Hometown Pride

[Cabisco]

Where I'm from is a place in England called Hull ('ull to locals, hell to those who are not local). It's not a particularly nice or interesting place to grow up, I believe we have some of the highest unemployment in the country, little to no investment, at one point the highest number of chlamydia cases per person in europe, we are the fattest uk city and have a river thats brown. Suffice to say you would think there is little to be proud about a place that has been described as the 'worst place to live in the uk' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4136342.stm

Yet I suppose it's the same feeling people get when they see creepy stray cats on holiday, we can't help but look at the positives underneath the obvious faults and rabies. I still feel a sense of pride in some of it's accomplishments and have repeatedly defended it to those who would dismiss the place and so do most of us from the area even if amongst ourselves we love nothing more to complain (I guess you have to live here to earn the right to moan).

Is this just because people from Hull like myself are backwards (we are, we honestly are) or do you all have a sense of pride in your hometown? Have you defended the honour of your home? Have you told them of the wonders of your local food habits?! (chip spice ftw)

 

[EeveeElectro]

Yeah, Hull can be very... unpleasant. A huge number people were downright horrible and stupid when I lived there and I've met people online who are vile from Hull so that really doesn't surprise me. No offence to you of course, I'm sure you're just smashing.

The city centre was fabulous and I loved all the shops but as you got out of it, it was awful. It got to the point where we were getting broken into every month. We had absolutely nothing to steal downstairs after the second time they (turned out it was the neighbours opposite AND two doors down who were taking it in turns doing it) robbed us but they just liked smashing up our house and scaring us. We couldn't go to the shop without having the chavvy neighbours shout abuse at us so we had to start leaving through the back door. After the fourth time we left, I would have bricked their windows but someone had beat me to it.

The other reason I left was because my manager and some colleagues were horrible bullying bitches and I couldn't work in that sort of environment any more.
It's actually a good city to visit for a day and the centre has come on leaps and bounds, it looks great now. You've also got The Deep which brings in a lot of visitors. And god DAMN is it cheap there!
My home town is much worse and I can't think of a single good thing about it, apart from the Media Museum (The retro gaming floor &#9829. It's grim, dirty, full of rude people and closed down shops but I haven't had half of the hassle here than I did at Hull. Very strange.

I'm also dying to know are all the girls still dressing the same? Do they all still have the Pineapple hairstyles? I always thought that was hilarious.

EDIT: I forgot! That chip spice was WONDERFUL. When I moved back here I was so sad when our chips didn't have that spice ;_; And one of the worst things about 'ull? FUCKING. KAROO. £38/pm for shit internet service and no other options. ;_;

 

[IndomitableSam]

Winnipeg is the giant, dangly, hairy balls of Canada. I have no pride in what the city is now. I am proud of what it was in the past (pre WW2 it was absolutely cosmopolitan), but now? I hate the damn city, I hate the governments (and I work for the Pronvicial one), and I hate the people. The city's too cold in the winter, too hot and humid in the summer, too too too. The city is incredibly racist as a whole, the municipal government could give Quebec a run for it's money on corruption, the provincial government is illegally passing a tax hike, the school system is bloated with too many school divisions and higher-ups, don't get me fucking started ont he new Stadium... okay, well... they built a new CFL stadium (football) at the University here - and,I'm not kidding, there are 4 lanes in to the stadium, and 4 lanes out. That's it. And only a few hundred parking spots. A few HUNDRED. For a stadium that holds tends of thousands. My parents live right by the university - for the next couple weeks, then they move. And they're so happy, because the city has banned street parking on residential streets in the area, so they can't ever have company over anyway.

I'm trying to get the hell out of here, really. I hate this place with such a passion I'd be happy if half of it burned to the ground.

... Is anybody else having a ***** of a time trying to decipher these new captchas?

 

[Cabisco]

snips

From Bradford to Hull, you sure know how to pick em

The pineapple hairstyles have sadly diminished over time and been replaced with something akin to normal hair though I think it's really strange I knew what you were talking about.

It's sad you got broken into, can't say I've ever experienced that myself and it's only in Leeds during uni where I've experienced theft/robbery/general criminality. The worst experiences I've ever really had in Hull have involved the nightclubs (all 3 of them) and drunken idiots but compared to other places (read: places where people have money to spend) Hulls really safe on a night out I find.

