Places You Wouldn't Want To Live in The U.K.
When most people imagine the United Kingdom, they think of London, wry humor and polite people. It might seem unthinkable that Great Britain has some real dung piles among its treasures but these 5 cities will have you wondering why there is a “Great” in front of “Britain”.
At number 5. Sandwell
The available jobs in this West Midlands town are so poorly paid that the average resident has zero disposable income. The good news for locals is that Sandwell has a pretty high mortality rate, so they don’t have to suffer for very long.
At Number 4. Gwent Valleys
No matter which metric you choose to measure Gwent Valleys scores poorly. Crime? Check. Poor healthcare? Check. A-hole teenagers all around? Oh yeah. In a country that’s filled with coastline and rolling hills, Gwent Valleys has none of that. It’s just the worst.
At Number 3. High Wycombe
Petty crime and drug use are present; as is a low employment rate. The little money High Wycombe does have it spends on the schools which is great. Of course, that doesn’t do the average tourist any good.
At Number 2. Southampton
Southampton is simply filled with half-destroyed buildings blotting the landscape. To be fair, the place was bombed in World War II. That is a pretty solid excuse, but on the other hand, they’ve had the better part of eighty years to get the place back in order …
And at number 1. Morecambe
In the 1930s, luminaries like Coco Chanel used to hang out in Morecambe These days, Morecambe is more known for its dilapidation. The coastline outside the city is stunning, but if you’re being completely honest, coasts aren’t exactly a point of pride, and neither is Morecambe.
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Top 10 Worst Places to Live in England
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According to ilivehere.co.uk, which has been compiling this list for more than a decade, with the votes from thousands of readers, these are the WORST places to live in England.
10: Blackpool
Once famed for its golden mile, Blackpool now conjures up images of drunken stags and hens, falling over in the street and spewing on themselves, before retiring to a grotty seaside B&B.
9: Oldham
The most deprived town in England according to the ONS, where the streets have been described as “graffiti covered, fly-tipped shells of what they once were”.
8: Sunderland
has the highest rate of teen pregnancies in Europe.
sexual offences, violent crime and theft are all on the up and are higher than the national average. (I’ve seen policemen on pedal bikes chasing chavs in stolen cars. You might not believe it but I really have seen it!)
7: Gravesend
One voter comments: I have lived in Gravesend all my life. I have visited many other crap towns across Kent like Lewisham, Dartford, Chatham and so on and not one so far, has even came near to being as chav infested as Gravesend.
6. BRADFORD
A Commenter says: Bradford is literally hell on earth. The city centre resembles a squalid cess pit, full of monstrous partially demolished 60’s concrete office blocks, Pound shops, amusement arcades, prostitutes, heroin addicts, Eastern European car-jackers, Asian drug dealers, pre-pubescent mums and mad alcoholic tramps having arguments with themselves.
Being the sixth largest city in the country, in terms of population, it now boasts another famous serial killer...
5: ROCHDALE
One in seven people in Rochdale had no qualifications at all. Weekly earnings were £413 on average last year, compared to £676 in London.
4. SCUNTHORPE
A town once voted the least romantic place in the country.
Apparently Maccy Ds is a chav’s staple diet. Well the small town of Scunthorpe has 3.
3. LUTON
One commenter points out; on Christmas day the local McDonalds gets busier every year”
Black, White, Asian it doesn’t matter, everyone looks like they’re trying to escape or have given up hope on life itself.
2. KINGSTON UPON HULL
based on official government statistics, Hull is the worst place to live in England.
1. DOVER
Apparentñy Dover only beat Hull by 16 votes.
One reader comments;
Let us for a moment imagine that the British Isles are the silhouette of an old man. Scotland is his cap, Cornwall his toes, Anglia his curved spine, making Dover his herpes infested s**t-hole.
Which do you think is the Worst Place to Live in England?
Part 4. Shootout In Peckham London SE15 United Kingdom
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Here's the Fourth & last of a series of Events revolving around some Crazy Video Selfies of Activities leading up to a neighborhood of Terror about 2 weeks or so ago, in London's infamous, notorious Town or Peckham Rye, South East Fifteen, UK.
Please note: I nor anybody else I know was the person's holding these video recordings, or participants in all the events that you will see.
The majority of the footage appears to be filmed by people close by at the time of the incident's, and Part 1. Seems to be filmed by a woman and her daughter locally to what transpired.
All footage was taken sometime about a week before these posts.
We always apparently, have a good reason for fighting each other daily, but never any great reasons to build anything together!
Do we only meet up to kill up?
Do We hate each other so bad that we must annihilate the next
London Districts: Greenwich
This weeks documentary episode explores the south east London district of 'Greenwich' through a visual tour peppered with a commentary of light historical facts and recommendations. I hope to educate folks to the lesser known areas of London. Allow me to be your tour guide around London Districts!
