Would you find this a little snobby in someone?

I long ago accepted that different people: (a) like different, in some cases wildly different, things; and (b) have different, in some cases wildly different, opinions about things. both Blackpool and Premier Inns would qualify as 'things'. I'd probably try to change the subject if someone went on a really long rant about how awful [or wonderful] lthey were but wouldn't particularly judge them unless things got really out of hand.

Blackpool I'd avoid like the plague and Premier Inns aren' as good as they used to be.

The reason I find Blackpool hard to take sometimes is the level of deprivation. It's got nothing to do with naffness. It's not that I only want to be surrounded by people who are wealthy (far from it) - but when you feel unsafe it's not so fun. I went last year and the poverty was quite depressing. I'll never forget seeing an alcoholic/drug addicted couple, with a screaming toddler in a pram. The mother was repeatedly punching her partner in the face. It was horrible. Sadly I've seen too many sights like this in Blackpool. I myself, come from a deprived seaside town and I love it there and feel safe. I'm not a snob. But sometimes I feel Blackpool is on another level.

Blackpool has a very high population of sex offenders. That’s why I wouldn’t go - nothing to do with the naffness of it. I love naff.

That’s a shame. Although it seems like so much of the country is just run down and shitty so suppose it’s to be expected sadly.

Have to say, too, I am curious as to how come you've spent 'absolutely loads' of time in a place you consider a shithole? scratches head in puzzlement**

Maybe the poster used to live there? Had relatives there they visited often as a child? There are lots of reasons you’d have to spend time in a place you consider to be a shit hole.

Don't let this thread put you off. It's perfectly possible to have a great time in Blackpool, especially with kids.

We're going to Blackpool this summer and I was really looking forward to it... Never been before.

Years ago I asked on here where was a 'nice' place to stay near Blackpool and got completely torn to shreds for being a vile snob 😂

I've lived in loads of places and seen plenty of the country, thanks.

I'll concede that the town centre, particularly towards the south end, seems to be struggling since I lived in the area, and that saddens me. But as you yourself mentioned, there are nicer areas on the outskirts.

I do think it would be nice if before people write off whole towns as 'a shithole' they took a moment to think about the problems 'shithole' places are typically facing, parts of Blackpool are really struggling with deprivation at the moment and the majority of its inhabitants are not responsible for the town's seedier elements such as the drug problem.

Have to say, too, I am curious as to how come you've spent 'absolutely loads' of time in a place you consider a shithole? scratches head in puzzlement

Yes to Premier Inns, a massive no to Blackpool. I used to be taken there as a child (by friends) and my mum wasn't keen then, but it's changed enormously in the last 20 years due to the housing of so many addicts and people with complex problems by the council in properties which once would have accommodated holiday-makers (who now go abroad or elsewhere).

Don't know what happened there with multiple posts.

Premier Inn are perfectly adequate if you just need somewhere to sleep for the night. You know you will get a comfortable bed, it will be clean and the shower is decent, plus they're usually well located with good parking. Wouldn't ever book in to one for several days or a week though, they're just not suitable for that length of stay. Blackpool is a hard no from me, you couldn't pay me enough to go there.

I’m so poor and I really would not want to do either of those things.

Premier Inn are perfectly adequate if you just need somewhere to sleep for the night. You know you will get a comfortable bed, it will be clean and the shower is decent, plus they're usually well located with good parking. Wouldn't ever book in to one for several days or a week though, they're just not suitable for that length of stay. Blackpool is a hard no from me, you couldn't pay me enough to go there.

Premier Inn are perfectly adequate if you just need somewhere to sleep for the night. You know you will get a comfortable bed, it will be clean and the shower is decent, plus they're usually well located with good parking. Wouldn't ever book in to one for several days or a week though, they're just not suitable for that length of stay. Blackpool is a hard no from me, you couldn't pay me enough to go there.

No I wouldn't see it as snobbish to be honest.

Premier inn if needs must but not for a holiday. Work or if need to stay at a certain location for a night then fine as they do seem to be in most places. They are clean and tidy but basic. Holidays need to be more luxurious than my own house or it's not a holiday imo!

Blackpool - never been, and don't really want to!

It's common for bus companies round my way to run trips to Blackpool for the lights, in October.

I begged Dad to let us go one year. He absolutely refused: he'd been there once in the '50s and thought it a terrible place. Snobbery had nothing to do with it: Dad was a coalminer.

I am in a £25 travelodge tonight (£25!!) and the bed is goodish, the shower looks goodish. The dinner in subway though is not something I have done in 25 years not will I be for another 25.

Blackpool is a very strong flavour a lot of people wouldn’t like.

A prem inn is the opposite - a bland but sometimes handy place to stay that’s clean with decent beds and showers. It’s not a destination in itself nor is it meant to be.

Nothing wrong with a Premier Inn, we have stayed in many and all have been reasonably priced and cleaned.

But having experieanced Blackpool, I would rather go to Mordor than go again.

No to Blackpool. One or two nights in a Premier Inn, sure, you know what you get. As holiday accommodation? No thank you.
but each to their own.

Definitely a big no to Blackpool.

I'd stop in a Premier Inn if I literally just need to get my head down for one night (at an airport or after a party). I wouldn't stop in one for a holiday though!

OP, I used to enjoy doing this in Blackpool too. And my DM is practically Hyacinth Bucket and spent most of her summers there. Ignore your friend. However, by all accounts I think Blackpool is perhaps not as nice now as it was when we were children for various reasons.

Having an opinion on somewhere like Blackpool is not being a snob.
Parts are very nice to live, but most would agree its the lower tackier end of the British holiday resort tiers. So saying so is not snobbery.

Even when I was a kid 40 years ago not many people I knew went there on holiday...a day trip maybe a couple of nights....but either for the specific attractions or to celebrate the tackiness more than anything else.

Has he actually said he would never stay in a Premier Inn? Again it's not snobbery to recognise that there are tiers or want the best you can afford . It's snobbish to think that makes you better than other people.