Kazakhstan to Crewe – no thank you!

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

I was born in Crewe but was lucky enough to have relatively enterprising and hard-working parents. They felt it would be better to move out of town and bring me up in a semi-affluent village not too far away. Enough, I cannot thank them! Graduating from university in another God-forsaken northern pit called Lancaster (which […]

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Stoke On Trent – A place devoid of intelligence

Is Stoke On Trent a nice place to live or is Stoke On Trent rough?

I lived in Stoke-On-Trent for three years, and worked there for over 10, and there’s one irrefutable truth about the place that has remained unchanged for all that time – the place is a complete sh*thole, and the people really are as thick as pig sh*t. It’s not that their accents make them sound braindead […]

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Smacklesfield… I mean Macclesfield

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

When you hear of Cheshire you think or footballers and housewives right? Well until you enter Macclesfield aka WannaBe Manchester. The town centre is empty, all you have to see for entertainment is homeless people (may I add they they were set on fire not so long ago). Then there’s the drugs. Oh yes EVERYONE […]

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Macclesfield: for a lass born and bred in Stockport, this place is odd

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

Before I **** Macc (as it’s known to the locals) let me add the plus points. Beautiful countryside, good enough shops, mostly (daytime) friendly people. But then nighttime appears and Macclesfield turns into a town from the twilight zone. As a lass born and bred in Stockport (yeah, yeah I know, blame my parents) this […]

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Congleton: what a place, what a disgrace!

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

Apparently Congelton is an affluent Cheshire town near to nice places like Macclesfield and Alderley Edge. DO NOT BE FOOLED!!!!!!!! It is basically a suburb of Stoke-on-trent, the biggest sh*te hole in the uk. There are about 4 council estates in this town however the ones to dodge are tin town and bug town which […]

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Congleton, every silver lining has a cloud

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

Congleton – quaint and attractive south east Cheshire market town with a charter dating back to 1272. Population roughly 23,000 predominantly middle class professional types and relatively wealthy retired gentlefolk. Nestling between the Peak District National Park and the gloriously beautiful Cheshire plain, Congleton should be the ideal place to bring up a family or […]

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