Gillingham – Run down to the point of being derelict

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

I moved here from the south west for uni and unfortunately didn’t look around properly before I decided to come. Gillingham is a cesspit of a town, the crime rate is through the roof, it’s full of people on drugs and the kind of people that don’t believe In picking up after their dogs, resulting […]

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Maidstone – Home of the angry white man

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

When people read about Maidstone online, it’s like any other Kent town – full of ch@vs loitering around McDonald’s and “full time mummys” swanning around with their oversized prams looking to steal more baby clothes for their little Tegan-Louise or Harvey-John. But, the thing is, these are things that you’ll come across in pretty much […]

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Maidstone – The biggest moving mistake of my life

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

I have lived in Maidstone for exactly 14 months. I moved here with my wife and young son in 2019. The idea behind it was simple, we lived in Greater London and wanted to have a 2 bedroom house. We have no close family so a move this way wasn’t something we assumed would be […]

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Maidstone – The town that progress forgot

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

You’ve got to feel sorry for the town planners who renovated Maidstone city centre in 2018. They tried extremely hard, pedestrianised the shopping areas to create what is in fact more than acceptable to look at….and at first look, you’d be forgiven for thinking it is ‘quite a nice area’. There are plenty of chain […]

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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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