So: confronted with an alien visitor demanding entertainment, what would you show them as the best and worst features of the town or country in which you live?
The best things of Britain have to be cheese and Wales (or Shropshire). For such a small country with dishonourable history of poor food, British cheeses are varied and wonderful. The worst thing? The cities: polluted, filthy, uncared-for and atomised, actively hostile to their own inhabitants, and horrible on Friday nights, which is a shame as places like Manchester would otherwise be great places to live. Narrowing it down to Wolverhampton, the best thing about it is that it's easy to escape. The worst thing is the dreadful, dismal architecture and town planning: the inhabitants treat it badly because it encourages nothing better. I love the multicultural nature of the UK - but hate the British attitude to education and languages (roughly: they all speak in English really, why should we bother?)
A lot to love, a lot to improve. Your turn!
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POSITIVES about Telford - none.
NEGATIVES about Telford - braindead chavs. Telford city centre itself, a horrible soulless place. Madeley. The Rock. Donnington. Wellington.
POSITIVES about Shropshire - the countryside, decent people, good local produce if you look for it. Shrewsbury. Bridgnorth. Little Wenlock. Ironbridge.
NEGATIVES about Shropshire - The iron rule of Conservatives.
POSITIVES about Wolverhampton - none.
NEGATIVES about Wolverhampton - Just horrid.
+ West Bromwich - The Hawthorns
+ " " - erm...the art gallery?
- West Bromwich - Too many racists
- " " - erm...the art gallery?
There's a lot more but it would make me too depressed to list them all. There's a mssive part of me that loves this place, more so than hate, but if I think about it for too long it's a pretty deadbeat town.
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