I left was the cost of living getting ever higher and wages not catching up. I was lucky enough to do my undergrad and masters there so being a student was able to live in cheaper accommodation and had loans every few months to top up my basics noodle supply.
My friends that are there now see less and less of each other as they're forced further out into the suburbs away from one another and are paying insane prices for terrible housing. The cost of a travel card is then hitting you too.
I would never put London down though, an incredible place, a properly global city and I love to visit time to time.
Liquid Gold
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When were you around there? Lived all over that part of London for years. You'd probably like Bristol, similar vibe to Brighton.
Gazolba
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I once spent some time in Woolwich.
We were there on business from GEC assisting with the liquidation of AEI.
Of course there was some recrimination toward us as we were seen as the 'enemy' since we were closing them down, but many of the employees recognised it was nothing to do with us personally and were very friendly and gave us advice on things to do and see in the area while we were there.
I'm sure there are good and bad people everywhere.
We were there on business from GEC assisting with the liquidation of AEI.
Of course there was some recrimination toward us as we were seen as the 'enemy' since we were closing them down, but many of the employees recognised it was nothing to do with us personally and were very friendly and gave us advice on things to do and see in the area while we were there.
I'm sure there are good and bad people everywhere.
covcity4life
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i dunno, might have been gang violence
Sick Boy
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This was about 8 or 9 years ago...and for for a couple of years from 03 to 05. I've heard good things about Bristol and been meaning to visit. I think there's a direct train over from Brighton now so get over in the Spring.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Fair enough. I can see why a lot of people do like it. It's just too much for me though, and I think there are so many rough areas.
The key words from your post there for me are global city. Many people like that, but for me, it just signals that it's not very English anymore...
Liquid Gold
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Depends what you're defining as English. I went down to see a friend last summer and we went out for pie and mash and then to watch some boxing which strikes me as a pretty old school working class London day.
Liquid Gold
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We must have been fairly close by at some point then.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Sounds lovely to be fair.