Well, that died on it's arse, I call new thread.
London: Best city of EVAR.

I think I may be the only person (including the other inhabitants) who actually likes it here. I'll even acccept most of the points people make against the city and still love it. So, tell me what you love about your home town.

Alt: What do you hate the most about where you live now.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 10:57, 124 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I don't like Skem at all.
The area itself is vile, however, drive for 5 minutes in pretty much any direction, and there's somewhere better. The pub at the top of Dalton being one of the best pubs I've ever been to, is a good example of this. Good food, well priced ales, huge beer garden, and during summer, you can cross the car park, and watch cricket being played.

The only thing enjoyable about Skem is the people, and the majority of them are shite.

Alt: The people.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:02, Reply)

Everywhere I need is a ten minute walk away.
Alt: No friends nearby.
( girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:04, Reply)

Alt: Most of the post-war town planning decisions
In particular the redevelopment of Hertford St in 1965.
Plus every single stupid idea that has been waved through without question since the late 1980s - cf. Cathedral Lanes.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:05, Reply)

And what do I love about it?
Well my city is often unfairly maligned. It developed a bad reputation in the 1970s & 80s from which it has never really recovered. It is a place of great historical significance, which sadly no council has ever given respect to. We celebrate all the wrong things and ignore all the good.
But (if you know where to look) there are some nice places, great food & beer.
Plus most of the people I love are here, so I'm stuck with it.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:26, Reply)

It's not full of londoners

(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:08, Reply)

Jealousy is an ugly emotion Chompo, it really is
Then again, I understand if you can't think of anything else good to say about MK.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:11, Reply)

Good transport links?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:12, Reply)

Plenty of trees, cleaner than most british cities.
very few shithole areas, no massive commutes for work etc etc
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:14, Reply)

CYCLEPATHS!!!!!!!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:16, Reply)

Last refuge of the shit-hole.
I should know, where I live there are excellent transport links.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:17, Reply)

Neither is London

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:23, Reply)

Less french people in MK

(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:08, Reply)

WhatchootalkinboutWillis?
I fucking LOVE London.

Alt: you live here.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:10, Reply)

Too many blacks?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:11, Reply)

The superb history and museums etc
more than compensate for the wall-to-wall 'Donnie Darkoes' which plague this fair city like an army of lazy, smelly ants.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:15, Reply)

Yay!
Alt: *sadface*
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:11, Reply)

loljk

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:13, Reply)

Living in London am finding that not "using London" in the same way as before I became a parent. Not really going to gigs, restaurants etc as I did before. I like London as so many of my friends are here and it's easy to get about.

I really enjoyed living in Hong Kong and Paris, but wouldn't want to now I have a child.

Alt: crime, dirt, noise, the metropolitan police, the level of homelessness, Boris as mayor, the number of so-called "care in the community" cases and most importantly the price of beer.
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:14, Reply)

elessness osexuality
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:19, Reply)

I am incapable of seeing Nottingham in a fair and unbiased way
I fucking love it there, regardless of little issues like the highest gun crime rate per capita in the UK, and areas where you're effectively signing your own death warrant by exploring after dark.

Best thing about it is that you'll never be bored there. And not because bullets are tricky things to dodge. Norwich is lovely but can be a bit dull. Suits me much better now I'm old and boring.

Alt: for some reason all the cashpoints are clustered in a ten square foot radius of each other in the city centre, the bus service is fucking laughable and the council don't believe in bins.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:17, Reply)

I was born in Nottingham.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:18, Reply)

born found in a cave
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:19, Reply)

Were you really?
City or QMC?

Be aware that the answer to this question directly affects your pikey rating
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:20, Reply)

Fuck knows what you are on about here.
We lived in Beeston.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:24, Reply)

City Hospital (pikey central) or Queen's Medical Centre (where I was born)
I'm sorry to say that having lived in Beeston severely undermines any claims to aristocracy or good breeding you may previously have laid.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:25, Reply)

My friend lived in Lenton for 3 years
The only good thing I can say about that place is that it had good transport links.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Yeah Lenton's not much cop
I'm waiting for someone to say they lived in Forest Fields or St Annes so I can call bullshit
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:31, Reply)

Hahahaha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:26, Reply)

I'm afraid I'm going to have to silently judge you Monty

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:22, Reply)

My father was lecturing at the university.
It's not my fault.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:25, Reply)

This explains your apparent love of Peter Kay
I don't even know what to think
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:27, Reply)

Hahahaa
Phoenix Nights is fucking hilarious. I cannot understand how anyone could think otherwise. His standup and all other work is awful though.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:36, Reply)

Phoenix Night is guilty laughs time
but Peter Kay is a massive twat, and should be buried alive next to Ricky Gervais and Stewart Lee
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:40, Reply)

By all means kill him.
He'll never be funny again.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:43, Reply)

Though it may explain why
b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1421483
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Which university?
Again, pikey rating
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:30, Reply)

University of Nottingham I think.
Didn't even know there was more than one.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:34, Reply)

Aye, Nottingham Trent is there too, but that didn't exist until after you were born

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:36, Reply)

This goes some way towards counterbalancing the Beeston thing
Seriously though, Beeston. Best thing about it was a Quasar.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:39, Reply)

I seem to remember Vancouver often comes top of the "best cities to live in" lists
However this is based on cleanliness, lack of crime, safe cheap transport, low house prices etc,etc; boring, boring, boring...

