Plymouth - Shithole Of The South West

[Voley]

Right then, for those who don't know me, I was born in Plymouth grew up on Dartmoor, and had the great misfortune to move back to Plymouth about ten years ago. So I'm clearly not trolling as it's (unfortunately for me) my home town.

I regret ever having set foot in this unmitigated, Godforsaken, hellish, cramped, overcrowded, polluted, dirty, noisy, smelly little dump and am only here because I lack the money to be able to move away.

There's very little in the way of culture and the arts, not much for people to do (unless they're tourists) other than get plastered of a weekend, the people are a rather unwelcoming bunch (if not outright hostile to incomers), the social climate is narrow-minded and judgmental of anyone who deviates in the least from 'the norm', the clubland is one of the most violent places I've ever had the displeasure to visit and, in general, the only good thing about Plymouth is watching it recede into the distance on those occasions when I'm pootling off somewhere else, a feeling of blessed release that, sadly, only lasts until I have to come back.

I dislike city life in general, being a country lad, but I particularly HATE living in Plymouth more than anywhere else I've ever been.

Completely agree.

Well, despite having agreed to all of that some time back, I'm thinking of applying for a job there soon.

How is it now? Last time I was up there (admittedly only for an afternoon) it looked alright.

Am I making a huge mistake?

 

[gosub]

I'll see your Plymouth and raise you: Bridgewater.

 

[mauvais]

The missus is from Plymouth but I think it's a miserable concrete mess. One of the few places I've been where a stranger's opening gambit has been straight out racist.

Plymouth Man: hello mate, where are you from?
Me: Southampton [nb: not where I'm from, but bear in mind that I think Plym is a notably miserable concrete mess]
Plymouth Man: ah, shit, full of fucking Arabs isn't it

Niiiice. Although it has some decent parks and countryside.

 

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Well, despite having agreed to all of that some time back, I'm thinking of applying for a job there soon.

How is it now? Last time I was up there (admittedly only for an afternoon) it looked alright.

Am I making a huge mistake?

it probably is alright in small doses.

but i reckon you would well regret living too close to the place.

 

[Poot]

Well, despite having agreed to all of that some time back, I'm thinking of applying for a job there soon.

How is it now? Last time I was up there (admittedly only for an afternoon) it looked alright.

Am I making a huge mistake?

It is awesome and you should move here, I mean there, immediately. The people are incredibly good looking and really very sophisticated.

 

[Libertad]

Well, despite having agreed to all of that some time back, I'm thinking of applying for a job there soon.

How is it now? Last time I was up there (admittedly only for an afternoon) it looked alright.

Am I making a huge mistake?

Don't do it if you can possibly avoid it.

 

[jannerboyuk]

Definitely a mess, a lot less concrete then commonly thought Plymouth: the architecture is palpably the work of men in their dotage I'm ambivalent as ever towards my home town but I personally miss it. Not sure what mid sized postindustrial English city can be thought of as much better really...

 

[Libertad]

I'll see your Plymouth and raise you: Bridgewater.

Bridgewater is the stinkiest place I've ever been to in these septic isles.

 

[toggle]

Definitely a mess, a lot less concrete then commonly thought Plymouth: the architecture is palpably the work of men in their dotage I'm ambivalent as ever towards my home town but I personally miss it. Not sure what mid sized postindustrial English city can be thought of as much better really...

one that didn't see more destroyed by the attentions of town planners than by wartime bombing......

 

[weltweit]

I interviewed at Plymouth Poly 30 years ago. Can't remember the outcome but I went somewhere else. Didn't have any views, good or bad, about the place but I have never had reason to go back.

 

[Voley]

but i reckon you would well regret living too close to the place.

There's the rub, I think. Flats in the city look affordable for me - well the cheaper end of the market does - but I wouldn't want to be running a car. Looks like there's some nice countryside just out of town which would suit me better but then I'm going to have petrol/MOT/insurance and what-have-you on top of the rent.

 

[Voley]

It is awesome and you should move here, I mean there, immediately. The people are incredibly good looking and really very sophisticated.

I don't doubt it for a moment. If this move happens you must take me drinking with all your beautiful sophisticated acquaintances.

 

[jannerboyuk]

one that didn't see more destroyed by the attentions of town planners than by wartime bombing......

Thats a big list

 

[jannerboyuk]

I don't doubt it for a moment. If this move happens you must take me drinking with all your beautiful sophisticated acquaintances.

It goes without saying that the Urbz enclave in poor old Plymouth is The Nowhere Inn The Nowhere Inn

 

[Voley]

It goes without saying that the Urbz enclave in poor old Plymouth is The Nowhere Inn The Nowhere Inn

A boozer for old punks with a good selection of ale? I think you've just sold the place to me.

