Best place to live...

[Mark]

Nowhere.

A fair few London boroughs didn't do too well though (no surprise there I guess).

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by Mark

Nowhere.

Well to be fair it is a nowhere place... Full of *******

Originally Posted by Mark

A fair few London boroughs didn't do too well though (no surprise there I guess).

Which ones?

I work in Camden, live in Waltham Forest and my parents live in Hackney...

[Mark]

See for thyself

[Will]

Anything's better than London tbh! Everytime I've been to Edinburger I've always enjoyed myself there. Problem is it's too far oop north and too far away from the sun If they could put it in the Med, I'd vote for it being the best place

[Garp]

Tower Hamlets gets panned again.. yet if you go down there the culture and the people are fantastic. A real old community feel to the place.

Waltham Forest (this borough) doesnt do all that well, though better than tower hamlets, but I wasn't hugely surprised by the comments.

My old stomping ground of Mid Sussex came 16th \o/ Lovely to see Horsham plummet from 2nd to 8th

[Will]

I'm surprised any London boroughs made it in the top 20 tbh. Yes they have interesting culture and it is a melting hot pot of activity and diversity and a hive of activity - but you can't polish a turd.

[Zirax]

Originally Posted by Mark

Aye - changed my mind on Winchester having actually see why it was number two. However, Chelmsford at number eight is still a calamity.

I have said for years that Chelmsford is a great place to live! 35 mins out of London, I can be in complete isolation in the countryside in a 10 min cycle ride. I walk home after a night out and not be mugged, and I don't have to continually look over my shoulder. In all the time I have lived there no house in the area has been broken into, I have even left my satnav in its cradle with the car unlocked for a week and its not gone anywhere.

Sure there are the bad areas, hell even Melbourne isn't that bad walking around (and thats the dodgy area). I feel more vulnerable walking around London then I do there. The area has come a long long way and the town is a lot better.

So in summary i'm not at all surprised that Chelmsford is up there.

[Admiral Huddy]

^ what he says

I love living near Chelmsford and I like the town centre.. My wife and i go and sit in costa by the canal. It's quite nice watching the world go by. Galleywood is in the sticks but it's only 2.5 miles from town and easy to reach by bike and London is a breeze albeit the trains are expensive. I've lived in all sort of places but Chelmsford is my home.

[Will]

About the only "safe" places in London are the west end and the "posh" places as there is so much CCTV and police presence... you'd have thought they'd do that for the dodgy areas really!

[LeperousDust]

Originally Posted by Will

About the only "safe" places in London are the west end and the "posh" places as there is so much CCTV and police presence... you'd have thought they'd do that for the dodgy areas really!

That's *why* they're posh

That or becuase everyone is so wealthy and contributes so much tax a little more is given back to them

Anyway Liverpool is neither bad nor good im not happy. It's usually one or the other, people tout capital of culture and crap and say its excellent or tell me i'm going to be stabbed within minutes of going home, i want one or the other not indefference!

On another note, Edinburgh sure does rock, it really does deserve to be top to live. Although Liverpool definately has a better nightlife thats about all it has...