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?

The area in which I live has come up a couple of times.
My get me out of here place is Dartmoor in Devon. Some friends and I drove across it at night and I was really scared. No idea why. I love the rest of Devon.

Edmonton, Canada. Vile

Bradford - I went up there for the Pictureville cinema and wished I hadn't

Though if what you want is a weird vibe I'd vote for Dungeness; how anyone can live there beats me, and yet people do

I nearly died in a hospital there. Needs to be permanently scrubbed off the map.

Norris Green ( Liverpool

I live there

They're actually spending money on the arcades and doing a great job. The market has had a lovely makeover as well. In fairness Newport is trying hard to turn around.

Agree! The Estate parts of Bath have a rather unwelcoming feeling- But isn’t that true of Estates anywhere?
Everyone knows everyone and outsiders stick out like a sore thumb?

I am from Wales and coming back over the Severn Bridge on a coach to arrive at Newport bus station after an amazing trip abroad (first time outside Europe) when I was 17 remains the biggest comedown of my life.

Surprised no one's me mentioned Crewe yet.

Surprised at people saying N Wales! We love it there.

Can't imagine anywhere in Canada being that bad. What's wrong with Edmonton, or should I ask what's right with it? 😄

My DH has had a weird feeling at the Vyne National Trust place near Basingstoke -he reckons there are ley lines there or something.

I lived in Basingstoke - I found the center depressing and I was glad to move - Old Basing was nice when we walked out there.

My get me outta here place? Rural Devon.

Ha! I haven't read the full thread but so agree about Newport. My husband is from there so I have the misfortune of having to go back quite frequently . I grew up in Cardiff so it's not new to me but I'm still always shocked by what a scary place it (still) is.

I will add
Telford
Andover
Gloucester
Bridgend

Couldn't think of anywhere worse to live than Cornwall or Devon.

Croydon town centre. Horrendous.
coventry. Grim.

I agree I will never go back to Stevenage

Born and brought up there, left as soon as I turned 18

I work in and around Newport and I'm oddly fond of it, especially Pillgwenlly. It's a little rough around the edges but the community is great, plus the city has done fantastic history/heritage that should be promoted far more than it is.

I found Glastonbury really unsettling when I visited there a few years back. Really weird atmosphere, wasn't what I expected and wouldn't go back.

Truro.

Crewe is a bit dire, and whilst North Wales has its nice areas Rhyl is a shithole. Even Colwyn Bay has gone downhill ... Used to be nice.

Agree! The Estate parts of Bath have a rather unwelcoming feeling- But isn’t that true of Estates anywhere?
Everyone knows everyone and outsiders stick out like a sore thumb?

Possibly but I've been in Bristol estate bit, Newport and Stoke on Trent and other places we lived in North and south of England and didn't feel like that.

We went to Bradford to buy a car and I honestly thought we were going to get shot and our own car stolen.

I say that as a born and bred Glaswegian

Dover

Mansfield is grim, feels and generally is a very poor place with a real stuck in the 70's vibe to it and a reputation for racism