What do you think is the worst city centre in the UK and why?

[OneLilacHedgehog]

So many cities have gone downhill since COVID. But which is the worst?

I think it was better before the bomb.

Bath is fabulous, and for towns and villages I love Abingdon and Evesham.

I always imagine the people who reply to these sorts of threads with the quoted contribution are struggling socially and don’t realise how rude they are being.

I do too but I like grim places - bit more character somehow.

Glasgow has gone horribly downhill which is a shame.

St David’s is ok thanks to the tourists but hasn’t it lost its GP surgeries?

Plymouth is my nearest city, and I think it is getting things right. The former department stores have been leased to one of the big local company's for office space, and there is a new huge medical diagnostic hub taking shape about 500m downtown. So it won't be necessary to clog up the big hospital for tests. At the same time, a new electronic patient recording system is being rolled in, so all records will be shared across the city. From where we are, it looks as if things are going okay.

Some of us need to know the difference between a city and a town….
and yes, how about a lovely UK place thread instead of miserable slurs on other people home areas

It's always been a dump.

I am so shocked at people saying Manchester

Might not get first place for the worst, but Gloucester had to be up there.

Manchester has grown on me a little bit. It's not a patch on Liverpool, but it isn't a total shithole. Get away from Piccadilly and the Arndale and it has some lovely buildings. And don't even bother with the Christmas market, it's awful.

@Isthismykarma , why does it shock you?

Aberdeen compared to how it used to be
The black& grey clad wannabe road men wannabes.
The Ebike twats re enacting scenes from mad max.
The free bus passes for 14-22yr olds little fuckers go on tour causing mayhem.

It's across the UK it's not confined to a handful of places
One incident at Elgin bus station .a 55yr old bus driver didn't go home after work.
He was killed by a punch from a 15yr old.
Staff and passengers alike are terrorised by these kids.
One kid was caught with an axe whilst on tour.

Oh, just seen a nice area thread from June and someone mentioned Brum!
as this was mentioned by a PP on this thread, just goes to show!
subjective and divisive nonsense

Doncaster. Never be a city on my eyes but it has recently been made one. Horrendous place that I have the misfortune of having to visit on Friday!

Shame. I used to live there and loved Coventry. Haven't been there for a few years though

I'm finding it interesting. It seems people can have opinions without having tried every possible example of something. And trends appear because the same cities come up over and over.
I think M&S do the best mince pies but I haven't tried every single mince pie in the world.

Of my relatively limited recent city centre visiting, I'd say Leicester is the worst (of approx 6 cities I've visited recently).

Bradford. I live here and house just gone on the market. It’s awful - I would say the cesspit of the North by far…

Nottingham. I’m glad to have left

Wrexham. I'm not sure if anyone's already mentioned it, but it's worth repeating.

I am too. I’ve been there lots, and love it.

Due to the large number of rehabs around the area which caused the increase in the drug and alcohol addicts, coupled with a lack of police presence. My brother lives in the town centre and I’ve lost count the number of times we’ve seen the addicts injecting themselves (in broad daylight) The worse was a couple of months ago when we saw one of them defecating 🙈

Cheltenham's not a city but visiting there recently and comparing to other similar towns, it's certainly on less of a downward spiral than many other places.

I love threads like this. It reminds me of places I haven’t been to for years, informs me about others and is generally interesting.

It’s a shame if people are personally offended but I doubt many of us literally live in the city centres of these places. If someone mentions Manchester and you live in Urmston or Altrincham or somewhere then yes you live in Manchester but behave, you don’t live IN Manchester as in, you can see the Arndale from your lounge window! Or do you?