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The Idler Book of Crap Towns

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? by shadyadie
i demand peterhead and dundee be added to this.


1. Hull
2. Cumbernauld
3. Morecambe
4. Hythe
5. Winchester
6. Liverpool
7. St Andrews
8. Bexhill-On-Sea
9. Basingstoke
10. Hackney
11. Portsmouth
12. Stockport
13. Crouch End
14. St John’s Wood
15. Croydon
16. Islington
17. London
18. Peterborough
19. Wolverhampton
20. Didcot
21. Ascot
22. Brighton (noooo!)
23. Aldeburgh
24. Leiston
25. Ipswich
26. Hayling Island
27. Horsham
28. Mirfield
29. Tintern
30. Peterhead
31. Oxford
32. Dover
33. South Woodham Ferrers
34. Newport
35. Billingham
36. Reading
37. Maghull
38. Huntingdon
39. Hastings
40. Keighley
41. Dagenham
42. Slough
43. Alresford
44. Bridgwater
45. Yate
46. Skelmersdale
47. Barrow-In-Furness
48. Widnes
49. Hinchley Wood
50. St Albans
shadyadie | 30 Oct '03, 18:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: The Idler Book of Crap Towns

Peterhead appears at No 30?!?

But where is Margate on this list. That's a Shithole.
badger13 | 30 Oct '03, 21:01 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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No Trowbridge? No Swindon? No Warminster? You could put most of fucking Wiltshire in that pile under one entry marked 'Shite but Scenic'.
DrFurry | 30 Oct '03, 21:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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islington's shit but not camden?



and brighton is awesome, as well as oxford (tourists aside)


EASTLIEGH is baaaaaaaad tho
not a smile in the town
alcxxk | 31 Oct '03, 04:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Eastleigh...

Tell me about it. Lived there for aaaaaaaaaaaages.
Despite moving to Dublin, I'm back here Goddamnit.

At least some of it went up in flames Wednesday :o)
blackeyeddog | 1 Nov '03, 21:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I was born in Winchester, lived in Eastleigh til I was 19 (still go back there to see my family), and now I live in Crouch End. Man, I clearly know how to pick 'em.

But what went up in smoke in Eastleigh?
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 4 Nov '03, 17:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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G Searle... not a relative of Cally?
That would be freaky.
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 4 Nov '03, 17:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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fucking hell. i read the list twice and never even noticed that.

hurrah!
shadyadie | 31 Oct '03, 11:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Great idea for a book, but what I've read of the book (admittedly about 2 pages in Waterstones) is horribly written- seems to view having any "foreign types" as bad, too. And where the fuck's Telford?
something_for_joey | 1 Nov '03, 16:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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But Margate has loads of broken-down, grubby charm. i love it to bits. you know when somethings so fucking awful it's actually great? i dunno, like mr jools holland or the Darkness ...
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 2 Nov '03, 00:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: The Idler Book of Crap Towns

But Margate has loads of broken-down, grubby charm. i love it to bits. you know when somethings so fucking awful it's actually great? i dunno, like mr jools holland or the Darkness ...
Old_Anonymous_Comments | 2 Nov '03, 00:46 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: The Idler Book of Crap Towns

what about BIRKENHEAD or as the locals say
BEER-KAN-EDDDDDDDD!

My local haunting-grounds of ALDERSHOT is pretty crap. There are loads of townies and the place smells of dead rats and bleach.
CaviarAndCigarets | 2 Nov '03, 19:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Ah yes, i've got a mate from near birkenhead and that made me laugh. Where's crewe in all this? The town where the best place in the railway station?
calling3 | 2 Nov '03, 23:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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aye, Crewe mings.

and, of course, Penrith.
shadyadie | 3 Nov '03, 01:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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That's what most people think of Crewe. Never been to Penrith but it can't be worse than Crewe can it?
calling3 | 11 Nov '03, 14:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I live in number 33, South Woodham Ferrers - anyone else know it???
Sideburnboy | 3 Nov '03, 14:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Nah, Dundee's okay.

It's cheap...and easy to get around...and the locals keep themselves to themselves...and it's cheap as fuck!

I get more hassle in Glasgow (or even Perth) than I do in Dundee.

The only downside is a *slightly* monotonous local music scene.

Oh, and the main reason Dundee isn't so shit - burgers from Kennedy's (can't remember which street it's on) are fan-fucking-tastic. As are the fish suppers from the Discovery.

I always find it odd when people write these lists of shit places, or when people claim places are shit without having spent a great deal of time there - you only know how truly horrific a place is once you've lived there for a while!

I don't care, i'm emigrating asap anyway!
kisho | 4 Nov '03, 15:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Margate should definitely be at the top of the list. I watched the World Cup final in a pub called the Punch & Judy on the seafront and had my view blocked out by the 14 year old girls earrings. Plus, I don't think I've heard "fanny farts" said so much in my life.

Southend can kiss my arse, too, especially the evil B&B woman. GRRR!

Aldeburgh's alright, though. I mean, Sizewell B being just up the coast isn't too welcoming, but there's a pub there called David's Place. Me 'n' the missus went in and found these two fellas having a makeshift jam (hate that word) on a load of decomissioned ammo shells. I'll never listen to Sympathy For The Devil in the same way again...

It's a very long story, but why isn't Barry on the list, either?

Cheerio,

Ian

http://twang.iscrappy.com

ian_distort | 5 Nov '03, 16:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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obviously they never went to Jarrow in tyneside(where i live) its main tourist attraction is its slightly larger than average Morrisons store
steven270387 | 6 Nov '03, 15:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Come to think of it, where's Warrington? They've got the audacity to have a tourist information place,a shopping centre called the Cockring (or something), and the bus station looks like a smackhead's flat....

Cheerio,

Ian

http://twang.topcities.com
ian_distort | 6 Nov '03, 16:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply