Just visited Newport, couldn’t wait to leave, what’s your get me outta here place?

[TheChristmasElf]

Just have just visited Newport for an appointment, we weren’t there long, toilet stop and cuppa in Asda, half hour appointment in city centre and then got lost on the way out but felt very uneasy the whole time were there. It had quite a menacing feel to it and even on the bare aesthetics of the city seemed quite run down with a lots of old closed pubs, shops etc…

I would actually go as far to say it made me feel quite unwell but I guess that would just be coincidence!!

We actually live rural Devon so not even like I’m not used to the odd lay line of two but I was quite relieved to get back on the road…

Has anyone else felt that about a place before?

No idea I prefer Morrison's coffee to any of that fancy stuff

Beverley in Yorkshire. Went with the family and we all independently said the same. It seemed too perfect/not real and a bit stepford wives. Felt a lot happier when we left.

Hmm dunno. Might be better in some ways?

Anyway I feel a bit guilty slagging off UK towns so just to balance it out : -

Kinsale. All yachties , gastropubs, arty tax fugitives. Nice old harbour but so far up itself you need an endoscope.

Leixlip -
Little town swamped by massive new estates and motorway

Milton Keynes.. that fucking roundabout grid system drives me round the bloody bend.

😂

It’s a good idea thing, Lindor, as it means they won’t visit London 😀

If you went to ASDA (so assume passport office) you were in the worst part of the city so not surprising!

Some of the Cotswold villages, Beautiful to look at but the vibes made me shudder.

And lol at the Londoners who are upset that we all don't think London is all that. How very dare we.

The lighthouse in Kintyre where Paul McCartney filmed a music video. Utterly silent and eerie. We got halfway down to it and we’re met with with a line of deer just staring at us (not sure what else deer do, really).
A lot of Herefordshire.
Glastonbury is full of anti vaxxers and weirdos but I have a lot of connection to the actual place and I love it.

Paris, Paris and Paris. Felt totally menacing in and around the train station. My teenage daughters were constantly harassed on the street and in shops. It never used to be as bad as it is now. A real shame.

I'm making a list of places I'm now interested to go, to see if they really are creepy or sinister or just unredeemed generally.

Although from the number of people who have said Glasgow (a great little city in my opinion), it is mostly in the eye of the beholder.

"Felt totally menacing in and around the train station."

Never, ever judge a city by the atmosphere around the train stations!
Or by the view you get as you enter o the train...

Lots of places. Mist of the cities and town ive been to. Cant wait to leave,

im a country girl. Love mud, wet weather, mountains and peace.

being able to “grab a coffee” and convenience of a theatre etc its high on my priority list.

hated Liverpool and Blackpool. Never again, grim.

london, id go again if i had to but i tend to get excited when its time to leave.

Southampton. It wasn't particularly ugly or offensive in any way, it just felt lacking or cold somehow. It was very strange.

Aarght! Isn’t high on my priority list😂

Tunisia. The whole plane cheered as we took off.

In terms of sinister energy rather than grim/depressing places…

Yes, Stonehenge is on my list too. Bad things have happened there.

Also Lancaster, especially the castle (even before I knew about all the ‘witch’ trials)!

The Tower of London.

Slough. Coventry.

Grim

I once ended up at a boxing club in Newport. Scary stuff.

yeovil- just meh grey and depressing
slough - everyone we met there was just miserable
my partner hates Sussex- the whole county apparently has an ‘unpleasant’ feeling.

Hull. In particular Bridlington. Absolute cesspit of a place. Makes Weston Super-mare look like Monte Carlo.

I liked Newport (in Wales)

Telford makes me feel the creepy time warp vibe.

Once the artisan coffee lot move in to show the local ruffians there's more to life than Greggs we should be grateful.

Anywhere with 'artisan' coffee shops is my idea of hell. Generally frequented by dull of dull, average, aspirational dross.

I hear ya.

South London and North Wales.