what is it like...
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- JazX0
I'm Jethro from Deathrow but you can call me Chad
- stem0
Unemployment is not as bad as it used to be. Big mining community went tits-up in the 80's - Opening of New Airport has brought 'hope' if nothing else. House prices have dragged their arses of 'rock-bottom' and are more in-line with the rest of the north of the country. And a really strange thing is happening, people are actually moving-in as the opportunities for employment are opening up.
Population is quite mixed. Lots of Indians, Pakistani, Chinese and a big influx of Turks and Kurds over the last 5 years or so. Which, to be fair only a minority seem pissed off about.
Heavy drinking culture here in Doncaster, lots of drugs and teenage pregnancy, but I think the rest of the country has caught us up!
The weapon of choice (i'm pleased to say) seems still to be the good ol' fashioned fist.
The Rovers (football) have been promoted from the lower leagues for the last few seasons on the trot.
The town is now applying for 'city' status
But generally speaking things do seem to be on the up!
- kelpie0
same goes with you kelpie... expand on that. who is unemployed and/or pregnant? tell me who kills who with what.. cause i haven't got a clue.
Gorbie
(Jul 1 05, 02:45)re-reading this I wonder actualy what you mean by that - you want me to blame someone? or spend the entire day dissecting the socio-political make up my town? where's this getting you?
- CaP0
i've always like the name Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez
SteveJobs
(Jul 1 05, 07:59)++++++
haha haha !!
at uni i had this classmate whose name was Rodrigo Rodriguez Rojas, which would be something like being John J. Johnson... creepy.
* waiting for somebody to say "hey, my dad's name is john johnson!"
- Gorbie0
i meant the northern UK kids, CaP...
why are they upset? they don't still work in coal mines do they?
what's Leeds all about anyway?
- Rand0
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- stem0
Leeds isn't so bad really though, it's just a shame the price of everything here is so high and the salaries don't really correspond so much to the cost of living.
jamble
(Jul 1 05, 02:59)I remember Leeds before the 'boom' (if you could call it such) in the late 80's - early 90's - i see a similar sort of thing happening here. Progress is good, but I fear for the next generation who will not be able to afford to live here if the house prices rise any higher.
- donal0
Dublin, Ireland.
Street pizzas as far as the eye can see. Junkies stealing the gold teeth out of bosmanian beggars heads. Packs of pissed up stag/hen nights from sheffield prowl the streets, shouting and exposing their hairy, pimple coated arses to passers by.
- vespa0
london is a big shitty grey city but i love it.
every nation is represented and every activity known to humanity has a specialist club devoted to it. it's actually 5 very different towns that have all become so big they've bled into one, but once you settle in a particular corner you become so attached that we're all convinced we'll need our passports just to move a few miles to another borough.
i love big cities, and i love new york too.
i think of new york and london as being like two different people.
new york is like one of those people you meet at a party, that you like IMMEDIATELY - they are heaps of fun, easy to understand, charismatic, you can't wait to party with them again - if you hung out with them for years you'd probably end up totally wired and in lots of debt but with some gorgeous handbags and awesome stories to tell at the end of it.
london is more like one of those people that sits in the corner and doesn't really talk to anyone unless you seek them out. you keep seeing them at different parties so after a while you get to know them slowly and discover they have more and more layers that build up to make an incredibly interesting personality. london is basically a dirty old drunkard who has been everywhere and done everything.
i keep saying i'm going to leave and find a better quality of life somewhere else but i must confess i'm addicted to this filthy town.
- Gorbie0
thanks stem.. that's interesting, and exactly the sort of everyday shit i'm wondering about...
kelpie... don't read too much into it. i just want your impressions on your town. that's all.
- blaw0
Hey, my dad's name is Dick D. Dickson!
- stem0
Maybe all the Donny clan should descend on London!
Hahaha!
- donal0
my ma's name is Fanny G. Flapston
- Gorbie0
new york = the big apple
"slowly and discover they have more and more layers that build up to make an incredibly interesting personality"
london = the big onion?
- vespa0
haha yea it can make you cry and your breath stink but tastes great in just about anything
- skt0
don't strop, socket! we'll call you whatever the heck you like. but can i call you pablo?
paraselene
(Jul 1 05, 08:04)Nah, i'm not stropping. You can call me whatever you want para.
Kuz, you missed skrote. My old dear used to call me that.
- kelpie0
it's also full of great bars and clubs and an enviably rich cultural and architectural history, and has been under re-development for some time had a lot of money spent on it. As with most of these re-developments though a large section of the population has had there troubles and lifestyles swept under the carpet cos it's easier to build posh riverside housing at 300K plus than address serious post-industrial social problems and make everyones lifes easier.
sorry Gorbie, this is a touchy subject perhaps, over-reacted did I, peace bruv :)
- stem0
vespa - I see London as an extension of Heathrow!
I remember reading an article in Blueprint years ago (I think it was by Richard Rogers) explaining how Airports are the true postmodern cities. He was talking about how they are able to adapt rapidly to changing situations etc.
Maybe this will be the future. Doncaster has changed rapidly since the Airport 'project' has been underway.
- Gorbie0
:^)
thanks vespa. that's what i was hoping to get out of this.
- stem0
The development of Manchester too, appears to have gone hand in hand with the introduction of the second runway.