Cities should be a bit grimey, have an edge, a slightly dangerous side. That is where they excel and that is why they drive creativity in music, fashion, lierature, new companies and the best restaurants to name but a few.

this is why London is excellent, the incredible mix of socioeconomic ares, the large immigrant population add a vibrancy, variation and excitment and you just don't find in parochial towns and cities.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:21, Reply)

Manchester is like that but on a smaller scale obviously.
I enjoyed my ten years there.
( girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:24, Reply)

I've never been so couldn't really comment...
i suppose i was really suggesting that places like Reading, Milton Keynes and their Northern equivilants are blackholes for the soul
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:25, Reply)

Vancouver also has some of the best marijuana in the world.
I'd live there.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:27, Reply)

You'd get bored in 10 mins

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

bor ston
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:35, Reply)

I find being stoned can really help with relieving boredom.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:46, Reply)

It really, really does.
There is nothing like going for a hike and not being able to work out if everything really is that beautiful.

Ohhhh man and wreck beach is excellent for being naked, stoned and looking at nature.
( wanderlust, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:43, Reply)

Cameron has now endorsed buying a new royal yacht.
Only it will have a university on it and the royal family will only be allowed to sleep in the pointy bit at the front.

www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/16/royal-yacht-backed-david-cameron
(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:22, Reply)

*facepalms*
Can't they just get her a nice Parker pen or something.
( girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:23, Reply)

I'm not sure why they are being such dicks about this...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:24, Reply)

For fuck's sake.
We're fucked, the country's on its fucking knees, cancer patients are being told to go to work with drips hanging out of their arms and 'everybody has to make a sacrifice' and these mental cunts are THEN saying "Let's spunk £60 million on a fucking yacht for some rich old cunt."
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:25, Reply)

They are suggesting it should be paid for by private investment
but why even touch ojn such sticky waters?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:26, Reply)

How will it be an investment?
How will they get money back?
( girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:27, Reply)

Sex parties

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:28, Reply)

Wooo!
*changes mind*
( girlinthehole, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYfczbtxAWU
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:30, Reply)

How about persuading those people to raise 60 million to be used in a constructive way, rather than a pleasureboat for someone who'll be dead within ten years?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:27, Reply)

Well exactly...I bet the queen is fuming

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:28, Reply)

She wanted slippers and toiletries anyway

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Stop being such a poledancer Ape
The private investment people will chuck a bit of money at it as long as the public purse is the one that has to sort out the ongoing maintanence.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:28, Reply)

I'm with you on this, I think they've made a massive misjudgement
if I was Dave I would have torn Micheal Gove's skin off
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

BUT HE'S A LOVELY PERSON!!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:29, Reply)

Just like the Pope and Margaret Thatcher

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:30, Reply)

and Mother Teresa the wrinkly old cunt raison

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:31, Reply)

d'etre?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:31, Reply)

She campaigned against the one thing that would have actually helped the people she supposedly was helping
ie the empowering of women to plan their families through birth control because she was Catholic and let her beliefs encroach on people who couldn't resist them. The increase in the power of women in a country is one of the most powerful tools there is to develop said country.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:34, Reply)

I was making a joke about your spelling of raisin you wally!
I know she was a cunt.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:35, Reply)

I can never spell raisin : (

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:37, Reply)

think of it like a barn-raisin'

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:39, Reply)

Fanks!!

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:40, Reply)

She should have been getting them all to learn how to poledance.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:36, Reply)

hahaha
Would have made National geographic more intersting
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:38, Reply)

But you can't take a bra off if you're not wearing one in the first place

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:46, Reply)

I'm not entirely sure why you're quoting this
it was sometime ago surely but I've seen it pop up a lot
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:36, Reply)

Because every time I mention what a chinless cunt with no idea of how to do his job
you point out that you met him and that he was a lovely person.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:37, Reply)

and Margaret Thatcher is a very brave lady and the Pope is a statesman who deserves our respect

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:38, Reply)

Once Al
I suspect more than a year ago.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:41, Reply)

Al, she's changed her mind and now thinks he's a cunt
so could you stop reminding her of her mistake please.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:43, Reply)