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Greenwich is now the capital district of what is now officially called the 'Royal Borough of Greenwich' since 2012.
In terms of domes around the world, the Millennium Dome is the biggest. The dome is 365 metres in diameter and 52 metres high with those 12 yellow supporting poles running through it. This represents days, weeks and months of the year.
The Emirates Air Line looks quite slow but it takes 10 minutes to cross the water and they double that speed in rush hour for the commuters.
The Cutty Sark was built in 1869 and sailed from London to Shanghai the next year full of wine, beer and spirit exports.It came back from Shanghai full to the brim with over a million pounds of tea.
The Greenwich Foot Tunnel took 3 years to build from 1899 to 1902. The very industrial steel panel section at the north end of the tunnel is the result of steel repairs after Second World War bomb damage. The tunnel is classed as a public highway which means, by law, it must be kept open 24 hours a day, everyday.
The name Greenwich dates back more than 1100 years. The 'Green' part of the name is self explanatory but the 'nwich' or 'wich' part refers to a 'harbor' or 'trading place'.
Greenwich has a lot of restaurants, markets, pubs, places to see and things to practically do and partake in. Of the 32 London boroughs, there are 4 with royal status. For 80 years there were only 3 but Greenwich was allowed to join the club to become the fourth in 2012 by order of the Queen. Greenwich once tried to apply for city status to become the 'City of Greenwich' but that got refused.
Greenwich is very well connected by transport. There are a lot of bus routes connected by a central bus station, boat services to Central London and 5 different types of train station serving different parts of the district.
Greenwich Park itself has always had 'royal' status along with Green Park and Hyde Park and some others. Some of the trees you can see in the park are over 350 years old.
King Edward the II asked Christopher Wren to design the Royal Observatory for some serious astronomy. They built it in 1675 for £520 and its still the largest telescope in the UK. The 'Public Standards of Length' on the wall in the park physically demonstrate precise lengths from the imperial measurement system.
Before the Observatory, there wasn't really any official, standardised way of measuring time around the world. Over centuries, sailors decided it made sense to sync their clocks to the already established
'Greenwich Mean Time' or 'GMT' which is now just known as Universal Time.
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Places You Wouldn't Want to Live in the U.S.
Are you thinking of relocating somewhere in the States? Make sure you take a look at the 12 worst places to live in the U.S. before you make any decisions about your next home base.
12. St. Louis, Missouri
Over 14% of St. Louis’ population is living below the poverty line. Out of 100,000 residents, every year 35.3 are murdered, which ranks it as one of America’s most dangerous cities too.
11. Reno, Nevada
Reno was the gambling capital of the US until Las Vegas was developed and “The Biggest Little City in the World” has been in economic decline ever since. Reno experiences nearly 39 annual crimes per 1,000 residents.
10. Modesto, California
Despite being home to the largest winery in the world, the unemployment rate was nearly 13% in 2014. Modesto ranks number one in the country for car theft and out of 200,000 residents, up to 10,000 are reported to be gang members.
9. Oakland, California
The economy in Oakland is strong with a good median household income. ($51,683.) However, home to around 50 gangs and a high violent crime rate, Oakland also suffers from high traffic congestion and poor air quality. 190% worse than the national average.
8. New Orleans, Louisiana
The “murder capital of the country, also has one of the worst toxic-substance records. New Orleans has still not recovered from Hurricane Katrina, and was ranked number two in “America’s Dirtiest Cities.”
7. Birmingham, Alabama
27.3% of residents live below the poverty line. Out of every 100,000 residents, 1400 are victims of violent crimes due to the prominent drug trade and high poverty rate.
6. Stockton, California
In 2012, the city filed for bankruptcy. Forbes voted Stockton as one of the most dangerous cities in America due to its high crime rates with over 20,000 violent and property crimes committed last year.
5. Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is the largest city on the Mississippi River with over 20% of its inhabitants living below the poverty line. In Memphis you stand a 1 in 12 chance of being a victim of crime.
4. New Haven, Connecticut
Home of Yale University, the surrounding areas of New Haven are impoverished and crime ridden. Nearly 68 crimes occur annually for every 1,000 residents.
3. Cleveland, Ohio
Aside from being one of the most corrupt cities in the country, Cleveland also has harsh weather conditions, with an average of 60 inches of snowfall each year.
2. Detroit, Michigan
The city is suffering from urban decay with over 32% of residents living below the national poverty line. According to FBI Reports, Detroit has the highest rate of violent crime of any city over 200,000.
1. Camden, New Jersey
Camden has been on Forbes’ list of “America’s Most Miserable Cities” for years. Riddled with urban decay and political corruption, over 42% of its residents live below the poverty line. It also has 560% more crime than the national average.
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Part 3. Shootout In Peckham London SE15 United Kingdom
Scroll down to bottom of this description for Part 1&2 links
Here's the Third of a series of Events revolving around a Crazy Video Selfie of Activities leading up to a neighborhood of Terror about a week or so ago, in London's infamous, notorious Town or Peckham Rye, South East 15, United Kingdom.