 

[jannerboyuk]

Growing up in Plymouth I've no doubt it was one of the most homophobic places you can imagine, a bit better now but at the time this personified things for me How brutal homophobic murder 20 years ago changed Plymouth for the better

 

[Voley]

Growing up in Plymouth I've no doubt it was one of the most homophobic places you can imagine, a bit better now but at the time this personified things for me How brutal homophobic murder 20 years ago changed Plymouth for the better

Fucking hell. And as recent as 1995 eh?

 

[Voley]

It goes without saying that the Urbz enclave in poor old Plymouth is The Nowhere Inn The Nowhere Inn

Just been watching the rockabilly/folk bands and stuff on that page I think that place would deffo have to be my local, thanks for that.

 

[mauvais]

Also I'm still furious about the time that we went for breakfast at Royal William Yard, and foolishly expecting at the very least a big fat sausage, I was presented with pure hipster-cum-Napoleonic-era austere naval twattery involving no choice at all but bread for dickheads and hardboiled egg. And I don't like egg. See you in hell, Plymouth.

 

[butchersapron]

I'll see your Plymouth and raise you: Bridgewater.

No such place.

The pub by the station (king James vaults or something like that) used to have an internal wimpy bar.

 

[jusali]

Racism and Homophobia in spades from what I remember too.

 

[Cribynkle]

Growing up in Plymouth I've no doubt it was one of the most homophobic places you can imagine, a bit better now but at the time this personified things for me How brutal homophobic murder 20 years ago changed Plymouth for the better

Oh god, that was 20 years ago?! I remember going past Central Park the following morning and seeing it all sealed off and the horror of what those young boys did. I've not been back for 10 years and now and then have a nostalgia for the place but then remember why I was so desperate to leave

 

[jannerboyuk]

Just been watching the rockabilly/folk bands and stuff on that page I think that place would deffo have to be my local, thanks for that.

This has been going for 20 years as well, you may like it Plymouth Punx Picnic

 

[Poot]

So funny to read about my local haunts on here I was just thinking about how I haven't been to the Nowhere for ages.

I'm not saying there aren't dickheads - there really, really are. But there are some really brilliant people here too. I made friends really quickly after moving from London and I never looked back.

mauvais if you hang out at RWY that's just what you get. Go somewhere nice next time!

 

[mauvais]

mauvais if you hang out at RWY that's just what you get. Go somewhere nice next time!

I didn't choose the place!

 

[Poot]

I didn't choose the place!

Well who did? Kirsty Allsopp? Jacob Rees-Mogg?!

 

[Sea Star]

Growing up in Plymouth I've no doubt it was one of the most homophobic places you can imagine, a bit better now but at the time this personified things for me How brutal homophobic murder 20 years ago changed Plymouth for the better

I grew up in Plymouth too. not only homophobic but probably even more transphobic! No wonder it took me till age 47 to come out!

Since then I've been back a few times to see my family and I've not had any problems but that might be because I pass well, or that Plymouth has moved on since I were a kid.

Having said that when I stayed in Plymouth last year, at Derrys Cross, after about 10pm on a Friday night I was just too scared to leave the hotel; and I haven't been too scared to go anywhere in London, even when I didn;t pass too well!

Physical disabilities? To do with it being a navy town maybe? war vets? dunno, just guessing

most likely due to the levels of poverty there. I've noticed this too. I'd be surprised if many ex military settle in Plymouth when they retire; more likely to go back to whatever part of the country their family is from.

Plymouth? Horrid. Been to Home Park a bunch of times over the years. In the 80's their fans always used to throw rocks at us and then run away. These days they just run away. Inbreds.

you mean you try to attack them? Considering my elderly Dad, my young niece and some of her friends all go to Home Park regularly, I think it makes you the inbreds.

 

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No such place.

The pub by the station (king James vaults or something like that) used to have an internal wimpy bar.

james street vaults.

they do pizza now (or at least did when i was in there last year)

 

[butchersapron]

james street vaults.

they do pizza now (or at least did when i was in there last year)

Yeah, they were still doing that week before last when i was in there. They were also noticeably tardy with their opening - 10 past 12 instead of 12. And their website says 11 as well.

 

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Yeah, they were still doing that week before last when i was in there. They were also noticeably tardy with their opening - 10 past 12 instead of 12. And their website says 11 as well.

i wouldn't know, never went in before about 4. catch the right day (or perhaps wrong depending from your POV) and it's full of the history dept staff and postgrads.