leicester
I live there, semi reluctantly..
it has its share of trouble with chavs, drugs and crime, but on a whole its well and truely on the lesser of the evils scale compared to other places ive lived.. ie: Sunderland (guurgh ! smack city..).

the night clubs however are shit & under invested in. its got a huge choice of pubs and takeaways however. so if beers your thing, you'll probably consider it a good night out.

The shopping facility's in the town have exploded in epic proportions; to the point where the locals couldnt possibly bring enough business to them to keep them going; its just loos leader bill boards for companies & a council with an inferiority complex over birminghams shopping facilitys a train ride away.

When you get out of the city, into the suburbs, with exception of the council estates, its actually one of the safest places you could live (south prominently white middle class, north prominently Asian & European).
its the sort of place that bible bashers bring their kids to bring them up, and for that its probably quite good.

but its principle crime is that it is so 'safe' its BORING AS HELL.. Which makes other citys seem far more intriguing, its no wonder they have problems keeping young people in leicester, places like london with all their issues seem like a riot of fun; partly why i go down there so often.
(artesia if a badger crawled out my arse, i'd call it jesus, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 18:35, Reply)