Please note: I nor anybody else I know was the person's holding these videos recording devices or participants in all the events that have unfolded.
The majority of the footage appears to be filmed by people close by at the time of the incident's, and Part 1. Seems to be filmed by a woman and her daughter locally to what transpired.
All footage was taken sometime about a week before these posts.
We always apparently, have a good reason for fighting each other daily, but never any great reasons to build anything together!
Do we only meet up to kill up, walking around like King Kong's until we buck up on the real enemy, and suddenly it's game over or surrender?
Do We hate each other so bad that we must annihilate the next man, but need a friend at the same time?
Do y'all not need them very same people to engage with and do things with, and not to, or everybody would be dead!
Peace ,
London Districts: Canary Wharf
This documentary episode explores the East London district of 'Canary Wharf' through a visual tour peppered here and there with some light historical commentary and recommendations. I hope to educate folks to the lesser known areas of London.
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Canary Wharf is a surprisingly peaceful place. It doesn't really have any major roads and the DLR system is fairly quiet. It has its own international airport, London City Airport serving over 30 destinations.
Canary Wharf is a major East London business district within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It's located on the West India Docks on the Isle of Dogs and is one of the two main financial centres in the United Kingdom along with the City of London.
From 1802 to 1939, the area was one of the busiest docks in the world. After the 1960s, the port industry began to decline and all the docks closed by 1980. Today, about 1,000 ships still pass through the docks each month. The first new buildings of the Docklands regeneration were completed in 1991, starting with the most prominent symbol in this new world, number One Canada Square.
Stothert & Pitt were a British engineering company from Bath. They made all these Dock cranes you see around the quays which were used for heavy loading and unloading of ships during import and export operations. Most were destroyed in the war however.
Canary Wharf has three shopping malls: Canada Place, Cabot Place and Jubilee Place. The type of shops and bars you'll find there mostly reflect the salary of the workers in the district. The area is also home to the largest Waitrose in the country.
The Canary Wharf estate contains most of the tallest buildings in the country and One Canada Square was the tallest building in the UK until it was overtaken by The Shard in 2012. Over 100,000 people work in Canary Wharf inside corporate establishments such as Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Citigroup, HSBC, J.P.Morgan, KPMG and others. The average salary is also £100,000.
The Wharf adopts the 'Canary' part of its name for two reasons. Historically, it was heavily involved in a fruit trade with the Canary Islands which itself was named by the Spanish after they found lots of large canine's on the islands. Since the quay also sits on the Isle of Dogs, the name 'Canary' became a no-brainer for both the quay and the old fruit warehouse, now demolished.
Canary Wharf Tube station was designed by Norman Foster and opened in 1999 after 10 years work. It looks like a modern hobbit hole from the outside, but is big enough for One Canada Square to lie down inside of it.
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London Districts: Brockley
This weeks documentary episode explores the south east London district of 'Brockley' through a visual tour peppered with a commentary of light historical facts and recommendations. I hope to educate folks to the lesser known areas of London. Allow me to be your tour guide around London Districts! If you like this video please share it.
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Brockley is home to London's smallest public library.
The name 'Brockley' is derived from the term 'Broca's woodland clearing' which simply means a woodland where a lot of badgers can be seen.
Brockley has a reputation as a focus for the arts. The mid-1960s saw an influx of artists, musicians and alternative types many of whom are the alumni of Camberwell College of Art or Goldsmiths College.
London Bridge is just ten minutes away by train. The recent addition of the Overground line now connects Brockley better than ever to the rest of london.
Most of the Victorian residential buildings in Brockley came about from the Tyrwhitt-Drake family who owned the land and built large homes for the professional classes in the 1840s. After the Second World War, most of the big houses were sub-divided into multiple occupation for the new Caribbean population who found employment in nearby Deptford.
The Grade II listed Rivoli ballroom is regularly sought after as a film set location since its interior is perfectly preserved in its original and glamourous 1950's style to which it was built. It is very near to the Brockley Jack, one of London’s most notable fringe theatres.
Every summer, artists host a thriving Open Studios weekend made up mostly from their own domestic art studios.
Brockley’s largest park is appropriately called Hilly Fields and offers views of the London skyline from Crystal Palace to the O2 Arena. It’s a notable place for outdoor activity in the area in use by schools and clubs. It's also just a nice place to laze about.
Brockley has an award-winning local market every Saturday from 10–2pm with stalls and vans selling fruit, veg and meat and serving ready-to-eat things like burritos, posh fish finger sandwiches or coffee cakes. It’s a good place to soak up the local Brockley vibe.
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Best Things To Do In Shoreditch | Discover London
As the creative hub of London's East End, you'll never be short of things to do in Shoreditch. Check out the video for our top picks of things to do in the area!
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