"My Home Town" Thread

Gandelf · Post by **Gandelf** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:38 pm

I invite forum users to post links to videos of their home towns. Here are my entries...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGs5SlUdX1A&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12epwE7Wroc&mode=related&search=

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Haarewin · Post by **Haarewin** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:34 pm

brizzle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_MbsRKfz8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9c2mDxMRcg
its already changed a lot since that last video was shot, with huge apartment developments popping up and the centre being mostly smashed down and being rebuilt.

Satyn · Post by **Satyn** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:27 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTof5_bfvHg

carnaval sigh (seriously hate that time of year)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BeEVzxgS6Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuWVsMtCr54

Post by **Lieva** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:46 am

Haarewin wrote:brizzle!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_MbsRKfz8M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9c2mDxMRcg
its already changed a lot since that last video was shot, with huge apartment developments popping up and the centre being mostly smashed down and being rebuilt.

bristol did impress me when I went bath
whats it like living there?

Gandelf · Post by **Gandelf** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:25 am

Bath, apparently, has the most expensive hotel accommodation in th UK.

Post by **Xest** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:35 am

Lieva wrote:bristol did impress me when I went bath
whats it like living there?

Bath is really nice but it's hard to judge Bristol from Bath. I lived in Bristol until I was 13 and it really went downhill for a while not sure if it has improved as it was 11 years ago since I was there (well I've been to it since to see relatives but not much).

That said there isn't many UK cities I actually like so I'm fairly picky

I like York, Bath, Bournemouth, Poole, Leeds and a few others but most cities in the UK really just don't seem that nice :/

Post by **Lieva** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:43 pm

it impressed me as it seemed a cleaner leicester

i stick with what i know *shrugs*

Post by **Xest** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:23 pm

Gandelf wrote:Bath, apparently, has the most expensive hotel accommodation in th UK.

Was going to say I can't believe they'd be more expensive than London and a quick search puts them at roughly the same prices. However, Bath seems to have more than it's fair share of 5 star hotels so is definitely more expensive in that respect, something which London seemingly lacks. I'm amazed Bath has so many expensive hotels but as I say it is a nice city with a lot of history so I can understand why.

Haarewin · Post by **Haarewin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:06 pm

Xest wrote:Was going to say I can't believe they'd be more expensive than London and a quick search puts them at roughly the same prices. However, Bath seems to have more than it's fair share of 5 star hotels so is definitely more expensive in that respect, something which London seemingly lacks. I'm amazed Bath has so many expensive hotels but as I say it is a nice city with a lot of history so I can understand why.

also, the history attracts a LOT of tourists. i dont go there often, even though tis about 5 minutes away really, but every time i've seen tourists wandering around everywhere. lots of japanese go there, noticed many with guidebooks to
「バス」 which made me smile ;D

and bristol isnt spectacular to live in, but its got better of late.

Post by **Xest** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:12 pm

[quote="Haarewin"]also, the history attracts a LOT of tourists. i dont go there often, even though tis about 5 minutes away really, but every time i've seen tourists wandering around everywhere. lots of japanese go there, noticed many with guidebooks to
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Haven't they done something crazy like turned some of the old council buildings into flats or a hotel or something?

When I moved away I remember them doing a fair bit to the shopping area and it was looking pretty nice back then. It had really nice cycle tracks too, you could get anywhere on a bike from the outskirts all the way to the centre through to the other side pretty easily. The bits I didn't like were that crime rates were fairly high (worst in Europe for car crime for a little while but has lost that title now which is good) and the fact the city was beginning to sprawl like no tommorrow, all the old fields I messed around in and places I built tree houses are now massive Warehouses or housing estates which is a really sad sight. It was the Downend area I lived in, I don't know if you know it but if you do you'll probably know what I mean about the sprawl in that part of the city!