Happy you mentioned the chip spice and really happy someone else knows THE PAIN OF FUCKING KAROO :/

 

[LetalisK]

Winnipeg is the giant, dangly, hairy balls of Canada. I have no pride in what the city is now. I am proud of what it was in the past (pre WW2 it was absolutely cosmopolitan), but now? I hate the damn city, I hate the governments (and I work for the Pronvicial one), and I hate the people. The city's too cold in the winter, too hot and humid in the summer, too too too. The city is incredibly racist as a whole, the municipal government could give Quebec a run for it's money on corruption, the provincial government is illegally passing a tax hike, the school system is bloated with too many school divisions and higher-ups, don't get me fucking started ont he new Stadium... okay, well... they built a new CFL stadium (football) at the University here - and,I'm not kidding, there are 4 lanes in to the stadium, and 4 lanes out. That's it. And only a few hundred parking spots. A few HUNDRED. For a stadium that holds tends of thousands. My parents live right by the university - for the next couple weeks, then they move. And they're so happy, because the city has banned street parking on residential streets in the area, so they can't ever have company over anyway.

I'm trying to get the hell out of here, really. I hate this place with such a passion I'd be happy if half of it burned to the ground.

... Is anybody else having a ***** of a time trying to decipher these new captchas?

...move to Vancouver? I hear that place is amazing from the weather(probably a little rainy I'd suspect), to people and culture, etc. >.>

 

[Froggy Slayer]

Huddersfield. It's alright, I guess; easy access to the countryside, nice monuments (Castle Hill, man), and I guess...Patrick Stewart was born nearby? However, there are a lot of chavs about. Just yesterday some lovely gents and their lady friends shouted 'white and nerdy' at me. Guess that I can't argue with that assessment.

 

[Shock and Awe]

I'm from Warner Robins, GA. Its basically one of the blandest towns I can think of. Its to big to be out in the sticks where you can do...anything you want, and its to small to have all the cool things you get in cities. Though, it also lacks all the big city problems. The only interesting thing about it is our Air Force base that essentially is the lifeblood of the town.

I like my hometown, most of my loved ones live there and I'll always have a soft spot for it, but I really don't want to live there anymore. I'm going off to college in Charleston in a month and I'm happy for it.

 

[hermes]

Mercedes, Uruguay.

Boring town full of people that enjoy the status quo a little too much and gossiping about others. I couldn't leave that place fast enough, and never regretted it.

 

[IndomitableSam]

Winnipeg is the giant, dangly, hairy balls of Canada. I have no pride in what the city is now. I am proud of what it was in the past (pre WW2 it was absolutely cosmopolitan), but now? I hate the damn city, I hate the governments (and I work for the Pronvicial one), and I hate the people. The city's too cold in the winter, too hot and humid in the summer, too too too. The city is incredibly racist as a whole, the municipal government could give Quebec a run for it's money on corruption, the provincial government is illegally passing a tax hike, the school system is bloated with too many school divisions and higher-ups, don't get me fucking started ont he new Stadium... okay, well... they built a new CFL stadium (football) at the University here - and,I'm not kidding, there are 4 lanes in to the stadium, and 4 lanes out. That's it. And only a few hundred parking spots. A few HUNDRED. For a stadium that holds tends of thousands. My parents live right by the university - for the next couple weeks, then they move. And they're so happy, because the city has banned street parking on residential streets in the area, so they can't ever have company over anyway.

I'm trying to get the hell out of here, really. I hate this place with such a passion I'd be happy if half of it burned to the ground.

... Is anybody else having a ***** of a time trying to decipher these new captchas?

...move to Vancouver? I hear that place is amazing from the weather(probably a little rainy I'd suspect), to people and culture, etc. >.>

Hate that city, too. Too massive and cost of living is insane. For what I pay here for a 3-bedroom townhouse, I could get a bachelor's apartment in the bad part of town. Not kidding.

My parents are actually moving to Vancouver Island in a couple weeks - the island is smaller towns and a whole different atmosphere, and I like it there, but hate the mainland.

I'm trying to move to small town Alberta. Or small city Alberta. I have a job interview for Lethbridge Alberta next week. I doubt I'll get it, but I want to live in a smaller town or city. Always have.

 

[Sehnsucht Engel]

Damn, that description actually makes the small village I lived in sound like a good place. And it wasn't, far from it. I can't have pride in my hometown. I don't even have pride in my home country. Also, I moved around a lot, so I didn't live that long in the place which I suppose would be my hometown. I guess if I could chose the town I live in now, then I would be able to have a little pride at least.

