The worst place to live?

mkpdavies · 22-10-2006, 05:55 PM

http://www.inthenews.co.uk/infocus/features/in-focus/the-worst-place-live-$455392.htm

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Hackney, in east London, has been ranked as the worst place to live in the UK in a new property survey.

The London borough came bottom of a Channel 4 poll ranking Britain's 434 local council areas, based on five criteria looked for buy homebuyers - levels of crime, the environment, lifestyle, education and employment.

London came off very poorly.

Quote:

Hitting back at the survey, Hackney mayor Jules Pipe accused Channel 4 producers of pandering to "middle England snobbery".

"Of course Hackney has problems, as do all inner-city boroughs, but it is an amazing place to live," he said.

"It is diverse and exciting with fantastic architecture, a vibrant arts and cultural scene, and a bright future as an Olympic borough."

Which all goes to show, one mans vibrant wonderland, is another mans cesspit.

Hartlepool · 22-10-2006, 07:10 PM

Is there a list available of these results?

mkpdavies · 22-10-2006, 07:19 PM

There will be a programme on Channel 4 at 8pm on 26th Oct.

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/best&worst/

Last years results

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4136342.stm

Full list this year =

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=11238&pt=e

1. Hackney, east London
2. Tower Hamlets, east London
3. Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
4. Newham, east London
5. Islington, north London
6. Middlesbrough, North East
7. City of Nottingham, East Midlands
8. Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
9. Blaenau Gwent, south Wales
10. Manchester, North West

Hereward the Wake · 22-10-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mkpdavies

10. Manchester, North West

Absolute rubbish. This list is rubbish.

Tom Wilde · 22-10-2006, 08:26 PM

What the whole of Manchester? Yes, that is truly barmy, though a few pockets here and there within Manchester are probably a bit grim. (When I knew the place, Hulme and Moss Side would both have proudly featured in any list of the worst places to live.)

Islington is hardly an area of squalid inner-city deprivation, either. I wonder what the criteria were for drawing up this list?

Hartlepool · 22-10-2006, 08:39 PM

The criteria are in the opening post here.

Don,t know why only these 5 were used.

mkpdavies · 22-10-2006, 11:34 PM

Watch the programme on the 26th, perhaps it might explain how they come to their conclusions. It get's done every year now, so I would hope there is some method to the madness.

I would imagine the Manc accents drag a few points off the score, along with being the home of Man Utd.

Maybe the fact 90% of the jobs are make jobs, supplied by this government don't help either.

(BTW Northern Chums, I am joking)

Westcountryman · 22-10-2006, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

There will be a programme on Channel 4 at 8pm on 26th Oct.

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/best&worst/

Last years results

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4136342.stm

Full list this year =

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=11238&pt=e

1. Hackney, east London
2. Tower Hamlets, east London
3. Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
4. Newham, east London
5. Islington, north London
6. Middlesbrough, North East
7. City of Nottingham, East Midlands
8. Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
9. Blaenau Gwent, south Wales
10. Manchester, North West

I'm not surprised Hackney is the worst, Diane Abbott is their MP!

Britannist · 22-10-2006, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ModernTory

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

There will be a programme on Channel 4 at 8pm on 26th Oct.

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/best&worst/

Last years results

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4136342.stm

Full list this year =

http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=11238&pt=e

1. Hackney, east London
2. Tower Hamlets, east London
3. Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
4. Newham, east London
5. Islington, north London
6. Middlesbrough, North East
7. City of Nottingham, East Midlands
8. Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
9. Blaenau Gwent, south Wales
10. Manchester, North West

I'm not surprised Hackney is the worst, Diane Abbott is their MP!

She is anti-EU. The problem is, in her case, a whole range of left wing ideas and views come with that :shock: . One of the two Hackney MP's used to be the extreme europhile Stanley Clinton-Davies (now a Labour Peer).

As for the list above - I don't know what the great City of Nottingham is doing on the list. Is this list some sort of joke?

mkpdavies · 22-10-2006, 11:53 PM

Nottingham = gun central and drug crime.

Hence this rating I suspect.

22-10-2006, 07:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,824 Party: Libertarian Party	There will be a programme on Channel 4 at 8pm on 26th Oct. http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/best&worst/ Last years results http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4136342.stm Full list this year = http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=11238&pt=e 1. Hackney, east London 2. Tower Hamlets, east London 3. Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales 4. Newham, east London 5. Islington, north London 6. Middlesbrough, North East 7. City of Nottingham, East Midlands 8. Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 9. Blaenau Gwent, south Wales 10. Manchester, North West __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

22-10-2006, 11:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,824 Party: Libertarian Party	Watch the programme on the 26th, perhaps it might explain how they come to their conclusions. It get's done every year now, so I would hope there is some method to the madness. I would imagine the Manc accents drag a few points off the score, along with being the home of Man Utd. Maybe the fact 90% of the jobs are make jobs, supplied by this government don't help either. (BTW Northern Chums, I am joking) __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

22-10-2006, 11:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,824 Party: Libertarian Party	Nottingham = gun central and drug crime. Hence this rating I suspect. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

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22-10-2006, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,785 Party: Free England Party	Is there a list available of these results?

22-10-2006, 08:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tom Wilde Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London. Posts: 2,887	What the whole of Manchester? Yes, that is truly barmy, though a few pockets here and there within Manchester are probably a bit grim. (When I knew the place, Hulme and Moss Side would both have proudly featured in any list of the worst places to live.) Islington is hardly an area of squalid inner-city deprivation, either. I wonder what the criteria were for drawing up this list?

22-10-2006, 08:39 PM	#6 (permalink)
Hartlepool Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North East England Posts: 6,785 Party: Free England Party	The criteria are in the opening post here. Don,t know why only these 5 were used.