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TORQUAY PAIGNTON IS IT A NICE PLACE TO LIVE ????????

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reddevilchris2018 · 09/03/2025 21:22

Hello Everyone

I need some straight talking honest answers

Whats Torquay & Paignton Like ??

love to hear from you all

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ChorusOfDisapproval · 09/03/2025 22:03

Went to Torquay last year while holidaying in Brixham. I will never go again. It was thoroughly depressing and very run down.
Brixham was a delight though.

soupyspoon · 09/03/2025 21:57

Ameliepoulainandthephotobooth · 09/03/2025 21:23

Drugs, holiday makers and old people.

Do you mean like pregabalin and statins?

JohnofWessex · 09/03/2025 21:56

Paignton or as my oldest would call it PGN, the land that taste forgot.

I went to Torquay with an ex to keep an eye on her sisters house, the area was quite run down

Personally I would try Totnes - think Glastonbury with soap

Catterpillarsflipflops · 09/03/2025 21:55

Much nicer places like Dartmouth.

Brixham is nicer than Paignton but going downhill.

Go inland a bit and there are some nice places.

NursieBernard · 09/03/2025 21:54

Both Torquay and Paignton are awful and I would not recommend living in either. Paignton is the worst out of them, the town centre is a no go after dark. My son recently took his wife (she is not originally from the UK) to Paignton for a day trip and on the way home she asked him to never take her there again.

HereintheloveofChristIstand · 09/03/2025 21:51

Absolute dump sadly.
Used to be lovely

Hippywannabe · 09/03/2025 21:48

Brixham is much nicer and just a couple of miles further around the bay. Have you not visited them before planning to move there???

Laiste · 09/03/2025 21:30

Ameliepoulainandthephotobooth · 09/03/2025 21:23

Drugs, holiday makers and old people.

I've been on MN long enough to know that 99.9% of the time the first answer nails it.

I knew nothing of either of these places, but now I feel educated.

CornishDew · 09/03/2025 21:27

Ameliepoulainandthephotobooth · 09/03/2025 21:23

Drugs, holiday makers and old people.

What this person said! Plus it’s bleak come winter

Vannymcvan · 09/03/2025 21:26

Paignton is an absolute shit hole. There are some nice bits in Torquay. Both are an absolute bugger to get to. So unless you're going to spend all your time there, find somewhere nicer with decent transport links. It honestly won't be difficult.

Ameliepoulainandthephotobooth · 09/03/2025 21:23

Drugs, holiday makers and old people.

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