It wasn't a mistake
he was nice when I met him, and I think a lot of his policies have legs. The yacht thing is ludicrously stupid though. I don't mention him much though, Al seems to do that for me.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:45, Reply)

Oh wind your neck in, internet seriousness.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:46, Reply)

I had my humour gene surgically extracted
don't you oppress me!!1!
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:48, Reply)

You're oppressing yourself
I'm here to set you free
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:50, Reply)

Nope, never.
You are committed to a legal contract with a man who will never truly love you, that's your reminder, what has she got if I don't bring it up occasionally?
(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:46, Reply)

She'd love you to bring it up occasionally,
and by 'it' I mean your rancid left-wing penis.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:47, Reply)

Everyone knows that socialists don't wash their bellends

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:51, Reply)

Because, as a CDT teacher, Al is pretty miffed at the chap.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:39, Reply)

He made me adjust my lathe because it offended a muslim. It's health and safety gone mad I tell you.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:43, Reply)

i used to think lathe was something rude

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:44, Reply)

depends what appendage you put on the end of it

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:45, Reply)

This is true

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:48, Reply)

What next?
Sinclair C5s banned from the playground? Will this madness never end????
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:52, Reply)

Not if those fats cats in brussels have anything to do with it

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:55, Reply)

Well it's not going to be taxpayer funded it'll be made by a private company and gifted to the queen.
Which is fine...
buttttttt, I bet there's going to be some sneaky deals non competitive contracts or tax breaks for the company that does this which means they'll end up making back the 60 million they spent and change.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:27, Reply)

Some cunt will end up getting a knighthood as a thank you

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:36, Reply)

I don't give a fuck about that,
If someone wants to spend £60million for something in front of their name, go ahead.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:40, Reply)

I appreciate the sentiment, but I think it totally devalues the point of the whole thing

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:46, Reply)

What is the point?
It's backslapping nonsense used to keep the rich in line.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:50, Reply)

That wasn't my understanding of it.
I thought it was to recognise major achievement in the fields of entertainment, sport, public life etc.

I didn't think, perhaps naively, that it was an eBay auction.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:55, Reply)

Bloody expensive way to get a K. You'd want a peerage at least.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:41, Reply)

HAHAHAHA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PcURTUfJi4

Someone linked to this in one of the comments. I do wonder where all this "Freeman" crap came from since it's so demonstrably wrong.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:41, Reply)

Membership is a bargain at only CD$250.

worldfreemansociety.org/Payments
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:45, Reply)

What a bunch of wombats.
I see that David Icke is involved, but I didn't read his bit as I want to remain calm for the day.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:53, Reply)

I have found some hilarious stuff on davidicke.com
( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:58, Reply)

yeah
yeah
yeah
yeah
yeah
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:46, Reply)

I got bored can you paraphrase the entire 37 mins please?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:46, Reply)

He sells "hemp" for a living
but it's lawful. There is a difference between legal and lawful. If you don't tell a copper your name they can't arrest you.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:48, Reply)

I'm pretty sure that they can if you are standing over a body with a knife in your hand

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:50, Reply)

I used to think that Luton was dead like a corpse.
Now I think it is dead like a zombie. That's the nicest thing I have ever said about the place where I live. Oh, and it isn't Dunstable, is another good thing about it.

Alt: The long drive to work.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:48, Reply)

Why don't you move?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:49, Reply)

I'd rather be unemployed in Luton than Slough.
Otherwise I would. When the work situation settles down, I shall take the plunge and do it.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:50, Reply)

There are other places to live thn Luton or Slough, or is this a form of self harm?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:52, Reply)

I'm poor.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:53, Reply)

Still...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:54, Reply)

I want to live close to work so I can walk or cycle.
I don't want to have another mortgage like th elast one, so I'm stuck with about £175K for buying a house.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:59, Reply)

So the cricket is going well....

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:54, Reply)

We're still doing better than yesterday, at least

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:55, Reply)

I could do better than that, from my desk with a calculator as a bat

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:56, Reply)

It baffles me how they're always surprised at how bad they are at playing spinners.

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 17 Jan 2012, 11:57, Reply)

I live in a city now, but I come from a small seaside resort.
Liked, beautiful views and walks.
Disliked, it was like that that Cheers song. "Everybody knows your name", you couldn't walk down the fucking street without seeing half a dozen people you knew. It's nice to be anonymous.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:02, Reply)

Alt: welsh people

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:03, Reply)

I know someone in London who's looking to rent a place in a hurry with a deposit of about £500
What do you think the chances of that are?
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:15, Reply)

Poor, unless they are looking at the suburbs and even then...

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:23, Reply)

I don't think you could do that in Coventry, let alone London.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:23, Reply)

I know right.
I know someone who'll probably let her rent a room in his flat in Bletchly for a couple of months, but she's a lahndahn snob so I doubt it.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Jan 2012, 12:26, Reply)