I've seen a couple of threads making disparaging comments about working class and/or northern towns so I'm going against that and posting positive things.
As my username says I live in Corby and I love it.
We bought a 3 bedroom terraced, with decent sized garden in a quiet area with no parking issues for under £160k
There's loads of woodland and we've seen so much nature, it has a small but nice shopping area. At the other side of town is a retail park with the usual Matalan, Currys, M&S and Asda. Everything is within walking distance and on the whole people are incredibly friendly.