Something about Bristol

[Spinxsta]

I've been to Bristol a couple of times to do tourist stuff in the past and have recently been a few times for work. There's something about it that gives me the heebie jeebies!

It's not like I feel unsafe or think it's grim but there's something my monkey brain doesn't like. It gives me a creeping sense of doom and I've never felt such relief to be on the M5.

I seen posts on here before about people getting squiffy at certain places. What's it all about? Any rational explanations?

I'm not woo but I'm starting to think it was the scene of my murder in a previous life!!

@Threewheeler1

Well it is definitely throbby. I've had some rather good times in Nepnett Thrubwell but that's for another thread.

Bath is so unthrobby...it's clearly all happening over your side of the valley!
😂I might have to move😁

It feels very 'bitty' to me, like it's all over the place and no real centre. It's nicer than it used to be though.

I get that feeling about Glastonbury - it's a bit wicker man and I couldn't get out of there fast enough!

Everyone I know is in love with it and I don’t really get it. It’s massive, different areas with so central part but not exciting like London or beautiful like Edinburgh. Rich kids, West Country. I don’t know. Not my thing.

Their pride march was a bit scary. Not inclusive and warm feeling just I’m right you’re wrong and we will kill you if you don’t say TWAW kind of vibe.

And the haze of dope fumes that float over the City. DD went to University there, and never got the love. In her view the major problem with the University was the rampant drug use.

I was seeing her off at Paddington one day and was able to spot people heading for the Bristol train from their smell.

I really don’t know what it is about Birmingham but I always find it faintly depressing. There are apparently nice areas on the outskirts and my brother lived there happily for years but the town centre…not a nice vibe.

It's because it's awash with the undead that have been trying to get out of the city for years. Due to the abysmal road layout and signage, they are doomed to drive for all eternity around the city centre.

😂

Not a fan of Birmingham. On the music side there is a good concert hall there a decent conservatoire but aside from that I just don't like it. It's depressing and ugly.

I've got a brand new combine harvester...

Most large city centres are like ghost towns. Bristol Broadmead is a prime example. I do like Clifton, Cotham and the Downs. I don't live there but visit family. I hated living in London and New York unless I was in the tourist areas. Loath the underground ...all of it.

I actually find modern housing developments unsettling. Masses of houses on the edge of towns next to motorways or dual carriage ways. Empty, soulless places. You get lost easily and no one seems to walk anywhere so you can't ask .
Local one to me gives me the shivers.
By the way what is the Bristol hum?

An' I'll give yew the key

I'm doing the ooompah-ooompah legs now
Earworm!

Then again, I also feel uneasy when about to take off from Tenerife airport and think about the poor people who died there.

It's a different airport now. Reina Sofia airport is the "new" one - the crash was at the old one on the north side of the island which I don't think gets used much these days.

Being even more specific, St Mary Redcliffe has always struck me as a very sinister looking building. Bristol itself is OK and I would love to live in Clifton.

I always say that Bath has a bit of a dark underbelly that some might find surprising... 'shit hole' is a bit of a stretch though!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35344544

I drove my tractor through your haystack last night 😉

I thought it looked a bit of a mess this morning....😂

Little known fact. One of the Wurzels was from Edinburgh.

Edinburgh????! Wash your mouth out, we don't mention that kind of thing round here 🎶'I threw my pitchfork at your dog to keep quiet'.🎶

Don't hit I wiv yer pitchfork, me babber! Ize from Soufmead in Bristol!

I'm sure I've seen threads about this topic before and I'm so surprised that I had to scroll all the way to this post for anyone to mention ley lines! I know it's very woo but there really is something about that neck of the woods. I love the area and for me the vibe is a positive one, but I can see why others would find it uncomfortable.

What is a ley line anyway? A distance between two points. I find it hard to attribute any significance to the idea.

My son wants to move to Bristol and we went down there the other weekend. I didn't get any feelings of doom - the cathedral is gorgeous - but we did struggle to find a 'nice' area in the centre although the bit near the river is lovely. he's looking at the Downs and Redland area if anyone has any tips!