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My town summed up: Either a student or soon be leaving
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I live in a major town on the central Southern coast of England. It seems like anyone young who lives there is either a university student or is at college and aspires to get out of the place. Perhaps to the Capital. Am I wrong? How do you feel about your town or city? Do you feel comfortable or do you have itchy feet?
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I like both the places I live. I love Yorkshire, doubt I could live away from here permanantly.
Would that be Southampton?
Yes, Southampton. What do you think?
It seems some of the upmarket parts of town have a certain pretentiousness.
If my original comment is valid then the cause is probably because London is close enough. I believe Northern cities such as Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle fair better because they are much further away and therefore can develop their own sense of identify. But reasons why I would stay in the south are: job opportunities, family and climate.
Further thoughts.
(Why) do people define themselves by where they live? I'd prefer not to be.
It's quite funny though, because the local council is trying to give the impression that it's a really trendy, sophistcated place, but anyone who lives here will tell you it's anything but. I work in a cocktail bar, and we can't order anything too 'premium' because we have to remember that we're selling to people who like to think they're sophisticated and cultured, whereas in reality, they're the type of people who think that Smirnoff and Gordons are the height of taste (not to get snobby about my spirits again ).
Well I do agree with what you've said, I'm currently a student living near the city centre, and after my degree I'm planning on moving back into London.
It did get me down... I was sick of the shit I got for not sounding typically Welsh, I got verbally and sometimes physically bullied for wearing baggy pants and a man on my estate used to drive past me several times when i was on my way to work and call me names. Lovely people in my town.
I suppose i was lucky when i was growning up and stuff as there was always some way to amuse myself in my village or you could just get a 15 minute bus in to town, i've never really thought about it too much to dislike or love it here. I suppose you get bored of the same place eventually though, either that or you just grow old and don't care anymore
Its a lovely place, just nothing to do.
The nearest town is 8 miles away and there isn't anything to do there either really.
I want to move to a city or at least a decent town when I leave university. I don't want to go back there.
thats more to do with not knowing anyone anymore tho rather than the town itself.
i live in huddersfield at the moment and i love it here
theres also good nightlife in the town.
cant say its my favourite place in the world but it'll do for me at the moment
I do like the moors, though. But I don't like the way they've been turned into a tourist attraction too.