What's the most depressing place you've ever been??

[Strike]

Fulking - lived there for a while. Boring & depressing - couldn't stand it so moved to London.

I am shocked that someone can mention anywhere in Sussex apart from Goldstone Retail Park as the most depressing place in the world.

 

[Cian]

The headline: Fulking Hell -- Fran heads off to London.

Sofia Bulgaria in 1992 was pretty depressing. Lots of burnt-out cars at the side of the road, regular power-cuts, little food in the shops and restaurants.

The food nonwithstanding. Bratislava was like that

Outside the apartment I was staying in it felt like a scene from a movie set in communist russia - old women pushing shopping trolleys full of cardboard for their fires, beggers, violence against romanies, etc

This was in 2003!

 

[Juan Albion]

Parts of Managua, Nicaragua, probably.

This was actually the best house in the neighbourhood.

Even makes Selhurst look good.

Still want to go back there though.

 

[Vicar!]

I thought about this for a few days and would like to nominate the not so fair town of Coatbridge. In my mercyfully brief visit it appeared to be where Belfast places its citizans who have given up bombing, looting and maiming, and been really naughty.

In the dead heart of this lies Albion Rovers, who did not appear to like Cowdenbeath fans too much, least of those mad enough to make a weekend trip from the Sussex coast.

When the flighting in the stand died down, this in an attendance of 350, we capped the day off by losing 4-1. (Suppose it was better than yesterday!)

Vicar

 

[London Calling]

Dalston, East London.

Truly third world.

LIVE THERE AND LOVE IT

 

[London Calling]

Isn't Dalston Norf Larndarn ?

NOPE ITS EAST LONDON.

LC

 

[dougdeep]

It's next to Haggerston isn't it?

 

[Spicy2]

German Underground Hospital in Jersey, which is a museum but which smelt of death.

 

[dougdeep]

German Underground Hospital in Jersey, which is a museum but which smelt of death.

I didn't see you there, did you visit the zoo while in Jersey?

 

[London Calling]

It's next to Haggerston isn't it?

IT IS AND HAGGERSTON IS REALLY DEPRESSING BUT HACKNEY WICK IS REALLY THE PITS IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. HOWEVER THE OLYMPICS MAY REALLY TURN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AROND.

IN THE SOUTH EAST I WOULD SAY EAST KENT PLUS LUTON.

NATIONALLY. SOME OF THE OLD PIT VILLAGES IN SOUTH YORKS SUCH AS GRIMETHORPE TAKES SOME BEATING. AND THE FIVE TOWNS IN WAKEFIELD DISTRICT ARE THE PITS (WELL THEY WOULD BE IF THATCHER HADN'T CLOSED THEM DOWN).

SOUTH WALES IS UP THERE!



LC

 

[Spicy2]

I didn't see you there, did you visit the zoo while in Jersey?

No I haven't been recently, Doug, it was ages ago now. Did you go this year then?

 

[dougdeep]

No I haven't been recently, Doug, it was ages ago now. Did you go this year then?

1973, before you were born.

 

[Wilts]

Slough (get out of our Royal county)
Rhyl (caravans, bungalows, mobile homes, and general overall depression everywhere)

St Anns/Radford/Meadows/Hyson Green/Forest Fields areas in Nottingham win it for me. Don't care how great the city centre is, living there for 3 years in the suburbs, it was one of the most bleak and poverty-stricken areas of the UK. Having been to many of these other places on here (I mean Watford and Croydon - come on, they both look like Reading which is fine!), Nottingham can be awful.

Alternatively, Higher Openshaw (Manchester), Bellshill (Lanarkshire - near Motherwell), and Birchill (Manchester) are all equally awful when I've been there.

 

[dougdeep]

Penge?

 

[ShorehamGull]

Withdean after we have lost

 

[On the Left Wing]

Peterhead - suicidal and stinks of rotten fish!

 

[Starry]

Istanbul.

Preston is like the end of the world, gone wrong. Horrid, nasty place.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

Withdean after we have lost

Withdean anytime mostly

 

[Robot Chicken]

Yad Vashem in Jerusalem

 

[timseagull]

Went to Plymouth (on a non football trip) a couple of years ago. It was bitterly cold sleat in the air and the place looked like Crawley....lots of concrete. And the cafe in the bus station was called hobo's which says a lot.

Crawley

Teville Gate.....when will they knock it down?