A Political Thread pt. 2

[McTallshort]

Give me a top 5 ranking to visit, please.

London
York
Edinburgh
Chester
Bath

There are loads more. Manchester is great but I'm not sure how a conservative god-fearing American will appreciate the large and very fun gay scene there (not making judgements). It does depend what you're after, history/culture etc etc all 5 places above have both

 

[McTallshort]

Bath seems absolutely lovely. I'd love to go to a rugby game there. My wife is an architectural engineer by trade, so we both love a good architectural city.

Also heard good things about York. What about Leicester? It's more of a wealthy area, right? The Cotswold looks lovely, and I can help protest the local council that tried to shutdown Clarkson's farm restaurant.

Leicester is a **** hole don't go anywhere near it

 

[ChicagoKid]

Leicester is a **** hole don't go anywhere near it

Really?! I thought Leicester and North Hampton were posh areas.

 

[ChicagoKid]

London
York
Edinburgh
Chester
Bath

There are loads more. Manchester is great but I'm not sure how a conservative god-fearing American will appreciate the large and very fun gay scene there (not making judgements). It does depend what you're after, history/culture etc etc all 5 places above have both

I live in an area that is 90% left, 5% green, and 5% right. I'm pretty used to being in the minority. It does seem like rugby is not big in Manchester metro though.

 

[McTallshort]

Really?! I thought Leicester and North Hampton were posh areas.

Noooooooo,..... They both have posh areas but if you don't go to either you will have missed absolutely nothing

 

[McTallshort]

I live in an area that is 90% left, 5% green, and 5% right. I'm pretty used to being in the minority. It does seem like rugby is not big in Manchester metro though.

Sale is a good team but it's Rugby league country there and all along the M62 corridor which is well worth a watch

Must add Football rules the whole of the UK

 

[dirty harry]

Noooooooo,..... They both have posh areas but if you don't go to either you will have missed absolutely nothing

To be fair there are probably 30 cities on that list...

Basically avoid any major city! Edinburgh, Bath and Cardiff are probably notable exceptions.

 

[ChicagoKid]

To be fair there are probably 30 cities on that list...

Basically avoid any major city! Edinburgh, Bath and Cardiff are probably notable exceptions.

I heard Cardiff has a ton of panhandlers....

 

[Weldit]

Pretty much every big city does.

Except the west Midlands. They're just drunk and lost.

 

[McTallshort]

I heard Cardiff has a ton of panhandlers....

Cardiff's ok, South Wales in general is very nice just close your eyes driving past Port Tolbert and don't go into the valley's.....

 

[dirty harry]

I heard Cardiff has a ton of panhandlers....

As in beggers?

No more than any other city, infact it's reduced rapidly in the last 12 months, Cardiff city Council have purchased 3 hotel buildings, and taken management of 3 more around the city for emergency and short term housing to vulnerable groups. It's made a big difference on street homelessness, there are a few regular faces around the city centre, but they're harmless on the whole.

There has been a small amount of fake big issue sellers recently, but these never last long, Welsh people are too cheap to but it lol

 

[ChicagoKid]

Pretty much every big city does.

But I heard Cardiff is the worst.

Apparently, all around Arms Park are people dressed in very nice suits panhandling for some organization they run to support at-risk boys.

 

[dirty harry]

Cardiff's ok, South Wales in general is very nice just close your eyes driving past Port Tolbert and don't go into the valley's.....

And roll up the windows, Port Talbot is only smellier than it is ugly...

Disagree about the valleys, if you fancy a pint of Bo, a line of coke and a row, Pontypridd on a Wednesday morning is right up there!

 

[dirty harry]

But I heard Cardiff is the worst.

Apparently, all around Arms Park are people dressed in very nice suits panhandling for some organization they run to support at-risk boys.

That's the WRU you cheeky git

 

[McTallshort]

But I heard Cardiff is the worst.

Apparently, all around Arms Park are people dressed in very nice suits panhandling for some organization they run to support at-risk boys.

No. Brighton is by far the worst for that

 

[Weldit]

And roll up the windows, Port Talbot is only smellier than it is ugly...

Disagree about the valleys, if you fancy a pint of Bo, a line of coke and a row, Pontypridd on a Wednesday morning is right up there!

Not sure where the stigma for the valleys come from. There's a lot of nice places there. It's got the space and it's not far from decent cities etc.

Mind you, I find that in a lot in places in the UK. It's got a bad reputation (probably from one or two characters/events) but on a normal day it's fine.

 

[McTallshort]

Not sure where the stigma for the valleys come from. There's a lot of nice places there. It's got the space and it's not far from decent cities etc.

I don't know there is some rough areas in the valleys being close to Newport doesn't make that any better

 

[ChicagoKid]

So, if I come over to watch a few games, who is willing to host me?

I promise I'll bring the best beer you have ever tasted, good cigars, and a copy of Capitalism & Freedom.

 

[Weldit]

I don't know there is some rough areas in the valleys being close to Newport doesn't make that any better

Maybe that's where it stems from; Newport. Shame really. I've been to plenty of places that way and they're fine.

 

[McTallshort]

So, if I come over to watch a few games, who is willing to host me?

I promise I'll bring the best beer you have ever tasted, good cigars, and a copy of Capitalism & Freedom.

Didn't think you wanted to come to this impoverished, religion hating **** hole?