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    Dalek Dave
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    Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

    --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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      Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

      --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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      The survey was published in English, which meant 75% of the population of Luton couldn't read it and thus couldn't vote.

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        Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

        --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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        Matthew Faithfull
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        If there sense of ugly is that warped it's probably because they spent too long in Milton Keynes. I wonder if wallpapering the outside of your house with black tar-paper ever really was fashionable, I suspect not. :laugh:

        "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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          Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

          --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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          H Brydon
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          You could always fix the problem by moving to Hemel Hempstead. :-)

          -- Harvey

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            Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

            --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

            That was certainly true when I lived in Hemel, but now ...

            Use the best guess

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              The survey was published in English, which meant 75% of the population of Luton couldn't read it and thus couldn't vote.

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              Dalek Dave
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              They have had to cancel this year's Panto. The Giant couldn't smell the blood of an Englishman.

              --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                Dalek Dave wrote:

                a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

                That was certainly true when I lived in Hemel, but now ...

                Use the best guess

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                Matthew Faithfull
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                Hemel was still green and beautiful as ever when I passed through a couple of months ago. The most ridiculous concentration of speed cameras on ordinary suburban roads I think I've ever seen but it is Hertfordshire so I guess that's to be expected.

                "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                  They have had to cancel this year's Panto. The Giant couldn't smell the blood of an Englishman.

                  --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                  :thumbsup: Stolen.

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

                    --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                    Septimus Hedgehog
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                    The voting was rigged. Where is Crawley?

                    If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                      If there sense of ugly is that warped it's probably because they spent too long in Milton Keynes. I wonder if wallpapering the outside of your house with black tar-paper ever really was fashionable, I suspect not. :laugh:

                      "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                      Matthew Faithfull wrote:

                      I wonder if wallpapering the outside of your house with black tar-paper ever really was fashionable, I suspect not. :laugh:

                      :omg: :wtf: Even the shack my parents keep chickens in is done classier than that. To keep wind from blow through the gaps in the old poorly fitting boards It's wrapped in roll roofing (basically tar paper with gray shingle type gravel pre-attached). :rolleyes:

                      Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

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                        Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

                        --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                        So bad it couldn't even rank 1st in bad... Luton, the number two of #2 towns, better luck next year. :^)

                        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                          The voting was rigged. Where is Crawley?

                          If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                          West Sussex.

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                            West Sussex.

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                            Septimus Hedgehog
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                            I think there are three or four Crawleys in England but none, I'll wager, as bad as the one in West Sussex. That's why it had to be up there in the league table. We wuz robbed. :((

                            If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                              I think there are three or four Crawleys in England but none, I'll wager, as bad as the one in West Sussex. That's why it had to be up there in the league table. We wuz robbed. :((

                              If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                              I disagree there are a lot worse places than Crawley.

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                                I think there are three or four Crawleys in England but none, I'll wager, as bad as the one in West Sussex. That's why it had to be up there in the league table. We wuz robbed. :((

                                If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                                On second thoughts an image search of Crawley isn't very flattering.

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                                  Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

                                  --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                                  R Giskard Reventlov
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                                  I passed by both this morning and they are as bad as each other. How they were able to distinguish between the 2 is beyond me. Anyway, took a wrong turn (I hasten to add that I wasn't driving) and we ended up heading towards Daventry - possibly worse than either! :-)

                                  "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures

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                                    Hemel was still green and beautiful as ever when I passed through a couple of months ago. The most ridiculous concentration of speed cameras on ordinary suburban roads I think I've ever seen but it is Hertfordshire so I guess that's to be expected.

                                    "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                                    Matthew Faithfull wrote:

                                    Hemel was still green and beautiful as ever when I passed through a couple of months ago.

                                    Are you sure that was Hemel? Many of the parts above the old town have now been overgrown with houses, and the town itself is not exactly prepossessing.

                                    Use the best guess

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                                      Crap Towns[^] Luton finished second in the table. SECOND! How bloody dare they! We are by far and away a far worse place than Hemel Hempstead!

                                      --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                                      Ugliest towns: the final standings Hemel Hempstead - 785 Luton - 592 Slough - 352 Bracknell - 338 Birmingham -312 Camberley - 311 Coventry - 295 Cumbernauld - 100 Hatfield - 51 Gateshead - 48 Dullest towns: the shortlist - Banbury - Boston - Bury St Edmunds - Burnham Market - Camberley - Chipping Norton - Fort William - Hatfield - Leamington Spa - Maidenhead - Rhyl - Thetford

                                      Note: All of these are in the UK. This is the real reason the US was formed.

                                      There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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                                        Matthew Faithfull wrote:

                                        Hemel was still green and beautiful as ever when I passed through a couple of months ago.

                                        Are you sure that was Hemel? Many of the parts above the old town have now been overgrown with houses, and the town itself is not exactly prepossessing.

                                        Use the best guess

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                                        Matthew Faithfull
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                                        I must be low on iron(y) again. I'll go and take an iron(y) supplement and try again tomorrow :)

                                        "The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage." Thucydides (B.C. 460-400)

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                                          Ugliest towns: the final standings Hemel Hempstead - 785 Luton - 592 Slough - 352 Bracknell - 338 Birmingham -312 Camberley - 311 Coventry - 295 Cumbernauld - 100 Hatfield - 51 Gateshead - 48 Dullest towns: the shortlist - Banbury - Boston - Bury St Edmunds - Burnham Market - Camberley - Chipping Norton - Fort William - Hatfield - Leamington Spa - Maidenhead - Rhyl - Thetford

                                          Note: All of these are in the UK. This is the real reason the US was formed.

                                          There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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                                          R Giskard Reventlov
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                                          Having visited all but Cumbernauld I can attest to the fact that these are butt ugly towns. I think that Americans can have no real idea of the utter fugliness of streets and streets of 2-up-2-downs in a dismal little town populated by single mothers, welfare claimants and wife beaters. As for the dullest. Probably; depends what you mean by dull, I suppose. Some of those are architecturally and historically quite interesting and one or 2 are beautiful; in particular Maidenhead is gorgeous especially along the river. Okay, not much happens but that doesn't make it dull. Oh, wait...

                                          "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me me, in pictures

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