I lived in Luton for three years. And I agree it is the worst place in the UK. I was chased by two people with a knife that had been trying to attack two kids before me. Ran around a corner and bumped into a police van. And I told them I was being chased by two individuals with a knife and they where just around the corner. They didn't even care. Someone sleeping rough with diarrhoea thought it was a good idea to use the communal area carpeted stairs where my flat was to go to the toilet. That was there for weeks before it was cleaned. I also saw a man injecting heroin inside the mall while school kids where walking past and no one cared. But I was ridiculed for wearing gym outfit on my way to the gym!
As someone who lived in Luton from Birth for 34 years, I can give you some insight. Stuart Hotel was council offices until it was too dangerous to work there and was converted to hotel back in 2013. The river lea is sewage back from the airport, the local sea cadets work with river charities use and clean it. It was open, clean and accesible until the Arndale "Mall" was built which closed alot of the river access and was used for sewage. The ABC cinema (08:43) was closed due to being priced out by cineworld but when it closed cineworld jacked prices up by 300%. Kenilworth is one of our best features which says alot... the people though, they are honest and so underserved. God Bless Luton. When the council actually care about lutonians you might see some improvements but as youve seen... its more likely other towns will follow the demise of Luton before anything picks up... RIP
i have to say from a guy who was born in luton and lived there for 20 odd years before i moved in with my partner in stevenage, luton is a gross town, but people are mostly friendly. alwas a bad apple no matter where you go. also just to note, where i was living someone threatened to stab me over me putting my bin bags outside due to not having a bin. and someone got shot on my road and died as well. YIKES so glad i do not live there anymore.
2000% correct Luton was a fantastic town, great nightlife, and solid working class people. Then the local industry took to their heels industry, and then the local council served the few and neglected the many which amounted to a perfect storm.
It will get fixed when people will stop relying on some imaginary leader to come and save their arses. Once everyone realises that simple old truth - things will start changing.... in other words - it will never happen 😂
@@Sininelu True. It's a hard truth - but we're ultimately responsible for our situation. Even in ideal times, there will be boom and bust towns, but our solution is to move elsewhere rather than reviving the town. But that's easier said than done and people are too busy surviving to worry about a town's reputation.
Stop pointing your fingers to some leaders or at someone all the time.. This where your problem started.... You failed as public, as nation and on top of it you dont even control the country... Arabs and moslims do and it looks exactly like overthere... Gonna get worse as Russia, China and Iran is getting grip on power.
@@BackpackerBen I worked in Holidays Inn Hotel as Electrician for 8 months, The hotel is in wembley park I tell you it is worse than what you shown in here in the video. That hotel like as well as the one you have shown is due for renovation but they do not want to pay because renovation now is way too expansive....
This is what happens when you let those of cultural enrichment lead a town you get fucking chicken and chip shops and barbers they have let the town go to the rack and ruin! I say vote the cunts out and get people of town for the town lead the town!
That's not Luton Station, it's Leighton Buzzard which is a completely different town 15 miles from Luton and on a different train line run by a different company. Trains from Luton get you to London St Pancras International in 25 mins (Midland Mainline) or 30 mins (Thameslink) every 15 minutes all day, they don't ever go to Euston. Most regular rail travellers in Luton are wise enough to save a lot of money by getting a season ticket, eg. for commuting to London for work, or a Network Card and save a third off off-peak travel after 10am. If you're really measuring how bad a town is to live in by its train service to London though, Luton actually does a lot better than most towns especially Plymouth. Trains from Plymouth to London take around 3 and a half hours in my experience, and they never arrive on time. I had to pay over £123 last month for the cheapest Super Off Peak Return ticket from Plymouth to London. I lived in Luton for over 25 years having grown up and lived in Plymouth until 18. So I have friends and family in both areas and support both Argyle and Luton Town equally! I only moved back to Plymouth recently having elderly parents here, but given the choice would much rather live in Luton, even with all its faults. But I really liked the video, so thanks for uploading it :)
@@Cartoonman154 Well, maybe 13 more years or tory rule will "sort everything out". As I'm leaving the country, it is no longer my concern. Good luck with it all!
@@Cartoonman154 looking back at the UK being considerably different under the labour party. That’s how you can know the difference. More funding for public services and councils.
When I starting watching this episode I thought my monitor was extremely dark. I started adjusting settings and realized nothing was working. Then I came to the realization that this episode was in the UK and my monitor was perfectly fine.
@@BackpackerBenwhat people don’t seem to realise is they now have to fight for their country, their way of life. They still think we’re a first world country…
My parents tell me of the 1970s how the UK was a booming industry with plenty jobs and everyone working with beautiful colourful parks, towns and cities and Eastern Europe on the other hand was cold and grey under Soviet rule, now in 2024 Eastern Europe is getting better with nice colourful towns and it looks like the UK is cold and grey. How sad.
I am from Luton, the Town Centre is indeed very grim, but most town centers all over the UK are, and I am sure some are far more grim too. Luton doesn't pretend to be anything it's not; it's a working class industrial town/commuter town. One thing which is great about Luton is that it is surrounded by the Chiltern Hills; what an incredible luxury this is to have.
Shit society of immortality amongst the common folk, add some depravity to that then it’s amplified on a mass scale. You go to other places in the world and walking through the town or city centre should be day out, you enjoy the culture, have a coffee or whatever. Here you’re trying to avoid absolute nut jobs and it’s one big hassle when you have to go and it shouldn’t be that way.
I live quite close to Luton and there is something that just can't be conveyed in a video. It might not be the ugliest place ever, but jt just has a depressing ,unsafe atmosphere. You always feel on edge in Luton
I went to college and worked in Bedford, early - mid nineties. I live in Australia now, went back there in 2016 and 2023, couldn't believe how run down the town centre had become. My brother lives just outside the town centre and says that the interchange retail parks killed the shopping centres. Milton Keynes being just up the road doesn't help either. Although, speaking of Turd Towns.....this channel might want to hop over to MK and check out areas like Fishermead and Coffee Hall. Just be sure to wear something blade proof.@@simonebell928
£70!!! I recently booked a private room in a hostel for one night in Glasgow, and it cost me £23. My room was immaculately clean. Plus, that £70 room had single glazed windows, that's some 1970s shit.
I got bed bugs at a hotel once, about 20 years ago, and that hotel that you just showed brought back some bad memories. Always check under the mattress, and keep your stuff stored on the hard tile floor. Obviously, if you SEE any bugs, ask for a different room. Preferably far from there.
@@BackpackerBeneveryone who possibly can has left the towns to live in the countryside. We only buy houses in the towns to rent out to those who can't afford to escape them and do absolutely minimal maintenance. The councils have no money because everyone who earns enough to be taxed has fled to the countryside.
I grew up in Luton and used to work at the shop at 11:12 it used to be a stone masons back then. I had a good childhood but the town took a bad turn when I was about 15. In 2005 I was able to move my wife and kids to Ireland for a better life. Thankfully I was able to see how things were going. Clear to see I made the right choice.
My family moved from North Italy to Luton back in 2008- I was 8 years old then, but I can remember a time when Luton was not this grim and you had more options than multiple poundlands and savers. Since completing A-levels in 2016, I moved to sunny Brighton- only occasionally visiting Luton as my folks still live there, and it gets progressively worse each time I return... I never thought I'd be the one saying this, but Luton could do with some gentrification as things are getting out of hand
Luton isn't actually this grim now, but if you come here on a grey day and deliberately seek out the very worst places then it's obviously going to look awful.
The English people deserve much better than this. We are led by treacherous politicians and councillors. I would like to leave this broken country.....
The English created multiculturalism, England are responsible for created East and West Pakistan for Muslims out of Hindu land, English have done so much wrong it's unreal, anyway as of now in 2023 Londonistan will soon become an Islamic state.
I used to live in Luton and it was such an amazing place to live. Looking at this video today is a sad reality of most towns in Uk not just Luton. Luton bets a lot of stick but I will always love it and it holds a special place in my heart.❤
We've had previous recessions but the levels of deprivation in towns and cities across the UK is off the scale. I believe this is being done intentionally.
I lived in Luton for 4 years. I used to live in London. I can honestly say that that Luton is like every town, you have the horrible places and the wonderful areas. I absolutely loved staying there, I had access to local markets but lived in the new builds. I had the best of both worlds. There are also very expensive areas with amazing houses. The schools are decent as well. This is not a true representation of Luton, you only showed the dodgy sides
It is a true representation of Luton town centre... and a lot of Luton.... and even if you live in a better area ... that crap isn't far away and getting closer. Stopsley was a super location ... moved downhill very rapidly, Round Green disappearing quickly , Leagrave the same
@@stevel9914 I agree...7 years ago when I was establishing in Luton,in 2017,was an ok-ish town, there was a lot of good places and bad places as well,but was like an equilibrium.Now,everything changed in a bad way...Luton become a very expensive town because is near the airport,a lot of people from London trying to move in areas like this and of course people speculate and raised renting cost,houses prices.The english people from Luton are really polite and nice,but the town is really in a bad shape.Sorry for saying this,but this is the true.
You've got to be kidding me. Luton is infamous here in Poland as it's the place where one of our most popular Polish-British youtuber stays. He's accused of some pretty hefty charges involving sexual contacts with children and his name is Stuart - just like that hotel you've been talking about.
A lot of towns are like this unfortunately the councils just cannot manage finances at all. They spend money on vanity projects and not on stuff that actually matters like making the place look nice and fixing the roads.
I was born in Luton, grew up just outside it in Dunstable, and worked there for a couple of years, two minutes from the shopping centre. There's small pockets near Stopsley and Warden Hills which aren't too bad, but most of the town is a fucking abomination. It was always pretty rough, but I think the closure of the Vauxhall factory around 25 years ago and the influx of migrants took things to another level of shit.
Dunstable; that's the place that had me thinking (about 10 years ago) of moving to Luton, because of the cost of living in London. The reason Luton was a consideration was because I visited Dunstable with friends about 28 years ago ( I was 24 at the time) and found the people to be friendlier than what I was used to here in London, and I struck up friendships with a few who came to live in London for work reasons - they just seemed more relaxed and had community spirit that I liked. I guess things have changed significantly over the years, and the area is off of my 'wish-list' as a place to potentially settle down, because of how crazy things have gotten.
Northing to do with migrants, British people are quite capable of shitting in their own backyard. Blame decades of underinvestment in local services and cuts by the Tories, not migrants. 🙄
If i wasn't depressed before entering that hotel i would've been by the time i left. Thanks for heroically standing on the Frontlines for us and documenting your experience. You deserve the purple backpack medal for your service bravery and heroism in the face certain unpleasantries. Truly first class. Keep the good fight going sir we appreciate you🫡
Us Brits love to talk shite about our country but as a person who has lived in several countries, most of our cities are ten times more beautiful, perhaps some cities like Luton are horrific but be grateful. Even the States, where I live now has become fucking grim
I lived in Luton for a couple of years and it's one of those places with a horrid mix of people, it's like all of the alcoholics, crackheads, gangs, hooligans and criminals moved to one town. The town centre is From Dusk Til Dawn at night and you need garlic and holy water just to buy some haribo from a local shop. During the day it's not too bad though and it has some nice parks and historical buildings.
I live in a town similar but not as bad but the amount of immorality amongst these places are on such a massive scale that the society reflect those behaviours. People in places like this just don’t see right or wrong. They say ‘rules, without them we live amongst the animals’, well that’s why these places are like a jungle. Just the chav cycle, people pass down their terrible attitude and lifestyle to their kids just by being around them.
Luton was an industrial powerhouse in the past and nothing more than that, had hardly any funding going towards developing it and when all the factories closed down, the people had nothing which is what created the situation it is in now.
Its actually inconceivable that Luton is in an even worse state now than it was when I lived there back in the day. Back then at least the different groups of thugs and crews would stay in their lane, stay in their own pubs, and if you minded your own business you could mostly stay out of bother. It was really poor but at least it was relatively clean, people made the best of it, and despite being run down you could find things to do and find friends. The Arndale Centre wasnt without problems but back then it was clean, had lots of security, and it was unimaginable that someone would shoot up there.
I still live here (52) it went tits up like everywhere else ten odd years ago Before that it was a belting place to live with a vibrant nightlife It was self policed by locals no bother unless you looked for it then they all moved out and things changed Still full of old school types just the town centre changed out of sight
The stamp machine at 10:00 hit me hard. What contrast between the faded beauty of the old stamp dispenser and the complete and utter ugliness of everything else in Luton. We've lost so much...
Luton isn't completely bad, there may be a high crime rate and a lot of people sneaking in from other countries along with a underqualified hospital but it has a cheap airport along with cheap housing and the schools/colleges are very good too. I grew up in Luton and it was pretty decent, especially the LU2 area.
I cycled 2500 km throught the UK in summer visiting cities like Sunderland, Hull, Middlesbrough and Wigan. The bad roads you can see in Luton is more or less the standard quality in most english regions. Infrastructure is really run down in the UK.
@dirkmeier5115 : I've also travelled a lot & every country you mentioned there also has many run-down, shit hole areas (as do all countrys on this planet) once you start to venture off the usual tourist hot-spots.
Loved to see Timmy in the end lol, btw as someone who lived in Luton for 2.5 years i can say it's not that bad, it has a few really nice neighbourhoods and easy access to an airport/london but yeah...the town center is a bit rough
The Town Centre was rough even back in the 1970's and 1980's , even though the Council tried to tidy it up with the likes of the Arndale Centre . However , some of the newer suburbs like Stopsley are quite nice .
This is exeggerated. Luton is not that bad. You choose the worst corners of that city. And if something is true... as i thing it is... it has got its own wonderful angles ... as anything in the word. Cheers :-)
If you go to any town and stay in the worst rated hotel it's probably going to be bad. What did you expect and what does it prove? Why didn't you just stay in a better hotel?
The whole video he is just slagging off Luton, I have lived in Luton for 40 years and some of those back alleys he was filming I don’t even know how to access them. Interviewing refugees in St George’s Square who have only been in Luton for a minute, it’s funny how people who say Luton is the worst town to live in the UK have never lived or visited Luton, Up yours!! The lot of ya!
Guys just a melt, pandering to everyone's opinion that has obviously never been to Luton. He literally cherry picked the worst parts of just the town centre and left out the whole actual town lol. People like this are scum, telling lies and exaggerating for views. Happy to know you'll never be in Luton again, and if you like talking shit about places in UK maybe you should emigrate
I dunno, the people you met in Luton were quite nice, it's a bloody shame that the city has fallen into such a state. I'm also glad you're back in the U.K. for the Christmas season. I'm also quite glad that Timmy is going to join you. What he endured in Central America with Mr. Bald was quite traumatic for both men. I hope you guys go to someplace nice, instead of another depressed city like Luton. In fact, none of the RUclipsrs ever go to anywhere nice in the U.K., I know they exist because my family is there, and I love visiting.
I grew up in Luton. My mum and dad and sister all still there. What has happened to the town centre is bad, but it's not unusual. I work in regeneration and I've seen worse. Also COYH!
I dated a girl in Luton maybe around 2010-2011, it looked ok as I was passing through. Sun shine and the correct day light improves the looks of many things.
In 2008 my dad had decided he wanted to move our family out of london and he started house hunting, it came down to a house in luton that was in our budget or a house in milton keynes that was a pricier but in a much nicer area. Thank God he didn't cheap out! Milton Keynes has it's dodgey areas, sure, but I had a great school and work experience living there (don't what it's like now though as I moved to Denmark in 2016. another epic decision on my part this time. So clean and safe here. Sad to see how England is getting so much worse than ever)
The Vauxhall Factory that closed years ago had a huge Negative Impact on Luton, you could offer me a 3 bedroom house, Mortgage/Rent free in Luton and I still wouldn’t live there. Awful town.
Nice video, I never would have thought such a town would be like this. I'll thought other towns would be bad and they were further north but this. Wow, just wow, it is pretty bad!
He picked very selective locations - he could have just as easily made the town appear amazing by picking others. Neither would have been a true picture.
I lived in America for more than 2 decades. The biggest differences since returning & visiting big cities are diversity (foreign language), general dirt & rubbish in the streets, closed shops in high streets etc. We remembered that British people were not good at customer service. Living in Dallas, Texas (mostly) might have increased my expectations but it’s definitely worse than I remembered! Buying a house & applying for permits to make alterations & build was a truly shocking experience! Everything costs a lot of money but nothing is done with even basic competence AND no one holds any responsibility for the work they’ve done! By comparison, in Texas you hire experts to take the responsibility from you.
my dad and grandparents were born in the UK, thank god they left so i didnt have to be born there. also glad i dont have to live in some wasteland like LA, SF, portland, seattle, chiraq or NY
I am shocked to see how similar all these cities are getting across the globe, grey, dirty, soulless places. it's like people are just done being responsible for all this technological wealth. And just live in it, surviving in it like rats. That guy went to work there. I could not bring myself to smile aha. Strong!
So agree mate..I travel all over Europe for work.. ratholes, dumpsters all over the place..only country side village give a semblance of decent civilization nowadays
Cities have always been dirty, grey places. We like to imagine they were all charming, cobblestoned places with gas lamps and impeccably dressed people in top hats. But for centuries the streets of cities were full of raw sewage, horse shit, rats in every corner, and filthy street urchin children who were desperate for a crust of bread. Cities today are not great and they never will be, but 2024 Luton is comparatively better than 1890s Luton and that's a fact.
@@cosmojairzinho14 Ye it's more barbaric than tribal people before rome. There is no point to living like this at all. People are just rotting away along with the stuff they build, really hoping to be saved by something allmighty that will just fix the error.
@@posysdogovych2065 Not sure mate. some of those old buildings, the tile work, even drainage pipes looked awesome. And people had some nifty stuff back than too. Some stuff people would claim to be modern invention. Nikola Tesla was already so long ago. And when you see some of those first old photos and cinema reels restored here on YT, they do seem all to be in top hats and well dressed... Nowadays its just walking zombies oozing drugs and media influencers. People do some insane shit today our ancestors never did, all because of computers and internet. Can't imagine 50 years ago, a bunch of teens in a super market doing some insane moves in front of their friend with a camera whilst staring everyone down that interupts them. Girls fake dancing at a rave for views on tiktok or myfans. Girls and men going to dubai for 30k dollars to do some crazy stuff you wouldn't think about in your worst nightmares. There are just about 8 billion people on earth. its like were going insane with to much and to good. Drugs are too good, foods are too good, television series and cinema's are to good. games are too good and yet every complains Maybe i am getting older, in that case fuck...xD
I lived in Luton for 8 years I never had a problem , it’s safe and there are great people around. Now if you go to any city in the world you would find something negative about it and Luton is the same it has some not good parts but in general it’s a great place to live .
@@piotrpalka5636 Yes it’s safe and majority of people who live in Luton are Great People . Coming from someone who lived a long time in Luton . I never felt for my safety in Luton , I walked around it day and night , these videos do not reflect the reality .
@@adrianghervan Don't be ridiculous. I usually fly from Luton Airport and go through Luton to the airport. I know some people who live in Luton and they are afraid to go out on the street. Several people have already been killed near their block, 200 meters from the primary school. Once, when I was flying from Krakow, I had photos of what the road through Krakow to the Airport looked like and what the road from the Airport through Luton looked like. Man, you've probably never been to a nice, clean and safe city. For several kilometers I saw garbage lying everywhere, just everywhere. it was 25 degrees in the summer and various people were walking around in hoodies with their hands in their pockets, so you didn't know if they had a knife or what and it was scary to go there. Most fast food outlets have broken windows. The problem of this country and cities is that the Police and State Services allow people to do too much.
One other thing to note - if you look through the comments, there are very few from people currently living in Luton. If you currently live in Luton, especially around the areas he covers in the video, there is a good chance English is very much a second language (if you have it at all). You wouldn't leave a comment
I don't know why I like these "worst place" videos but they are fascinating. It's clear the government chooses where to spend the money and it isn't in Luton.
I worked moving an entire office out every night for a week about 4 years ago in the town centre my god is was winter and so bleak ,the cold wind blew down the street and it stank I was so happy when we finally left that place
Hope Luton stay up.I like small clubs. They have been in the top tier many years ago for about 10 years. They had a very unfair 30 point deduction in 2008 and mouldered in the National League for five years before climbing right up to the Premier League.. So I really hope they stay up. Luton is not my football club but I wish them well.
Many times I have visited places where the locals insist the place is "unfriendly" whilst being very friendly themselves and then everybody else you meet are also quite friendly....Funny that
Reminds me of Croydon. numerous places in the UK are just as grim. At least Luton has an airport to get out to the Med. I've left the UK altogether tbh.
Do the politicians watch videos like this and they want to fill our country up with illegal immigrants WTF ! There's huge unrest and troubles coming big time in the uk. What with WOKE , ISLAM, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS , NHS failures , TRANS shit , COVID threats DENTISTS lack of ,DRUGS , LEFTY SOCIALISTS, LIBERAL shit , it ain't looking good isit ? Our lack of armed forces , no soldiers to defend our once beautiful nation -- we re ripe to be invaded aren't we ? 😢🤔😳
It’s starting to look like this all over now. Every day I have to walk around my apartment complex picking up the rubbish people throw out of their windows. We have little children running around playing and the people above me think nothing of throwing used razor blades out of their window.
@@BackpackerBen Can't wait to watch it all unfold mate! The grit, the grime and the debauchery! Cheers from the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. 🍻 👍 Stay safe.
Yep. The town centre is grim. Shame on luton council. We do have some nice areas, away from the town centre and lovely parks too. Which train station did you travel from to euston? It wasn't in luton that's for sure. You can't catch a train from luton to euston 😊
Wow that hotel room was pretty rank.... That wet tissue on the window ohhhh that would make me want to puke, disgusting, gross. So good to see you and Timmy together as well - Love your content, keep it coming please! Oh and Merry Christmas to you guys!!!! P.S - Hope Timmy is feeling better after his surgery etc. Peace! XX
I spent some wonderful time with my family in Luton between 2005 and 2008. It also received the title of the worst place to live but we enjoyed it nevertheless. Went back there for a bit in 2016 and still feel an attachment with the town. Even worked part time as an IT assistant in the central library in 2008. Hope the town will become better. Love from Kuala Lumpur.
Brilliant video! I moved to Luton years ago when I needed to commute into London and couldn’t afford anywhere else. It was grim then. It looks even worse now!
That first list said Clapham 6, Hackeny 12, and Brixton 16, all those are in London then it said London 17th Croydon is also in London. So this list is not objective.
In the 1970's, Luton was the industrial engine of the South East of England with a booming town centre & jobs attracting people from all over the UK. Successive Labour councils have presided over the decline of a once prosperous town.
@@bomb-de-dyl SKF, Electrolux, Kent Meters, Bedford Trucks, Chrysler, Pre Star Engineering, Laporte Chemicals & AC Delco. Vauxhall alone employed 26,000 at its peak. It was serviced by many small specialist engineering companies on every industrial estate in the town. The airport was, & still is owned by the council.
I always think these videos are dangerous and can only do the people that live there harm, i for one would never judge anywhere on a 15 minute video. There is good and bad in all our towns and cities.
I've not been but I've heard Edinburgh has two sides, there's the beautiful architecture and history side and the run down council estates and poverty underbelly
Used to live about 20 min far from Luton, few years ago, been in Luton many times especially for the casino and just chilling around .it was kind of bad but what u showed does look even worst. Love the UK and it is a shame to see it like that. What shocks the most in the country is the difference in about 10 min drive between a deprived town and a peferctly normal one, never understood that. Nice documentaries anyway
I was in Luton from about 97 to 99 and yeah it was not a pretty town, but Jesus Christ the difference in 25 years is incredible it was nowhere as bad as this when I was there !
It reminds me a bit of my home town in the supposedly affluent south-east. Down at heel, grey for 9 months of the year, asylum seeker hotels, tatty closed shops, town centre needing a lot of tlc, potholes everywhere. High point for the UK seems to have been about 20 years ago, we've just been stagnating ever since. My county council of Hampshire is on the verge of bankruptcy and is cutting back on so many services. How did it come to this?
That hotel was truly grim, but you didn't visit any of the nice places in Luton, and there are quite a few - Wardown Park? Stockwood Park? Old Bedford Road and others. You basically just hung around the worst bits of the town centre and back alleys.
I’ve lived in the uk pretty much my whole life, since 2002. The recent decline in quality of living is actually concerning. We have no reason to be as shit as we are, we’re located so well in England and are so well connected with a train station that is 20 mins away from London, a international airport and the m2 that takes you to London in minutes. And when you travel literally minutes south to St Albans and harpenden it’s a whole mother universe, really sad. I wonder why luton is like this.
The most interesting part of Luton is the entrance to the stadium at 12:59. That's cool! The entrance cuts through a house with what appears to be someone living upstairs.
Luton is great ... for the airport away to anywhere else! I stayed in a hotel very close to the railway station last August, £88.29 double room, very nice, clean & comfortable, also stayed near the airport in a different hotel two nights in November, £65 & £69 .. also very nice, clean & comfortable, clearly you overpaid!!! My railfare from London St Pancras last August was cheaper too as I booked an advance ticket and used a railcard £3.85!!!
That is really odd how you made out you were leaving Luton to go to London via the train station, when it was actually from a completely different town on a different train line. Why didn't you leave to go to London via Luton station, or at least explain why you didn't?
Luton isn't unique, there are lots of towns like that in England. Long standing traditional industries die and with nothing to replace them the area goes into decline. Luton had a huge car factory employing 30,000 or more, plus the companies supplying them with materials like sheet metal, glass, plastic, upholstery materials, jobs for everyone. Look at Blackburn Lancashire, Mansfield Notts and Stoke on Trent. I don't know why Luton gets special attention.
I'm Australian and visited family in the UK (including Luton) just before Covid and was shocked at how filthy the place was. It's honesty something you'd expect in a third world nation not the UK. Brits also litter a lot more compared to Aussies, you should be proud of the country you live in enough to keep the place looking decent!!
Luton is pretty much how every town in the UK will look in 20 years.
Infested.
try perhaps remove the zero, please.
Cultural enrichment?
@garyb2507 because poverty and despair can't be found in other towns. You probably haven't travelled much around the UK.
its already well in progress, im with hippo here, 1-2 years this will be the norm
I lived in Luton for three years. And I agree it is the worst place in the UK. I was chased by two people with a knife that had been trying to attack two kids before me. Ran around a corner and bumped into a police van. And I told them I was being chased by two individuals with a knife and they where just around the corner. They didn't even care. Someone sleeping rough with diarrhoea thought it was a good idea to use the communal area carpeted stairs where my flat was to go to the toilet. That was there for weeks before it was cleaned. I also saw a man injecting heroin inside the mall while school kids where walking past and no one cared. But I was ridiculed for wearing gym outfit on my way to the gym!
You poor phuqua
At least they have standards regarding attire.
hello so how do you get out?
Luton Airport. 😆
@@bennettstephenson9090 Lorain Chase, luton airport.
As someone who lived in Luton from Birth for 34 years, I can give you some insight. Stuart Hotel was council offices until it was too dangerous to work there and was converted to hotel back in 2013. The river lea is sewage back from the airport, the local sea cadets work with river charities use and clean it. It was open, clean and accesible until the Arndale "Mall" was built which closed alot of the river access and was used for sewage. The ABC cinema (08:43) was closed due to being priced out by cineworld but when it closed cineworld jacked prices up by 300%. Kenilworth is one of our best features which says alot... the people though, they are honest and so underserved. God Bless Luton. When the council actually care about lutonians you might see some improvements but as youve seen... its more likely other towns will follow the demise of Luton before anything picks up... RIP
i have to say from a guy who was born in luton and lived there for 20 odd years before i moved in with my partner in stevenage, luton is a gross town, but people are mostly friendly. alwas a bad apple no matter where you go. also just to note, where i was living someone threatened to stab me over me putting my bin bags outside due to not having a bin. and someone got shot on my road and died as well. YIKES so glad i do not live there anymore.
Most of us here are not bad, but trapped. Plenty of good people sadly it's not a good place
God bless??? Maybe when you were a kid but only one of those fictional people who blesses Luton now is Allah.
We had a canon cinema in Doncaster (formerly ABC) that closed in 1992.
I think that building is still empty 32 year's later.😂
2000% correct
Luton was a fantastic town, great nightlife, and solid working class people. Then the local industry took to their heels industry, and then the local council served the few and neglected the many which amounted to a perfect storm.
I've been watching videos of horrible towns in the US and UK - how are we going to fix all this? Our leaders have failed us.
It will get fixed when people will stop relying on some imaginary leader to come and save their arses. Once everyone realises that simple old truth - things will start changing.... in other words - it will never happen 😂
@@Sininelu True. It's a hard truth - but we're ultimately responsible for our situation. Even in ideal times, there will be boom and bust towns, but our solution is to move elsewhere rather than reviving the town. But that's easier said than done and people are too busy surviving to worry about a town's reputation.
Stop pointing your fingers to some leaders or at someone all the time.. This where your problem started.... You failed as public, as nation and on top of it you dont even control the country... Arabs and moslims do and it looks exactly like overthere... Gonna get worse as Russia, China and Iran is getting grip on power.
Unless. You have kids growing up there, why d'yoi care about the reputation
Why do people need to be told to do what's right?
It's great to see you documenting the beautiful side of Britain Ben, and not just the rough parts.
Glad you enjoyed it! Lovely
@@BackpackerBen I worked in Holidays Inn Hotel as Electrician for 8 months, The hotel is in wembley park I tell you it is worse than what you shown in here in the video. That hotel like as well as the one you have shown is due for renovation but they do not want to pay because renovation now is way too expansive....
This is what happens when you let those of cultural enrichment lead a town you get fucking chicken and chip shops and barbers they have let the town go to the rack and ruin! I say vote the cunts out and get people of town for the town lead the town!
You have not been in s spike.
I thought It was always Strawberries and Cream in the South?
That's not Luton Station, it's Leighton Buzzard which is a completely different town 15 miles from Luton and on a different train line run by a different company. Trains from Luton get you to London St Pancras International in 25 mins (Midland Mainline) or 30 mins (Thameslink) every 15 minutes all day, they don't ever go to Euston. Most regular rail travellers in Luton are wise enough to save a lot of money by getting a season ticket, eg. for commuting to London for work, or a Network Card and save a third off off-peak travel after 10am. If you're really measuring how bad a town is to live in by its train service to London though, Luton actually does a lot better than most towns especially Plymouth. Trains from Plymouth to London take around 3 and a half hours in my experience, and they never arrive on time. I had to pay over £123 last month for the cheapest Super Off Peak Return ticket from Plymouth to London.
I lived in Luton for over 25 years having grown up and lived in Plymouth until 18. So I have friends and family in both areas and support both Argyle and Luton Town equally! I only moved back to Plymouth recently having elderly parents here, but given the choice would much rather live in Luton, even with all its faults. But I really liked the video, so thanks for uploading it :)
Sadly most of Britain is going rotten and most of us know why but unfortunately no one can do anything about it
Well, stopping reading the Daily Fail and not voting tory will definitely improve things.
@@lalalalalala8147What makes you think the solution is with the other current parties?
@@Cartoonman154 Well, maybe 13 more years or tory rule will "sort everything out". As I'm leaving the country, it is no longer my concern. Good luck with it all!
Oh, where are you leaving to? 😊@@lalalalalala8147
@@Cartoonman154 looking back at the UK being considerably different under the labour party. That’s how you can know the difference. More funding for public services and councils.
When I starting watching this episode I thought my monitor was extremely dark. I started adjusting settings and realized nothing was working. Then I came to the realization that this episode was in the UK and my monitor was perfectly fine.
Welcome to gloomy UK 🇬🇧
@@BackpackerBen the winter settings are brutal here, other times are quite alright and nice
@@BackpackerBenwhat people don’t seem to realise is they now have to fight for their country, their way of life. They still think we’re a first world country…
My parents tell me of the 1970s how the UK was a booming industry with plenty jobs and everyone working with beautiful colourful parks, towns and cities and Eastern Europe on the other hand was cold and grey under Soviet rule, now in 2024 Eastern Europe is getting better with nice colourful towns and it looks like the UK is cold and grey. How sad.
@@ChrisPipinghot yeah we’re heading towards the socialist system lol
I am from Luton, the Town Centre is indeed very grim, but most town centers all over the UK are, and I am sure some are far more grim too. Luton doesn't pretend to be anything it's not; it's a working class industrial town/commuter town. One thing which is great about Luton is that it is surrounded by the Chiltern Hills; what an incredible luxury this is to have.
Hope you manage to escape soon mate.
@@ATY676 :( I cannot afford to. Stuck between a rock and a hard place!
Shit society of immortality amongst the common folk, add some depravity to that then it’s amplified on a mass scale. You go to other places in the world and walking through the town or city centre should be day out, you enjoy the culture, have a coffee or whatever. Here you’re trying to avoid absolute nut jobs and it’s one big hassle when you have to go and it shouldn’t be that way.
The uk civilization has basically collapsed. Meanwhile China is living in 2040@@mast3rchief536
I live quite close to Luton and there is something that just can't be conveyed in a video. It might not be the ugliest place ever, but jt just has a depressing ,unsafe atmosphere. You always feel on edge in Luton
And Bedford, it’s Luton 2.0
@@simonebell928 Hatfield isn't great either 😅
I went to college and worked in Bedford, early - mid nineties. I live in Australia now, went back there in 2016 and 2023, couldn't believe how run down the town centre had become. My brother lives just outside the town centre and says that the interchange retail parks killed the shopping centres. Milton Keynes being just up the road doesn't help either.
Although, speaking of Turd Towns.....this channel might want to hop over to MK and check out areas like Fishermead and Coffee Hall. Just be sure to wear something blade proof.@@simonebell928
I got the same feeling in Wisbech. A Georgian market town that's gone to pot.
Because it’s full of scummy Eastern European degenerates
£70!!! I recently booked a private room in a hostel for one night in Glasgow, and it cost me £23. My room was immaculately clean. Plus, that £70 room had single glazed windows, that's some 1970s shit.
That’s twice the price of the local Ibis/Travel Lodge/Premier Inn franchises according to Google Maps.
@rabgoldie3772 Google a bit to check the real estate prices in Luton. You'll see it's not at all cheap.
Hiya, where was that? I am in Oz but will be in UK soon and wish to see Glasgow......thanks......
That hotel is generally used for temporary accommodation for undesirables from what I understand so I doubt they give much thought to the cleaning.
I got bed bugs at a hotel once, about 20 years ago, and that hotel that you just showed brought back some bad memories. Always check under the mattress, and keep your stuff stored on the hard tile floor. Obviously, if you SEE any bugs, ask for a different room. Preferably far from there.
“Smells like orange juice from 15 years ago, blended with piss” killed me off that Ben 😂
British humour at its best
I've been to the UK a few times over the last years, and was really shocked with how dirty it is everywhere, almost as if people just gave up...
Crazy mate in so many places
@@BackpackerBeneveryone who possibly can has left the towns to live in the countryside.
We only buy houses in the towns to rent out to those who can't afford to escape them and do absolutely minimal maintenance. The councils have no money because everyone who earns enough to be taxed has fled to the countryside.
Outside of london are most UK cities dirty? Have they gotten worse post pandemic? Haven’t been to the UK in over a decade.
Thats tory little britain 2023@@avancalledrupert5130
Was always that way
I grew up in Luton and used to work at the shop at 11:12 it used to be a stone masons back then. I had a good childhood but the town took a bad turn when I was about 15. In 2005 I was able to move my wife and kids to Ireland for a better life. Thankfully I was able to see how things were going. Clear to see I made the right choice.
Ireland is on the same road atm. Need to stop the boats before it goes too far.
I totally agree with this comment
@BruceWayne-sz3thok karen go fix you’re teeth
Tony Blair's job
I feel sorry for you
My family moved from North Italy to Luton back in 2008- I was 8 years old then, but I can remember a time when Luton was not this grim and you had more options than multiple poundlands and savers. Since completing A-levels in 2016, I moved to sunny Brighton- only occasionally visiting Luton as my folks still live there, and it gets progressively worse each time I return... I never thought I'd be the one saying this, but Luton could do with some gentrification as things are getting out of hand
Wherever they go they turn a place like their thirld world country....luton is like this thank to mass migration...from africa and middle east
When was that 1850
I am from Luton too and now in sunny Brighton.
@@lorenzosammarco1056 this.
Luton isn't actually this grim now, but if you come here on a grey day and deliberately seek out the very worst places then it's obviously going to look awful.
The English people deserve much better than this. We are led by treacherous politicians and councillors. I would like to leave this broken country.....
Then get ur ass,s up and graft no good holding a beer in ur hands and a roll up on thi other hand and crying
You vote for them ha
@@namename1yes and they always do the opposite they say when in power it’s all bs politics
@stephenelkins9568
Do I know you ?
The English created multiculturalism, England are responsible for created East and West Pakistan for Muslims out of Hindu land, English have done so much wrong it's unreal, anyway as of now in 2023 Londonistan will soon become an Islamic state.
In fairness Ben "a pile of vomit next to a vodka bottle" is the official Luton Coat of Arms
Love that one willsmith39. Peace and goodwill.
LMAOOO 😅
Andrew tates hometown
Hahahaha
I used to live in Luton and it was such an amazing place to live. Looking at this video today is a sad reality of most towns in Uk not just Luton. Luton bets a lot of stick but I will always love it and it holds a special place in my heart.❤
He's just making this video for clicks
He went down and alleyway to say how bad things are.
He's a prick.
Don't push on the like button.
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@@gangsom also he's from Plymouth, another beautiful place 😍
We've had previous recessions but the levels of deprivation in towns and cities across the UK is off the scale. I believe this is being done intentionally.
What’s the intention ?
For Islam to take over.
Correct
this is what happens when cultural progressivism takes over, this is blatantly obvious in US cities
Doesn't matter, you realize it much too late. And you will do absolutely nothing about it. Nothing!
I lived in Luton for a couple of years, from 1999-2001. I still haven’t got over the experience.
Lol. What happened?
Ouch😮
1999-2001??? Ha! It's about a hundred times worse now compared to back then
I lived in Luton for 4 years. I used to live in London. I can honestly say that that Luton is like every town, you have the horrible places and the wonderful areas. I absolutely loved staying there, I had access to local markets but lived in the new builds. I had the best of both worlds. There are also very expensive areas with amazing houses. The schools are decent as well. This is not a true representation of Luton, you only showed the dodgy sides
It is a true representation of Luton town centre... and a lot of Luton.... and even if you live in a better area ... that crap isn't far away and getting closer. Stopsley was a super location ... moved downhill very rapidly, Round Green disappearing quickly , Leagrave the same
You’re on drugs
@@stevel9914 I agree...7 years ago when I was establishing in Luton,in 2017,was an ok-ish town, there was a lot of good places and bad places as well,but was like an equilibrium.Now,everything changed in a bad way...Luton become a very expensive town because is near the airport,a lot of people from London trying to move in areas like this and of course people speculate and raised renting cost,houses prices.The english people from Luton are really polite and nice,but the town is really in a bad shape.Sorry for saying this,but this is the true.
It absolutely is…
You've got to be kidding me. Luton is infamous here in Poland as it's the place where one of our most popular Polish-British youtuber stays. He's accused of some pretty hefty charges involving sexual contacts with children and his name is Stuart - just like that hotel you've been talking about.
hahahahahahahaha - kurwaaa your profile pic makes it even funnier
Pluj dalej do swojego gniazda ty głupi psi wytrysku... A na chuk im to wiedzieć ? Pozytywnego nic nie napiszesz..
@@SIMONREMISH Think you're thinking of your fake prophet muhammad lad
England is just shameful now. I really hate it here.
Gotta vote Reform
Same here. I feel that Brexit only made this country worse than it was.
@@DigUrOwnHole Brexit ? get over it mate, i was in Luton in 1990, horrible place back then
Reform is controlled opposition. It is a wasted vote. Vote Britain First.
@@smc2069 lol that u think voting will fix this
A lot of towns are like this unfortunately the councils just cannot manage finances at all. They spend money on vanity projects and not on stuff that actually matters like making the place look nice and fixing the roads.
Sounds like my country but not bad like this
I mean tbf making things look nice is literally vanity
I was born in Luton, grew up just outside it in Dunstable, and worked there for a couple of years, two minutes from the shopping centre. There's small pockets near Stopsley and Warden Hills which aren't too bad, but most of the town is a fucking abomination. It was always pretty rough, but I think the closure of the Vauxhall factory around 25 years ago and the influx of migrants took things to another level of shit.
Dunstable people don’t know the crack with Luton whatsoever
They’d shit themselves and stay in Dunstable like big babies
Dunstable; that's the place that had me thinking (about 10 years ago) of moving to Luton, because of the cost of living in London. The reason Luton was a consideration was because I visited Dunstable with friends about 28 years ago ( I was 24 at the time) and found the people to be friendlier than what I was used to here in London, and I struck up friendships with a few who came to live in London for work reasons - they just seemed more relaxed and had community spirit that I liked. I guess things have changed significantly over the years, and the area is off of my 'wish-list' as a place to potentially settle down, because of how crazy things have gotten.
Northing to do with migrants, British people are quite capable of shitting in their own backyard. Blame decades of underinvestment in local services and cuts by the Tories, not migrants. 🙄
Charging 70 pounds for that should be a crime
Exactly
Even my mother got charged for 100 pounds by dropping a vag. She couldn’t find a single bin in the area…
You didn't travel from Luton, did you? You got the bus to Leighton Buzzard, and then got the train to Euston.
Great to see Timmy back in good health. Looking forward to the next video!!
Mad man! He loves it
If i wasn't depressed before entering that hotel i would've been by the time i left. Thanks for heroically standing on the Frontlines for us and documenting your experience. You deserve the purple backpack medal for your service bravery and heroism in the face certain unpleasantries. Truly first class. Keep the good fight going sir we appreciate you🫡
Loooooool
Hahah
They give you anti-depressants along with your room key.
