Fatknacker Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Flicking through the Mail Online this evening I was shocked to read in regards to my home town 'Beneath the veneer of textbook overdone hipster pretentiousness is the same Bristol of old, where the West Country chavs spew out their own unique interpretation of the English language.' Seems a bit harsh, considering Liverpool was only the 8th worst place and Bristol joint 9th with Blackburn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miser Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Someone's gone beyond the Stokes Croft- Redland- Clifton triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 Pffft, they wun't know a gert lush cod lot if one smacked 'em in the gob... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted December 6, 2018 Report Share Posted December 6, 2018 33 minutes ago, Fatknacker said: Flicking through the Mail Online this evening I was shocked to read in regards to my home town 'Beneath the veneer of textbook overdone hipster pretentiousness is the same Bristol of old, where the West Country chavs spew out their own unique interpretation of the English language.' Seems a bit harsh, considering Liverpool was only the 8th worst place and Bristol joint 9th with Blackburn! Well, that's your own fault entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Good hopefully the London Hipsters sod off elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undy English Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 12 hours ago, Fatknacker said: Flicking through the Mail Online this evening I was shocked to read in regards to my home town 'Beneath the veneer of textbook overdone hipster pretentiousness is the same Bristol of old, where the West Country chavs spew out their own unique interpretation of the English language.' Seems a bit harsh, considering Liverpool was only the 8th worst place and Bristol joint 9th with Blackburn! Read the article this morning on both the Mail and Post websites. Sadly a lot of it I have to agree with, despite being born and bred in BS3. North Street is a prime example. Growing up it was a working class area of tobacconists, pubs, newsagents and little shops. Nowadays it's covered in graffiti and over-populated with hipster establishments everywhere. In addition, due to it's proximity to the centre and the big financial offices, a lot of houses are being snapped up by Londoners and Devon-born who use their families insane savings to buy 2 bed houses and happily hand over £330k for the 'privilege'. Priced a lot of locals and Bristolians out of the City altogether. Sad times. It's not all bad - lots of North Street and Bemmy has been regenerated thanks to the posh new residents and hipsters. But a lot of it is very pretentious compared to what it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 That's change a bit in 12 months then as we were no 1 last year. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bristol-coolest-city-in-world-878497 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 11 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said: That's change a bit in 12 months then as we were no 1 last year. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bristol-coolest-city-in-world-878497 Just highlights how desperate the newspapers are these days. On TalkSport now there a very amusing ‘debate’ about whether laughing gas is acceptable to footballers after the Sun () highlighted the Arsenal players using it at a private pre season party..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 8 minutes ago, Robbored said: Just highlights how desperate the newspapers are these days. On TalkSport now there a very amusing ‘debate’ about whether laughing gas is acceptable to footballers after the Sun () highlighted the Arsenal players using it at a private pre season party..... I very often laugh at the gas....works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Ska Junkie said: That's change a bit in 12 months then as we were no 1 last year. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bristol-coolest-city-in-world-878497 All by different groups. Think it's neither the best or the worst tbh- but probably better than many. Quite a few complex problems though- mind you show me an urban area that hasn't. 4 hours ago, TomF said: Good hopefully the London Hipsters sod off elsewhere Bit out of date but alas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 Glad there’s a counterbalance to the constant stream of “Best place in the UK” bollox that we have to put up with. Some of the poverty levels in Bristol are, if not some of the worst in the UK, then certainly at levels way below what should be expected in a top-10 world (Jon) Economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted December 7, 2018 Report Share Posted December 7, 2018 The f #ck is 'sourdough'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 14 hours ago, City Rocker said: The f #ck is 'sourdough'? Your pay packet, if you work at the vinegar works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 I had the misfortune to visit Handsworth, the other day. I can't believe any of Bristol could possibly match that fly blown midden heap, for toilet-like, rubbish strewn shittiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Ninth worst? Where is worse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brann-red Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 I worked in Blackburn for a couple of years - it reminded me of a scooby doo cartoon when they’re being chased by a monster and the backdrop is repeated over and over again .. In this instance there seemed to be 3 types of shops - bargain booze / a tanning salon and a kebab shop ... over and over again .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 How did we drop from best city to 9th worst? I guess the writers of the list saw the tented Chernobyl in Horfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 I agree, the hipsters have taken over and it's not Bristol anymore. We have lost our identity and had a new identity forced upon us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erithacus Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Life imitating art imitating football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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