What is the worst most roughest city in the UK?
Gordon Clown
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From the ones I have been to I would say Birmingham, Gloucester and Leicester.
Ive heard Hull and Bradford make you want to kill yourself as well though.
Ive heard Hull and Bradford make you want to kill yourself as well though.
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I was going to mention those but there are some lovely areas in London and Manchester.
When I visited Gloucester the city centre was just dreadful.
Maybe it was because I was there on a Saturday in the town centre. But most of the shops were Pound shops and it was just full and weird smelling chavs and grubby people.
Maybe not the roughest, but one of the more depressing cities Ive been to.
Its a shame because the cathedral area was lovely.
And, I'd have to say, that's part of the reason I like it so much.
Might sound kinda weird but I like the fact that it's full of rough-looking terraced houses with unkempt streets and 30 year old, beaten-up, cars.
It seems like a rather "honest" and down-to-earth sort of roughness.
I've seen much fancier places which I've found much more distasteful for a variety of reasons.
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Blackpool was rough, but I do agree with you, it was a kinda fun rough.
Ive never been to either but Ive heard Hull smells of death.
In England it's definitely London. No other city even comes close.
a few areas are pretty bad......
Alum Rock is a Pakistani stronghold, The only white person allowed in at night is George Galloway!
Handsworth is where I grew up and it always gets bad press, its mostly Jamaican & Indians, its pretty safe but if any trouble is brewing in the form of a riot, It will start here. The gang called the 'Burger Bar' are behind most violent and drug crime.
Aston & Lozells & Nechells, are the most dangerous parts of the city IMO, even the police dont like talking to the gangs of kids on the streets, the Johnsons gang run wild here.
Then other suburbs populated by white council estate types that are rough but not like the ones above, Chelmsley Wood, Bromford, Erdington, Weoley Castle,Leyhill, Bartley Green.
The rest of brum is lovely LOOOOOOL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4136342.stm
Only if you're a fish.
Sorry Gordon, but if you really think Gloucester is rough, you need to look at parts of London, Manchester, Birmingham and Nottingham.
I was in Gloucester on a Saturday last December and saw nothing like you described. The city centre had some large shops and was not all 'pound shops' in the slightest. There was a lovely new M&S which I believed had recently opened.
The people were friendly in the shops too
What you described sounds like Ealing Broadway in west London
For me London is soft
Nottingham must come close, surely.
Hyson Green, St Annes, Radford and Lenton must be some of the most dangerous and violent places in the country. Gun crime was always a real problem in Nottingham too
Maybe I just had a different experience. It just depressed me. And as I said, its probably not the roughest area by a stretch but I certainly wouldn't call it nice.
Hardly any decent shops either.
Interesting lists for best and worst places. I live 5 mins drive away from the 9th best place to live in that list. Where I live though is much rougher than Guildford.
You know, despite living in Gloucestershire for the last 14 years, I've never actually been to Gloucester. Not that I feel the need to. I understand it's a bit of a 70s hell-hole frequented by people from the Forest of Dean (which is never a good thing!).