Aw, I'm getting nostalgic
I went out with a girl from Rotherham for about 18 months, so spent a fair bit of time there. Christ. I didn't think it was too bad at first, certainly 'I've been worse places', but the place seems to have a kind of creeping nastiness in there. Being a) a Southerner and b) a student didn't really help.

I had the pleasure of living in a 'rough' part of York. Yeah, they don't exist.

And the area that I live in in Bristol now (Kingswood, for the interested) isn't too great. My car's been broken into twice in the last six months. I deliver pizzas at the weekend (I'm a teacher Monday to Friday), and I've been to some pretty rapey places as well. Someone got stabbed and killed down the road a few weeks ago.

I actually really love Bristol though.
(Dizzy Steinway, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 22:42, 3 replies)

Kingswood is usually quite pleasant to be honest
your car will have been broken into by peeps from some of the dodgier areas close by... Easton isn't a million miles away :p
( MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 23:56, closed)

Kingswood
is quite nice. Have a teacher friend who works in Bristol and he says it's quite a nice city
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 12:05, closed)

big up the wood
home of the mighty spoon and a good few restaurants, though you wouldn't think looking at the place...
( zulu eh?, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 14:25, closed)