ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 This article made me laugh... about the universally thought of as crap town Luton "A collection of 10 stories about Luton aimed at improving its image after it was voted "crap town" of the year last year is launched on Wednesday." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4630329.stm Perhaps we could have a Crap Town poll on here. Any to submit? Link to post Share on other sites
excuse me 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 I thought it was Milton Keynes that got the most stick in the UK? Are there any recognised crap towns in Japan? Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Gotta live gotta live... shit town! gotta live in aaa town gotta live gotta live... shit town! gotta live in aaa town! Live - Throwing Copper Thanks for reminding me of them! Since I got all of my old CD's stolen during my move to Japan (thanks to some crook in the US postal service), I'd forgotten about Live. Haha. Sorry to be so random.......... Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 There was a book published not so long ago on the 50 most Crap Towns in England and why..amusing read The official top 50 crap towns in the UK. 1 Hull 2 Cumbernauld 3 Morecambe (Despite home to Fishermans friends and the theme park Crinkley Bottom!!!!!!!) 4 Hythe 5 Winchester 6 Liverpool 7 St Andrews 8 Bexhill-on-Sea 9 Basingstoke 10 Hackney 11 Portsmouth 12 Stockport 13 Crouch End 14 St John's Wood 15 Croydon 16 Islington 17 London (not sure how they deem this as a town?) 18 Peterborough 19 Wolverhampton 20 Didcot 21 Ascot 22 Brighton 23 Aldeburgh 24 Leiston 25 Ipswich 26 Hayling Island 27 Horsham 28 Mirfield 29 Tintern 30 Peterhead 31 Oxford 32 Dover 33 South Woodham Ferrers 34 Newport 35 Billingham 36 Reading 37 Maghull 38 Huntingdon 39 Hastings 40 Keighley 41 Dagenham 42 Slough 43 Alresford 44 Bridgwater 45 Yate 46 Skelmersdale 47 Barrow-in-Furness 48 Widnes 49 Hinchley Wood 50 St Albans A friend of mine from the Number 1 crap town had a t-shirt with "Its never dull in Hull!" printedm, obviously not the case! Link to post Share on other sites
pjem 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Did you read the book?? 31 Oxford! - the impression I got was that was a really great place..... Luton doesn't even make that one! Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 God knows why Islington is on that list. Top place. I have never actually seen that book - how do they choose the towns? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 29, 2005 Share Posted June 29, 2005 Try this: http://www.idler.co.uk/ Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 "disgruntled citizens of the UK." I like that. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted June 30, 2005 Share Posted June 30, 2005 Everybody in Bristol is well gruntled. It's not on that list, and for good reason. Towns need to use their crap more effectively instead of putting it all in the sea. One day towns will realize what a valuable resource their crap is. Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Yes I remember when Hull famously won that accolade. I actually quite like Hull. A friend of mine went to uni there and it was a good place for students. (Perhaps that's explains some things ) Link to post Share on other sites
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