Englands worst places to live

[theroyaldyche]

Horse botherers make the top 10

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[CleggHall]

The first time Rochdale has ever been 3rd in any league table, up the Dale!

[IndigoLake]

Not sure I can take this list serious as Barrow-in-Furness isn't on it.

[alwaysaclaret]

I can confirm, b.......d town definitely on the list, it's a shithole.

[theroyaldyche]

Shadsworth. 100 miles below the poverty line

[Burnley1989]

Not sure I can take this list serious as Barrow-in-Furness isn't on it.

Take BAE Subs out of Barrow and the place would be like somthing out of a horror film, 6500 people that all earn very good wages.

[IndigoLake]

Take BAE Subs out of Barrow and the place would be like somthing out of a horror film, 6500 people that all earn very good wages.

I lived not far from there in my teenage years. I always left the place feeling rather depressed. Felt like the end of the world!

[Burnley1989]

Spent a lot of time there over the past few years, lovely drive in and out in the summer

[mkmel]

I have not looked at link but surely Luton is on there
It's a sh1thole

[Corky]

It is just a bit of nonsense really. I went to Aldershot yesterday and it was like a ghost town, nothing welcoming about it at all. Shop after shop boarded up. The Wellington Shopping Centre has only got about 20% occupancy. Marks and Sparks is shut and even some of the newly opened eateries around the new Cinema have already closed. A dump if ever there was one ButI live in Hart local authority just a couple of miles down the road which apparently was number 1 in 2017 but has now dropped to 13th. Who cares.

[Lancasterclaret]

It is

Town centres are really struggling, and even the ones in the more touristy areas are not doing so well now.

Was in Bishop Auckland the other week, the main street had about 50% occupancy.

10 miles away, Barnard Castle was 100%, but even that was at least seven/eight charity shops

[Goobs]

Spent a lot of time there over the past few years, lovely drive in and out in the summer

Similar to Blackburn. I always enjoy driving out of Blackburn.

[tim_noone]

No Burnley?

[Bosscat]

No Burnley?

Why would there be ? Tim

[tim_noone]

Why would there be ? Tim

Well when Fulham..west ham and others come to turf moor they sing Burnleys a Sh!t hole is there any truth in it?

[Clarets4me]

No Burnley?

Whilst Burnley has it's well documented issues, imho, it has improved massively since the late 1970's in terms of appearance, infrastructure, housing, transport links, community relations etc ... on the downside, the closure of big employers like Michelin & Lucas hasn't helped, the night-time economy has shrunk, amongst other things ...

I went to school in Blackburn, and still have many friends with links to the town. I organised a re-union for the Blackburn Rugby Club Colts ( U19's ) from 1980 - 83 in October 2017, and of the 51 ex-players I traced ( now in our early to mid fifties ), only 5 still lived in the Blackburn & Darwen Council area. They were spread far and wide, from New Zealand to Italy, DR Congo to France, but of the one's who were local, virtually all have moved to rural Lancashire, mostly the Ribble Valley ..

That town is in serious decline .....

[bfcjg]

Apparently Shahima Begum when offered the opportunity to come back but had to live in Blackburn told the home secretary to ferk off the Syrian camp was better.