Us Brits love to talk shite about our country but as a person who has lived in several countries, most of our cities are ten times more beautiful, perhaps some cities like Luton are horrific but be grateful. Even the States, where I live now has become fucking grim
I lived in Luton for a couple of years and it's one of those places with a horrid mix of people, it's like all of the alcoholics, crackheads, gangs, hooligans and criminals moved to one town. The town centre is From Dusk Til Dawn at night and you need garlic and holy water just to buy some haribo from a local shop. During the day it's not too bad though and it has some nice parks and historical buildings.
Amazing to think this place is only 15 minutes from Harpenden/St Albans. Some of the most affluent towns in Britain!
And hitchin lol
St Albans city is for the rich
Hideous wealth gap growing daily
10-minute drive to Harpenden and it’s like a different world. Insane
5 mins outskirts of luton are lovely
There is nothing at all wrong with the town, it's the people who live there.
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I live in a town similar but not as bad but the amount of immorality amongst these places are on such a massive scale that the society reflect those behaviours. People in places like this just don’t see right or wrong. They say ‘rules, without them we live amongst the animals’, well that’s why these places are like a jungle. Just the chav cycle, people pass down their terrible attitude and lifestyle to their kids just by being around them.
Luton was an industrial powerhouse in the past and nothing more than that, had hardly any funding going towards developing it and when all the factories closed down, the people had nothing which is what created the situation it is in now.
@@CeoShabba Luton is a home away from home for most of it's inhabitants.
I was born in Luton
Its actually inconceivable that Luton is in an even worse state now than it was when I lived there back in the day.
Back then at least the different groups of thugs and crews would stay in their lane, stay in their own pubs, and if you minded your own business you could mostly stay out of bother.
It was really poor but at least it was relatively clean, people made the best of it, and despite being run down you could find things to do and find friends.
The Arndale Centre wasnt without problems but back then it was clean, had lots of security, and it was unimaginable that someone would shoot up there.
When did you live there ?
@@adriang2053 A very very long time ago mate.
I still live here (52) it went tits up like everywhere else ten odd years ago
Before that it was a belting place to live with a vibrant nightlife
It was self policed by locals no bother unless you looked for it then they all moved out and things changed
Still full of old school types just the town centre changed out of sight
The stamp machine at 10:00 hit me hard.
What contrast between the faded beauty of the old stamp dispenser and the complete and utter ugliness of everything else in Luton.
We've lost so much...
Exactly my thought
@@BackpackerBenta mate. loving the UK vids. merry Christmas
And you mate!
Luton isn't completely bad, there may be a high crime rate and a lot of people sneaking in from other countries along with a underqualified hospital but it has a cheap airport along with cheap housing and the schools/colleges are very good too. I grew up in Luton and it was pretty decent, especially the LU2 area.
Why do you say underqualified hospital? Statistically, care at the L&D is above average.
I cycled 2500 km throught the UK in summer visiting cities like Sunderland, Hull, Middlesbrough and Wigan. The bad roads you can see in Luton is more or less the standard quality in most english regions. Infrastructure is really run down in the UK.
Infastructure compared to where ?
@@anthonydowling3356It doesn't have to compare to anywhere. It's just shit, especially for the amount of taxes we pay.
Part of the complete destruction, bankrupting and dismantling of the west. In 100 years there wont be any British in Britain anyway.
@@anthonydowling3356 Compared to Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Chech Republic, Poland, Norway, Finland, Spain, ....
@dirkmeier5115 : I've also travelled a lot & every country you mentioned there also has many run-down, shit hole areas (as do all countrys on this planet) once you start to venture off the usual tourist hot-spots.
Loved to see Timmy in the end lol, btw as someone who lived in Luton for 2.5 years i can say it's not that bad, it has a few really nice neighbourhoods and easy access to an airport/london but yeah...the town center is a bit rough
Yea mate many saying this
@@BackpackerBen Also Luton FC was in the top flight during the 80's with that horrendous plastic pitch.
The Town Centre was rough even back in the 1970's and 1980's , even though the Council tried to tidy it up with the likes of the Arndale Centre . However , some of the newer suburbs like Stopsley are quite nice .
This is exeggerated. Luton is not that bad. You choose the worst corners of that city. And if something is true... as i thing it is... it has got its own wonderful angles ... as anything in the word. Cheers :-)
It's mostly just the centre from my experience, the residential areas surrounding are pretty much normal neighbourhoods like anywhere else in England
Been here all my lire and I can say luton is a complete shithole
This bloke has no idea lazy journalism
If you go to any town and stay in the worst rated hotel it's probably going to be bad. What did you expect and what does it prove? Why didn't you just stay in a better hotel?
Exactly! Staying in the worst rated hotel only creates an even worse image of the city. When in reality every city has bad hotels.
The whole video he is just slagging off Luton, I have lived in Luton for 40 years and some of those back alleys he was filming I don’t even know how to access them. Interviewing refugees in St George’s Square who have only been in Luton for a minute, it’s funny how people who say Luton is the worst town to live in the UK have never lived or visited Luton, Up yours!! The lot of ya!
Guys just a melt, pandering to everyone's opinion that has obviously never been to Luton. He literally cherry picked the worst parts of just the town centre and left out the whole actual town lol. People like this are scum, telling lies and exaggerating for views. Happy to know you'll never be in Luton again, and if you like talking shit about places in UK maybe you should emigrate
I dunno, the people you met in Luton were quite nice, it's a bloody shame that the city has fallen into such a state. I'm also glad you're back in the U.K. for the Christmas season. I'm also quite glad that Timmy is going to join you. What he endured in Central America with Mr. Bald was quite traumatic for both men. I hope you guys go to someplace nice, instead of another depressed city like Luton. In fact, none of the RUclipsrs ever go to anywhere nice in the U.K., I know they exist because my family is there, and I love visiting.
Max Fosh put a welcome to Luton sign near Gatwick airport in one of his videos. People about to land were horrified!
Where’s the nice places at 👀
Check out Ilkley West Yorkshire you can get the train from Bradford 😂😂@@BackpackerBen
I grew up in Luton. My mum and dad and sister all still there. What has happened to the town centre is bad, but it's not unusual. I work in regeneration and I've seen worse.
Also COYH!
@@BackpackerBen Plymouth? Dunno, your home town, Ben.
I dated a girl in Luton maybe around 2010-2011, it looked ok as I was passing through. Sun shine and the correct day light improves the looks of many things.
Hotel is shocking, you enter your room and you see someone’s backpack on your bed and water bottle, bed is un done too, truly shocking.
Camera doesn’t do it justice how grim it was. Should of phoned in
@@BackpackerBen Should have.
Haha
@@Vertical-sandwichesnice
That was Ben's backpack and water bottle. Been said he slept in the bed already. With his clothes on
I've spent about 4 months working in Luton back in 2016, and I'm "glad" to see that almost nothing has changed in the 8 years since 😂😢😞
In 2008 my dad had decided he wanted to move our family out of london and he started house hunting, it came down to a house in luton that was in our budget or a house in milton keynes that was a pricier but in a much nicer area. Thank God he didn't cheap out! Milton Keynes has it's dodgey areas, sure, but I had a great school and work experience living there (don't what it's like now though as I moved to Denmark in 2016. another epic decision on my part this time. So clean and safe here. Sad to see how England is getting so much worse than ever)
The Vauxhall Factory that closed years ago had a huge Negative Impact on Luton, you could offer me a 3 bedroom house, Mortgage/Rent free in Luton and I still wouldn’t live there. Awful town.
