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Do you like where you live?; Residents of Merseyside need not answer
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Gladstone Small	22nd July 2010 - 11:16 AM Post #1
Give me Choco Liebniz Posts: 3,322 Group: Moderators Member #91 Joined: August 2008	Like the title says, really. And if you don't, where would you prefer to live? I currently live in Redhill, Surrey. The surrounding areas - towns like Reigate and Tadworth - are really nice, and the proximity of it to London and Brighton is something I've always enjoyed since I moved down here. The actual town itself though is crap unless you like living in a place largely populated by knuckle-dragging enlarged forehead Chelski supporting wankers who say, "Bruv!" a lot. There's just sod all here really, but hopefully a move to Brighton next year will be better as we love Brighton. I was born in Manchester and lived there until 2005 but I don't think I ever really too advantage of the place until I started at university in 1999, which is something that I really regret, but I loved living there and I still always enjoy it when I go back to visit friends and family every few months.



Log Scott Wood	22nd July 2010 - 11:20 AM Post #2
Danny Dyer enthusiast Posts: 1,509 Group: Members Member #31 Joined: July 2008	I've had enough of Nottingham. I'm moving to Bristol hopefully by the end of august.



Ghost	22nd July 2010 - 11:23 AM Post #3
Just an ordinary guy... Posts: 1,808 Group: Moderators Member #19 Joined: July 2008	In a word, no! Not many places you can find that are filled with more scum than Glasgow but i managed it by moving to Hartlepool. Surrounding areas aren't much cop either with Middlesbourgh, Sunderland and Newcastle all being equally as shite.



Mr.Showtime	22nd July 2010 - 11:44 AM Post #4
Sir Ray of Sunshine Posts: 3,186 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: May 2009	Being a bit older and wiser I really appreciate where I live - Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. I can't stand half the people there and there's a lot of tourists but the place really does look wonderful in places. The harbour (and the beach to the back of the photo) which is filled on nice summer days with people sitting along the walls and outside the two pubs there with a cloudy cider in hand. Dunnottar Castle, just at the top of the town, where stuff happened once. The Auld Toon part of town next to the harbour on Hogmanay hosts the swinging fireball ceremony at midnight! The only near-Olympic-sized salt-water heated outdoor pool in the UK. I went in there just last week for the first time in years, throwing myself down the slide belly first and feeling like I was 13 again. Ace. There's not actually much to do and the shops are pathetic for such a growing town, but if you like walking it's the place for you. Anyway, Aberdeen is only 15 mins away in the car or a train. Although there's not much to do there either except get smashed in the billion pubs or abuse hobos on Union Street. A brand-new shopping complex was opened at the end of last year right on the train station in Aberdeen which features a cinema, Nando's, and all the "quality" food and clothes places one could want. That was a nice touch.



Gladstone Small	22nd July 2010 - 11:55 AM Post #5
Give me Choco Liebniz Posts: 3,322 Group: Moderators Member #91 Joined: August 2008	^ That looks like the type of place I'd love to live in. Plus, it's nice and chilly up there which I prefer, it's too bloody warm down here. Weird you should post that photo of Dunottar Castle though - there's a school near here called Dunottar too. Looks really nice, I have to say. I've heard loads of good things about Bristol recently and I do like the south-west for the most part so I'd like to visit there one day. I don't know the north-east at all though but Ghost approximately describes what I thought it to be like anyway!



Honky	22nd July 2010 - 12:00 PM Post #6
Nut Deep in Random Pussy Posts: 1,988 Group: Members Member #164 Joined: January 2010	I live in Slough and it�s fucking brilliant bruv.



Loki	22nd July 2010 - 12:24 PM Post #7
The Daddy Posts: 7,879 Group: Admin Member #25 Joined: July 2008	Guildford is pretty good actually, the only downside being that it's pretty much the most expensive place to buy a house in the country. I do miss living by the sea though, especially in the summer. Bournemouth was ace in the summer.



Honky	22nd July 2010 - 12:30 PM Post #8
Nut Deep in Random Pussy Posts: 1,988 Group: Members Member #164 Joined: January 2010	Trouble with living by the sea is seagulls. Seagulls are cunts.



Willybum	22nd July 2010 - 12:42 PM Post #9
Formely Freudian Slap Posts: 1,196 Group: Members Member #92 Joined: August 2008	I live in Cambridge which is a great city - amazing architecture, good music scene, loads to do etc. It is a little on the small side for a city however. I'm moving to Brighton in 3 weeks though. Can't wait. I've lived there before and it's a fantastic place to be.



Honky	22nd July 2010 - 12:44 PM Post #10
Nut Deep in Random Pussy Posts: 1,988 Group: Members Member #164 Joined: January 2010	Apart from those fucking Seagulls



Willybum	22nd July 2010 - 12:48 PM Post #11
Formely Freudian Slap Posts: 1,196 Group: Members Member #92 Joined: August 2008	Yeah, they are squawky little shitbags.



Loki	22nd July 2010 - 12:48 PM Post #12
The Daddy Posts: 7,879 Group: Admin Member #25 Joined: July 2008	A little known fact, but seagulls only bother tourists. If you live in a seaside town, they avoid you like the plague. I guess it's a survival instince to do with local kids and air rifles. When I went to Padstow a couple of years ago and had fish and chips from Rick Stein's chipppie (not as good as they make out) I got pestered by a seagull. He knew I wasn't from round there.



Gladstone Small	22nd July 2010 - 01:04 PM Post #13
Give me Choco Liebniz Posts: 3,322 Group: Moderators Member #91 Joined: August 2008	I remember on my wedding day down in Brighton it was the first time my mum had been down there. When we turned up at the registry office the first thing she said to us was not, "How are you?" or "Are you nervous?" but "Bloody 'ell, the seagulls are massive 'ere!" It is true about them though, Loki. They seem to target people naive enough not to keep their portion of chips properly covered up, or eating food hanging over the side of the pier. Seen it several times.



Mr.Showtime	22nd July 2010 - 01:17 PM Post #14
Sir Ray of Sunshine Posts: 3,186 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: May 2009	I have lived in Stonehaven all my life and can't recall ever being bothered by seagulls. And there's a lot of them. Yet last time Mrs.Showtime came through from the city she got shat on. Ha.



Lurk	22nd July 2010 - 01:22 PM Post #15
Welsh Viking Posts: 1,410 Group: Members Member #148 Joined: May 2009	I've never been bothered with Seagulls down here, though I had to laugh when some old dear got her dog killed by a seagull. It swooped down picked it up then dropped it down a cliff.



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