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Originally posted by Comical Smoking Monkey:
I'm sure people from Nottnum think Birmingham's beautiful!
First a bit of a bite: -
Nottingham's reputation in relation to the rest of the country is largely unjustified and skewed statistically by the tight drawing of the city boundaries around the inner cities and not including the more affluent and peaceful surrounding suburbs.
West Bridgford where I live (and where Trent Bridge is situated) is a better, possibly the best, area in the City and only a mile and a half from the City Centre, but because it was originally a town in its own right is not classed as being in the City.
However: -
I've lived in other areas of the country too, regularly see other town and cities with the travelling involved in my job, my following of sport and have family I visit as far apart as Scotland, Wales, Cornwall and Suffolk.
All have their good and bad areas, but Australia is cleaner, the people are friendlier and more open, I didn't feel threatened or intimidated by any area I was in during the entire 3 weeks, their cities are better planned and less overcrowded (though I take your point re: the Industrial Revolution, JKL), their public transport is excellent and well integrated, and whilst there are plenty of new migrants there, that is also clearly better controlled and more productive for all.
Can't see the circumstances coming together to allow it, but it's the first place I've been to, where I would actually consider moving there permanently.
