Redeeming features of your home town ?

Posted by: DIL on 28 April 2006

Simple enough question.

If you look past the traffic jams, useless public transport, centres of education that don't, chav estates, local politicians that look out only for no. 1, lack of decent music outlets, etc. etc., what redeeming features does your home town have ?

For my part, I live in a small (by UK standards) town of ca 60k inhabitants in the north of Sweden. The town itself is typical Swedish small town, same selection of shops as in all other Swedish small towns. All in all, pretty uninspiring. However, Luleå is at the mouth of a river and the various beaches and waterfronts make the place quite pleasent. The town is also pretty compact, and flat, which means that getting around by bike in the summer is a doddle, and you don't have to stress, even in the car. No where is more than 10 min from anywhere else !

I guess that there are worse places to live, but that even these have their plus points. Over to you...

/dl

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by Ancipital

My current hometown is Longfield in Kent.

It's a nice small town, 100 yards to one side of me are the local shops including a variety of restaurants and a Waitrose.

100 yards to the other side is the countryside with lots of woods, public rights of way and hills - makes for some stunning walks.

Locally also have a pub called the wheatsheaf that is thatched (even the men's toilets outside are thatched), has a nice ambience, does afternoon teas and dates back to 1414.

Also, have got Bluewater shopping centre locally of which I frequent the cinema more than anything else as it's a nice one.

It also only takes me 40 minutes to get back home after work which is a bonus as I work by London Bridge.

Far enough out of London to be living in the countryside, close enough so that travelling isn't a pain.

Steve.

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by JoeH

My home town was Birkenhead. Its only redeeming feature is Half Man Half Biscuit.

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by Roy T

And the winner is:

quote:
It's a nice small town, 100 yards to one side of me are the local shops including a variety of restaurants and a Waitrose.

Steve

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by jcs_smith

Leicester is close to the motorway, has a hard-core gym with a squat cage and a power rack and places where you can train in Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Escrima and Vale Tudo. What more can you ask for?

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by DIL

quote:
Leicester is close to the motorway, has a hard-core gym with a squat cage and a power rack and places where you can train in Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Escrima and Vale Tudo. What more can you ask for?

Worth remembering if you're looking for somewhere to take the kids or in-laws for the day.

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by Steve Toy

They are building a bypass round my home town. This will be its first redeeming feature after its outlying villages with pubs serving real ale, and Cannock Chase (after they cull the bloody deer or at least teach them the Green Cross Code.)

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by jcs_smith

quote:
Originally posted by David Legge:
quote:
Leicester is close to the motorway, has a hard-core gym with a squat cage and a power rack and places where you can train in Krav Maga, Muay Thai, Escrima and Vale Tudo. What more can you ask for?

Worth remembering if you're looking for somewhere to take the kids or in-laws for the day.

Absolutely. Wouldn't you prefer your kids to be able to kiss ass? And don't you think it would be cool to practise kicking ass on your in-laws?

Also there's a lot of clubs and bars so there's plenty of doors for me to work on. The wooly backs in leicester get so drunk that it makes my job very easy. And fun too

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by DIL

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Absolutely. Wouldn't you prefer your kids to be able to kiss ass? And don't you think it would be cool to practise kicking ass on your in-laws?

JCS, I think you got 'kiss' and 'kick' the wrong way round; assuming you've seen my partner's sister.

/dl

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by erik scothron

quote:
Originally posted by jcs_smith:

Also there's a lot of clubs and bars so there's plenty of doors for me to work on. The wooly backs in leicester get so drunk that it makes my job very easy. And fun too

Yeah right. I don't think you are so tough. I think our Gianluigi would kick your arse. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by Diccus62

Awful isn't it

The Diccus

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

quote:
Originally posted by erik scothron:
I think our Gianluigi would kick your arse. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

yes............what...why...where...i was just chatting in the "super trooper flying heros i'm gonna kill ya if you say i'm fat inner club".
Just to say "HI!".

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

quote:
Originally posted by Diccus62:
Awful isn't it

At my italian eyes......yes.
But i don't know what it means to have it in front every morning.

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by TomK

My home town's Glasgow although I haven't actually lived there for pushing 30 years. It's a throbbing, bustling place with some of the best shopping and restaurants (particularly Indian) in Britain , some beautiful Victorian architecture, the best museum in Scotland (soon to reopen after a massive renovation) the funniest native population, and it's less than an hour's drive from some of the most beautiful countryside in the world. It also has the longest continuous bar in Europe.

I like to get there and just wander round for a few hours every few weeks.

Posted on: 02 May 2006 by Berlin Fritz

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by jcs_smith

quote:
Originally posted by erik scothron:
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Yeah right. I don't think you are so tough. I think our Gianluigi would kick your arse. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Who said I was talking about kicking ass? I was talking about running away. Drunks can't chase anyone

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by jcs_smith

quote:
Originally posted by David Legge:

JCS, I think you got 'kiss' and 'kick' the wrong way round; assuming you've seen my partner's sister.

/dl

You see this is why it's not a good idea to rely too much on a spell checker. MS Word is a pacifist

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Peter Stockwell

quote:
Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
I'm very lucky to live in one of the most attractive parts of Britain. The nearest town, Skipton, is a thriving market town. It retains original character without being 'choclate box'. It is a real community, surrounded by great countryside. Not perfect but I would not change much.

I love where I live.

I just spent easter week up that way, Settle in fact, and found Skipton really endearing as a visitor. I wasn't inspired by the market the day I went, tho'.

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Peter Stockwell

quote:
Originally posted by JamieWednesday:
It's better than Northampton.

That's where I'm from, and I couldn't wait to get away when a teenager. I haven't leived there since about 1975. I like visiting now, and find that it's not nearly as bad as I thought it was, or at least the surrounding countryside.

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

quote:
Originally posted by jcs_smith:
Who said I was talking about kicking ass? I was talking about running away. Drunks can't chase anyone

No problem Jcs!
I think i can get your state if mind and Erik was only jockin'!
Cheers!

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Polarbear

Well I come from the home of Stilton Cheese and Pork pies, wondered why I need to go on a diet

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Ok.
You have the solid, i have the liquid let's make a lot of cholesterol.

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Polarbear

and we have Ruddles Beer brewed not that far away!

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Diccus62

quote:
Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
quote:
Originally posted by Diccus62:
Awful isn't it

At my italian eyes......yes.
But i don't know what it means to have it in front every morning.

And I don't know what it means to have this in front of me.............. wow

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

Hi Diccus!
Good job.
The window on the building marked by the arrow's tip have been my room window for 16 years.
The place were i did born.

Posted on: 03 May 2006 by Gianluigi Mazzorana

If you did surf images on google about my "home" town you'll see many fantastic places and smiling faces.
Don't believe the hype.
The place is dirty, grey and empty.
Tourists are treaten like animals and the most part of the persons living here can't even speak italian.
A lot of them are desperate and looking for work, while some drive their bloody mercedes and porsche, but they don't raise head because of their being so desperately stupid.
Bars close at 20.00 and the bloody church makes its dirty job on the place.
I'd leave this place in a minute if i would not have to look after my mum and dad and, believe me, about the resident i do hate them all.
Have a sunny holiday in Belluno!