Northolt: The place that decency and cleanliness forgot

Is Northolt a nice place to live or is Northolt rough?

When we first moved on to the Racecourse Estate in Northolt it was a sunny day but we were greeted by 2 women threatening each other, not the welcome to your new flat we hoped for but it was only going to get worse. To the naked eye you could mistake some parts of this […]

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Dartford – I escaped

Is Dartford a nice place to live or is Dartford rough?

After dating for 3 years it was time my partner and I bought a house together. She growing up in rural paradise of Horton Kirby and myself growing up in Abbey Wood we plumped for somewhere in the middle – Dartford! At first inspection I thought “at least Dartford can’t get any worse!” How wrong […]

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Watford – Every day is the day of the living dead

Is Watford a nice place to live or is Watford rough?

I grew up near Watford, but as soon as I was old enough, I left to never return. Due to Covid 19 pandemic, I have been doing shopping for my parents who live in South Herts. This has meant trips to a large supermarket in Watford. When the town comes in to view from the […]

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Epsom: the not-so-salubrious suburb

Is Epsom a nice place to live or is Epsom rough?

If you’re a young professional attracted by the hour-ish commute to central London, STAY AWAY. Epsom can be characterised by walking down the road to the station and being gassed by the permanent smell of weed. Good luck opening your windows because it’ll come into your flat and make everything stink. Expect to be cat […]

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Mill End: inches from the cancerous smog of junction 17 on the M25

Is Rickmansworth a nice place to live or is Rickmansworth rough?

Emerging just centimetres from the cancerous smog of junction 17 on the M25, sits an old council estate going by the mind-bendingly imaginative name of Mill End. It nestles, like an infected yellow head, on the boarder of South West Herts and South Bucks, and breeds toothless simpletons, social disease and gonorrhoea like a scene […]

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Hackney – Be careful what you wish for…

Is Hackney a nice place to live or is Hackney rough?

I used to live on the Hackney/Lower Clapton border a few years ago, before gentrification. Even back then, I used to think it was rough. Although I used to take a kind of sadistic pleasure in informing any out of town friends visiting, that we were driving down the North London murder mile while on […]

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Southampton: how to visit Above Bar Street and still leave with your wallet

Is Southampton a nice place to live or is Southampton rough?

Sunny Southampton. A place where everyone is welcome and everyone feels at home. The place that attracts thousands of tourists pouring out of the cruise ships. Not! I will try to paint a picture of what Southampton has become just by taking you on a walk down the High Street. As you may or may […]

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Chatham: the dog sh*t splattered patio of the Garden of England

Is Chatham a nice place to live or is Chatham rough?

Medway actually has a fair bit going for it. The North Downs and the River Medway on its borders, castles, forts, and cathedrals amongst its towns. It’s a testament to the residents commitment to crapness that, despite these draws, Medway remains the dog-**** splattered patio of the Garden of England. For reasons no one can […]

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Gosport, Hampshire …more like cesspit Hampsh*te

Is Gossport a nice place to live or is Gossport rough?

Ah good old Gosport, where the council sits on its backside raking in money from parking meters despite there not being anything in the town worth parking for! The council are [a fine upstanding example of local government, honestly, they’re definitely NOT] dodgy and for some reason in this god forsaken town, they keep voting […]

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Dover Lifestyle

Is Dover a nice place to live or is Dover rough?

Open Drug dealing is normally excepted in Dover. Crack and smack are easier to find than a good restaurant. Even the former mayor was filmed enjoying toilet substances. The local authority is [certainly not] considered the most corrupt by other local councils. My son was mugged in a park on camera nothing happened. Girlfriend beaten […]

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Tunbridge Wells: seems posh but has a seedy underbelly

Is Tunbridge Wells a nice place to live or is Tunbridge Wells rough?

Tunbridge Wells is a very odd town. It’s definitely a town of two halves: the haves and have-nots. Of course every town has its rich and poor (and everything in between) but the distinction is so obvious in Tunbridge Wells unlike anywhere else I’ve lived. There are some truly beautiful large houses in the town […]

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Chichester: The Hyacinth Bucket of the South

Is Chichester a nice place to live or is Chichester rough?

Chichester is a city with delusions of grandeur. It wants to be Bath, Oxford or Winchester. It cannot hope to match the cultural significance of these, or the affluence of the towns and cities such as Petersfield, Haslemere and Guildford with their direct commuter routes to London. It has a large student population but cannot […]

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