 

[Esotera]

Well I guess my hometown is Okehampton [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okehampton], I am also the sole guardian of its Wikipedia page, beating back the vandal scum.

I guess there's a lot of pride, but it's mostly ironic in the younger generation - we know it's a crap town. Still, it has a catchy nickname of Oke and is in a beautiful part of the world, so it's not all bad...

 

[Scarim Coral]

Hard to say, I guess I do hold some pride in this town (a coastal town in North of Wales). I mean sure the place can be boring, dull and far away from the cities I go to but I would rather lived here then I did in the previous town. This is mainly because it does have more and better shop then then last town (HMV, GAME, a bowling alley and a few more interesting places).

I will say that the people lived over here are all pleasant folk altought most of them are elderly but hey they are nice elderly people!

I suppose an example of my pride toward this town was a month ago when they held their yearly festival during the bank holiday. My brother came over and when we went to check my aunt flat we went to the festival to get there. He make a remake that the festival must be the only excitment for the citizens of the town I defended that remark that there were some other activity that the people get revv up about.

 

[LetalisK]

Hate that city, too. Too massive and cost of living is insane. For what I pay here for a 3-bedroom townhouse, I could get a bachelor's apartment in the bad part of town. Not kidding.

My parents are actually moving to Vancouver Island in a couple weeks - the island is smaller towns and a whole different atmosphere, and I like it there, but hate the mainland.

I'm trying to move to small town Alberta. Or small city Alberta. I have a job interview for Lethbridge Alberta next week. I doubt I'll get it, but I want to live in a smaller town or city. Always have.

You're breaking my heart. For some reason I idealize Vancouver, much like how the nerd idealizes the prom queen in high school. Don't tell me she's a snotty rich girl!

 

[shootthebandit]

Hard to say, I guess I do hold some pride in this town (a coastal town in North of Wales)

Conwy?

 

[Scarim Coral]

Hard to say, I guess I do hold some pride in this town (a coastal town in North of Wales)

Conwy?

Closed, all I can say is that it is in that region and it is close to Conwy.

 

[SuperFrankieLampard]

I'm from North London and the most passionate I felt about living here was during the riots a few years ago. The government should have given the police the authority to beat the snot out of those scum rioters. I have no issue with those who initially protested about something they thought was wrong but the opportunists who smashed up the place deserved a good beating.

 

[Wraith]

Washington, DC.

It's a pretty decent city, though it is being gentrified to accommodate people of the... *ahem*... lighter skin color at the moment. This is a bitter sweet movement, because it's simultaneously removing most of the crime and pushing out the poorer folk to Maryland and Virginia where the pay rate is lower.

But if you want to be in a town, where the people are polite, lively, fairly mid to upper class in wealth, and live next door to the IRS and the President, then come on down.

 

[shootthebandit]

Hard to say, I guess I do hold some pride in this town (a coastal town in North of Wales)

Conwy?

Closed, all I can say is that it is in that region and it is close to Conwy.

Yeah i know roughly were you are its a nice relaxed area round there. I lived in holyhead for a year so i know the area reasonably well. The thing is from your area you are better off heading down the 55 to chester or manchester if you want to visit a BIG city. Bangor is ok for a night out but chester isnt much further

I love the north wales community. You are the nicest people and game for such a laugh

 

[Scarim Coral]

Hard to say, I guess I do hold some pride in this town (a coastal town in North of Wales)

Conwy?

Closed, all I can say is that it is in that region and it is close to Conwy.

Yeah i know roughly were you are its a nice relaxed area round there. I lived in holyhead for a year so i know the area reasonably well. The thing is from your area you are better off heading down the 55 to chester or manchester if you want to visit a BIG city. Bangor is ok for a night out but chester isnt much further

I love the north wales community. You are the nicest people and game for such a laugh

Yeah that's the downside living over here, it take ages to go to Chester (1 hour) and Manchester (2 hours) by train! I don't really like Bangor mainly cos it got some wonky roads over there!

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

I'm from Liverpool myself. Proud home of ear bleeding accents, eye bleeding shell suits, 210% the country's unemployed and the birthplace of the pyjamas as acceptable outside attire movement. Though we did do up the place recently so on the plus side it doesn't look as dank as some other places in the UK any more.

I do feel some pride for this place, it is my home after all. Though I wouldn't be English if I wasn't just a little self-deprecating about where I live