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

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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?

I've noticed some have mentioned abroad places.

For me, I hated Queens in New York and also wasn't keen on Las Vegas. Did not feel safe on the Strip and there were no police officers to be seen anywhere.

There's a Newport in Wales one in Cornwall and then one on Isle of man?

I quite liked it there, I used to live south in Calgary.

Plymouth hate the place so gloomy when you drive up to it and so spread out for a city .

New York. Absolutely detest it every time I have to go there.

Brighton
South Kensington
Tunbridge Wells

@Newusernameaug lol, I clicked on this thread to see how long it would take for someone to mention Grimsby!

I quite like Newport! I don't live there but can't see the issue from multiple visits, live close by

Hastings without a doubt, you couldn't pay me any amount of money to ever return there again.

There are maybe 15 places called Newport in the UK. It’s just confusing, people were definitely lacking imagination. 😅

Yeovil run down council spending millions but it hasn’t improved

Not a place but a shop ……..Ikea. I don’t understand how people rave about it so much and their grey tinged meatballs 🤢

I am not sure if anybody has posted this in the previous 35 pages, but this gives an excellent overview of Newport.

Cwbran looks worth a visit as well.

I'm surprised Darlington has got as many mentions as it has. It's such a little nondescript place I'm surprised so many people have visited. There's nothing of interest other than the railway heritage, which isn't really celebrated. There's minimal sense of community. The main thing about Darlington that saps the life out of me, is the huge culture of 'I want this to be fixed but I'm not willing to do anything about it'. The people who do try and fix issues about the town, if they dare to try to raise awareness/support for their cause, they're just met with 'Why are you doing that? It's the council's job'. It's usually nothing to do with the council, people can't even be bothered to find out who their indignation should actually be aimed at before they start complaining.

I'm sticking it out because my ND DS is in a school where he gets amazing support, housing is cheap which allows me to work part time while my DC are young, and I can walk everywhere in a reasonable timescale (can't drive for medical reasons). As soon as circumstances permit, I'll be getting the hell out of here.

Paignton and Torquay towns are dreadful
Isle of Sheppy (aka Isle of Shitty in our house)
Slough
Dartford

Lol was it chavinghell?!

Yes. We stayed in Torquay last June and couldn't believe how rubbish a lot of it was. The closed Debenhams is a complete eyesore. The best bits are well away from the crappy centre.

@Justontherightsideofnormal - indeed, IKEA is a shit tip and environmental disaster. Fight Club had it right about its cultish, samey sinister nature.

Now I think about it, quite a lot of nasty places have IKEA, Croydon, Wembley and Edmonton. Places of despair.

Thank God someone said Blaenau Ffestiniog. I drove through there once, everyone knew I was an outsider. I only drove through the centre and stopped to give way at a pedestrian crossing. I kid you not everyone was staring. I was driving an average car, looking average in day to day clothes. No loud music or anything distinctive. I've never felt so foreign and I've been to Morocco in locations the tourists don't visit and had no problems.

I worked with someone years ago , that said the only good thing about Wolverhampton was the road out of it ! 😬

For me it was Bradford. Odd place, couldn’t wait to leave

No Bradford is where my heart is.

Nottingham has a friendly, nice vibe with good architecture. My GMOOH place is Stratford in London. I like most of London.

Newport (Isle of Wight)

3 Bs for you:
Barnsley - went there on a work trip once. It was really depressing and bleak.
Bracknell - dreary and soulless.
Brighton - I used to live there when I was younger. I went back there recently and hated it! It is fun and open-minded but also dirty and run down.