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Belfast - been there once, last year. ~~Shitehole~~ Not great.
Birmingham - been once, for Univ interview in 1980
Bristol - saw The Clash there in 1982. never been back
Cardiff - great place - rugby, superb guitar shop, market
Edinburgh - very nice, but not been in ages
Glasgow - went to a wedding there in 1997. Loved it! Might be coming back soon on business.
Leeds - grim
Leicester - does it really exist? I have never met anyone from there or who's been there.
Liverpool - had a chinese meal there once. I should go back. I suspect it's classic
Manchester - classic
Newcastle - passed through once in the way to get a ferry. No opinion
Nottingham - never been.
Sheffield - goodish

― Dr.C, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Leeds is wonderful you fool.

― braveclub, Friday, 27 April 2007 11:54 (sixteen years ago) link

isnt leeds made out of crystal now?

my overriding memory of liverpool is of off-licenses with grills

― 600, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Crystal and tin, yes.

― braveclub, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:10 (sixteen years ago) link

Leicester - does it really exist? I have never met anyone from there or who's been there.

i live in leicester. its kinda sleepy, but is arguably the most multicultural city in the list above after london (eg i have spanish couple living downstairs, polish family next door, massive sikh temple about 100 yards down road etc etc). ie TEH YUM FOOD from all over the world - the indian food especially.

― zappi, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:26 (sixteen years ago) link

after doing some googling, according to the 2001 census link

"Leicester is the most ethnically diverse of all UK cities, with a white population of 60.5 per cent. It is expected to be the first European city with a non-white majority. "

exciting!

― zappi, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:41 (sixteen years ago) link

Sheffield's gonna walk this I reckon.

― the next grozart, Friday, 27 April 2007 12:57 (sixteen years ago) link

seems that way, an unexpected success if so (though i guess sheffield university is quite well represented by ilxors?)

― 600, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:01 (sixteen years ago) link

there used to be more Mancs on ILX.

― blueski, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:21 (sixteen years ago) link

[/i]Leicester - does it really exist? I have never met anyone from there or who's been there.[i]

I live there and it's great. But people really do seem to have something against the place. A friend of mine met someone at a party and when asked where they lived said South Leicestershire even though they lived within the city boundaries.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link

The someone said that not my friend I hasten to add.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 27 April 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link

Glasgow - went to a wedding there in 1997. Loved it! Might be coming back soon on business.

Business that involves going to pubs, I hope.

― ailsa, Friday, 27 April 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link

It is odd how few Mancs are on ilx these days. Is it just myself and Pisces repping for the cit-ay? What happened to Tag and Yer Mam and the rest? (a minutes silence for Graham, the boy who Manchester did mangle)

― NI, Saturday, 28 April 2007 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link

Tag thinks ILX is full of *****.

― Keith, Saturday, 28 April 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link

Oh come on; Glasgow's full of shite!

― Keith, Monday, 30 April 2007 00:39 (sixteen years ago) link

But Sheffield is third... I bet it was "Threads" that did it.

― Keith, Monday, 30 April 2007 00:40 (sixteen years ago) link

a spirited try by sheffield, but in the end couldnt really compete with pre match favourites glasgow. not a bad showing by ilxs bete noir cities leeds and manchester

― 600, Monday, 30 April 2007 08:49 (sixteen years ago) link

Scottish Independence now.

― Ed, Monday, 30 April 2007 08:52 (sixteen years ago) link

I can't believe Birmingham only got 2 votes. It's the Glasgow of the Midlands.

― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:07 (sixteen years ago) link

Liverpool sonned. I know it's always been under-represented on ILX but I didn't expect no votes at all.

Glasgow was always going to win, wasn't it?

― Matt DC, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:10 (sixteen years ago) link

fraid so, it was a mere dream to think plucky sheffield could challenge

― 600, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:13 (sixteen years ago) link

I wonder what result an STV voting system would have brought us.

― Ed, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:13 (sixteen years ago) link

never thought of sheffield as spririted or plucky

― RJG, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:17 (sixteen years ago) link

gritty and queer

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link

sooty and sweep

― blueski, Monday, 30 April 2007 09:59 (sixteen years ago) link

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