To be sick of people looking down on the town I live in?

#CroydonMassive.

I’ve travelled and lived all over the world. Still proud of my hometown!

Oh. Is she not saying the town? What’s the point?

@RubySquid , that one is expensive because it's a pretty estate.
The Slough one I linked is in a fairly rough part of Slough.

He's from Crawley, which is a shit hole lol

I’m in the same situation OP. A lot of people feel entitled to slag it off but most of them don’t live here or have any first hand experience, it’s all rumour and reputation. It’s like the sibling rule when you’re kids, I can spout shit about them but no one else can. It might be a shithole (in some peoples eyes) but it’s our shithole, don’t mouth off about it in front of me.

Oldham? My parents came from there. They loved it. They left in 1948 though so probably wouldn’t recognise it today, even if they were still alive.

Fuck’em. I live in an area that has a reputation for being rough. I’ve lived in much posher areas and my neighbours here are the nicest, kindest and most neighbourly I’ve ever had. Not just the ones I chat to every day, but I was involved in a scary situation a couple of years ago and the number of people who ran out to help me was the only proof I’ve ever needed that living here is the right decision. People who care about your postcode are not worth your time OP!

Why would you need to have covered every square mile of it to have that opinion though?

I wouldn't want to live in the NE either. I don't need to see any more of it than I already have to know that to be true.

Finding somewhere to live where you feel happy, safe, and enjoy life is gold dust, OP. Congratulate yourself on finding it. The snobs are probably still desperately searching...

It’s such a shame. In the 90s/2000s, it was fantastic with all the shops and the big cinema right in the middle. It was sad to see it as it is now, it actually made Dudley, where I live now, look good in comparison!

@Ilovegerardway , the high street has pretty much gone. We had M&S, BHS, Debenhams, C&A, River Island, Dorothy Perkins, New Look, Bay, Next, Richards, H&M, Gap, Wilko, Woolworths, Gap, Blackwells, ...
Now we just have JD Sports, Foot Locker, Primark and TKMaxx.
There are some shops on the retail park but I never go there.

Further out from Elizabeth line

Can't comment unless I know the town name.

We get this, but to be fair another local town attracts even worse condemnation.

I just sit tight knowing my.hoyse was and still is a bargain, and I love the area so all good. They can keep their snobbery which they are paying through the nose for. 😁

Well I’m from Wigan which is universally acknowledged as shit.
There used to be an advert that said ‘Would they wear it in Wigan?’ as a joke.
What people don’t realise is it’s friendly, fun and has much more green spaces that you would expect.
Try not to take their comments to heart, it sounds like you are on to a good thing if you have a lovely house in an affordable area.

I feel your pain, OP. I’m from a very ‘unfashionable’ town, too, and I get sick to the back teeth of the kind of remarks you describe.

I’m getting quite bolshy in my old age and last time I ward such a comment, I asked if they thought such things about me, too. Soon shut them up. Well, after they finished stammering!

Stoke on Trent?

Leave them to their ignorance

I grew up in Cippenham, went to an excellent grammar school. I certainly had no complaints about Slough. You’ve got Windsor just down the road, Burnham Beeches. I liked living there. I would still move back to that area if I could but there’s now way in hell I could afford to live there now.

I was a bit shocked at Slough high street when I visited last year for the first time in 15 years. But, it’s no different from the decline of every other high street. It’s just a shock as when I grew up, and lived there as a young adult, it was so bustling and vibrant. Now it’s just a ghost town with betting shops like loads of other high streets.

Care to share why and how you have possibly covered every square mile to know it all? I mean we don’t want you here anyway but I’m still curious

DS went to the NE for Uni and never came back-as did his now fiancee.

we love it-it has so much to offer I admit he has a better life there than he could possibly have down here!!!! All his friends living in london come up and are very jealous of his lovely life.

I think if it bothers you, at some level you aren’t entirely happy being where you are. I’ve found that in all honesty, if I’m getting triggered, it’s because it does bother me. The question and you need to do some soul searching is, is this purely people’s opinions or is there something in you that is bothered? I went through a stage where people made unkind comments about my house and they were rude. But the comments bothered me because I felt sensitive about what was being commented on, so I addressed the issues. I’ve reached a level now where criticism wouldn’t bother me or trigger me because I feel okay with it now. I know it’s different from the area you live in, but I’d say maybe try and step back and do some soul searching on why the comments upset you. Is it because you feel the same deep down or is it because you piece a very high value on those people’s opinions?

@FenderStrat , bore off.

@HairyToity , is it Rhyl? I was reading an article about it earlier. Looks like a lovely beach.

@Ilovegerardway , I like it here, and it seems I'm not the only one because the new flats are popular.

@RubySquid , not if you consider how easy it is to get to London. This is an example of what you'd get for £350K.
2 bedroom end of terrace Slough
That one's abut 12 mins walk from the Elizabeth Line station.

@GiveDogBone , it's a shithole. About 2.5 miles from Windsor and Eton. Fast links to London. Handy for the M4 and M40. Grammar schools. Nice parks. Not far from the Chilterns, not far from an airport...
It's Sluff not Sloff.

Yeovil or Aldershot?

I worked there back in the day. We had one of the most deprived wards in England (in New Addington) - in the top 1% in the country - and one of the least deprived - Sanderstead - in the top 1% as well.