Stafford
I know the town where I live and was born & bred is shit because we have a greggs, the mark of shit towns everywhere. The bigger the queues, the shitter your town is.

A town full of chavs, students and pensioners. The high street is one crappy chain store after another, with 95% of shops seeming to be either a travel agents or mobile phone shop. The roads are a waste of space, for some bizarre reason we have two motorway junctions (even though the population is only approx. 60k) meaning everytime theres a slight bump on the motorway all traffic is diverted through Stafford and the roads grind to a stand still - at least once a week.

And our biggest employer? The hospital. Yep, the hopsital that was called the "hospital of death" and if reports are to believed, responsible for 400 - 1200 "unecessary" deaths.

Also, there is a set of traffic lights and/or a mini roundabout at least every ten yards, FACT. My mile and a half journey to work inolves approximately 16 sets of traffic lights.
(Singo69, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 18:47, 8 replies)

stafford
i remembering thinking when driving through stafford what a bastard it would be to learn to drive in such a pointless fleapit.

re greggs and their long queues, i live in stoke andthe queues at Hanley and particularly Longton are out of the door and up the road.

Newcastle under lyme- always empty- enough said....
(jenko83, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 19:46, closed)

But no there're Greggs in 'Cas, if I remember rightly...
Quite why Stafford needs so many sets of lights is a mystery that'll keep anthropologists in work for generations.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 20:03, closed)

not trying to be pissy. BUT...
if there are 16 sets of lights on the way to work and the journey is a mile and a half, wouldnt you be better of walking?
(OTT, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 20:26, closed)

^^
because it's one way of distinguishing myself from the scum:)
(Singo69, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 20:42, closed)

touche
like it!
(OTT, Mon 2 Nov 2009, 22:20, closed)

I'd bike that
get exercise, save money.

When I work in town, 2.3 miles and several sets of lights away, it takes me 15 minutes of gentle cycling. Much more fun than driving.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 8:55, closed)

You also have my sex offender ex husband living there
Aren't you lucky?
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 8:47, closed)

I'd forgot
about the cat c prison, where if they're not escaping, they're generally being rehoused in the town once theyre released. Just what every town needs, more rapists & sex offenders.
(Singo69, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 12:37, closed)