depressing/boring towns include
bromley, kingston, guildford, berkhamsted, godalming, tring, bishops stortford, sevenoaks. turns out that being near london but not in london = depressing and boring.

properly shit towns include stockport, hull, bournemouth, southend, milton keynes, stevenage.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:43, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

Guildford! That's the place I was trying to remember.
I worked a few days with a client down there and it was genuinely the most depressing place I've ever been. And I've been to a stag do in Weymouth.
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:48, Reply)

and to return to the subject in hand, Weymouth has a really nice beach
but sadly somebody has built Weymouth on it
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:50, Reply)

I had 8 days in Guildford county court as a trainee. Dull as fuck.
I couldn't even find anywhere I'd want to eat lunch, never mind post trial drinks
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:51, Reply)

I just assumed we were stuck in some grim light industrial corner
but it turns out the whole fucking place is like that
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:53, Reply)

Speaking as a native, unless you're a middle-aged middle income family
there's absolutely fuck all there for you.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:59, Reply)

I think that's true of everywhere west of London until you get to ... I dunno ... New York

(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:02, Reply)

Pretty much. Guildford's a nice town to grow up in, it's very attractive to middle-class suburban types for pretty good reasons
but if you've got any sort of demand for proper night life, or decent entertainment, then you're fucked. I know a few good bars in Guildford that you wouldn't stumble across as a visitor, but they're full of all the cunts I went to school with.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:06, Reply)

You can be in London in minutes! They say.
Thank fuck for that.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:05, Reply)

there's a whole stripe of country out that way whose only selling point is that you can drive to London
Live here! It's quite convenient to escape from!
(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:07, Reply)

I lived in Slough for a bit
My favourite Slough fact is that there's a display in one of the shopping centres there describing all the many ways you can get out of Slough.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:09, Reply)

this is both hilarious and incredibly depressing

(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:10, Reply)

It's on the wall in two foot high letters.

( Kroney, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:13, Reply)

What two letters?

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:13, Reply)

Here you go
www.johnbetjeman.com/newslough.html

That's painted right by the biggest fucking TK Maxx I've ever seen outside Tottenham Court Road.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:15, Reply)

Great transport links!
Always a selling point.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:23, Reply)

"Brand new Tesco open now"

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:26, Reply)

I took my driving test in Slough.

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:12, Reply)

Slough has, without any shadow of a doubt, the worst, shittiest drivers in Britain.
On the plus side, the drivers in Slough are marginally better than those in Barcelona and Bucharest.
( Kroney, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:14, Reply)

Surrey has the worst drivers IME
There is a noticeable change as you enter the county. I think its due to the sense of entitlement and superiority that permeates the place.
(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:17, Reply)

Italy takes some beating for shit driving

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:21, Reply)

Romania's got you covered, bruv.

( Kroney, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:22, Reply)

Never been I believe they have smelly food

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 13:57, Reply)

Piers Morgan was born in Guildford

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:53, Reply)

this explains EVERYTHING

(old man river possible lesbian, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:53, Reply)