Looks like the UK has seen better days as a country based on your videos....
Absolutely
Nice video, I never would have thought such a town would be like this. I'll thought other towns would be bad and they were further north but this. Wow, just wow, it is pretty bad!
He picked very selective locations - he could have just as easily made the town appear amazing by picking others. Neither would have been a true picture.
I lived in America for more than 2 decades. The biggest differences since returning & visiting big cities are diversity (foreign language), general dirt & rubbish in the streets, closed shops in high streets etc.
We remembered that British people were not good at customer service. Living in Dallas, Texas (mostly) might have increased my expectations but it’s definitely worse than I remembered!
Buying a house & applying for permits to make alterations & build was a truly shocking experience! Everything costs a lot of money but nothing is done with even basic competence AND no one holds any responsibility for the work they’ve done! By comparison, in Texas you hire experts to take the responsibility from you.
my dad and grandparents were born in the UK, thank god they left so i didnt have to be born there. also glad i dont have to live in some wasteland like LA, SF, portland, seattle, chiraq or NY
@@RootigaAll of you doom and gloom fucks are hilarious, nothing is as bad as your metal state lol
You need to go to Rotherham,Grimsby, Stockton On Tees,Nelson,Oldham,Blackburn and Rochdale, they are even bigger dumps than Luton.
Price of public transportation in Britain is absolutely ridiculous.
Poor Kat missed out on another quality establishment, you’ll have to pencil this one in for the honeymoon
Booked in next weekend in hotel Stuart
@@BackpackerBen 😂
I am shocked to see how similar all these cities are getting across the globe, grey, dirty, soulless places. it's like people are just done being responsible for all this technological wealth. And just live in it, surviving in it like rats. That guy went to work there. I could not bring myself to smile aha. Strong!
So agree mate..I travel all over Europe for work.. ratholes, dumpsters all over the place..only country side village give a semblance of decent civilization nowadays
Cities have always been dirty, grey places. We like to imagine they were all charming, cobblestoned places with gas lamps and impeccably dressed people in top hats. But for centuries the streets of cities were full of raw sewage, horse shit, rats in every corner, and filthy street urchin children who were desperate for a crust of bread. Cities today are not great and they never will be, but 2024 Luton is comparatively better than 1890s Luton and that's a fact.
@@cosmojairzinho14 Ye it's more barbaric than tribal people before rome. There is no point to living like this at all. People are just rotting away along with the stuff they build, really hoping to be saved by something allmighty that will just fix the error.
@@posysdogovych2065 Not sure mate. some of those old buildings, the tile work, even drainage pipes looked awesome. And people had some nifty stuff back than too.
Some stuff people would claim to be modern invention. Nikola Tesla was already so long ago. And when you see some of those first old photos and cinema reels restored here on YT, they do seem all to be in top hats and well dressed... Nowadays its just walking zombies oozing drugs and media influencers. People do some insane shit today our ancestors never did, all because of computers and internet.
Can't imagine 50 years ago, a bunch of teens in a super market doing some insane moves in front of their friend with a camera whilst staring everyone down that interupts them.
Girls fake dancing at a rave for views on tiktok or myfans.
Girls and men going to dubai for 30k dollars to do some crazy stuff you wouldn't think about in your worst nightmares.
There are just about 8 billion people on earth. its like were going insane with to much and to good.
Drugs are too good, foods are too good, television series and cinema's are to good. games are too good and yet every complains Maybe i am getting older, in that case fuck...xD
I lived in Luton for 8 years I never had a problem , it’s safe and there are great people around. Now if you go to any city in the world you would find something negative about it and Luton is the same it has some not good parts but in general it’s a great place to live .
😂 Safe and great people.
@@piotrpalka5636 Yes it’s safe and majority of people who live in Luton are Great People . Coming from someone who lived a long time in Luton . I never felt for my safety in Luton , I walked around it day and night , these videos do not reflect the reality .
Mate I’ve seen grimmer places that Luton u need to see places up north
It’s got great train links to London - a nostalgic club venue and a gud airport
@@MujHussain Exactly , plus it’s a job-rich area , plenty of opportunities, majority of people in Luton are working .
@@adrianghervan Don't be ridiculous. I usually fly from Luton Airport and go through Luton to the airport.
I know some people who live in Luton and they are afraid to go out on the street.
Several people have already been killed near their block, 200 meters from the primary school.
Once, when I was flying from Krakow, I had photos of what the road through Krakow to the Airport looked like and what the road from the Airport through Luton looked like.
Man, you've probably never been to a nice, clean and safe city.
For several kilometers I saw garbage lying everywhere, just everywhere. it was 25 degrees in the summer and various people were walking around in hoodies with their hands in their pockets, so you didn't know if they had a knife or what and it was scary to go there. Most fast food outlets have broken windows.
The problem of this country and cities is that the Police and State Services allow people to do too much.
Wonder why the Afghans are covering their faces, maybe they shouldn’t be here!
Or because its cold you racist idiot.
One other thing to note - if you look through the comments, there are very few from people currently living in Luton. If you currently live in Luton, especially around the areas he covers in the video, there is a good chance English is very much a second language (if you have it at all). You wouldn't leave a comment
they need to go back
fuck off youve never seen an immigrant before
@@untenableposition this ain’t ur country to make decisions but ur xenophobic nose out of it
I don't know why I like these "worst place" videos but they are fascinating. It's clear the government chooses where to spend the money and it isn't in Luton.
The Tories specialize in " Robin Hood in Reverse" policies.
I worked moving an entire office out every night for a week about 4 years ago in the town centre my god is was winter and so bleak ,the cold wind blew down the street and it stank
I was so happy when we finally left that place
Hope Luton stay up.I like small clubs.
They have been in the top tier many years ago for about 10 years.
They had a very unfair 30 point deduction in 2008 and mouldered in the National League for five years before climbing right up to the Premier League..
So I really hope they stay up.
Luton is not my football club but I wish them well.
Many times I have visited places where the locals insist the place is "unfriendly" whilst being very friendly themselves and then everybody else you meet are also quite friendly....Funny that
dont confuse the covetous for the friendly
Reminds me of Croydon. numerous places in the UK are just as grim. At least Luton has an airport to get out to the Med. I've left the UK altogether tbh.
I was passing through Luton on my way to a friend a few towns over. The cabby, who lived there clearly said 'other than the murders, Luton's alright'
Did the cabby mean there's too much murder or not enough?
Such a shame.
Do the politicians watch videos like this and they want to fill our country up with illegal immigrants WTF ! There's huge unrest and troubles coming big time in the uk. What with WOKE , ISLAM, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS , NHS failures , TRANS shit , COVID threats DENTISTS lack of ,DRUGS , LEFTY SOCIALISTS, LIBERAL shit , it ain't looking good isit ? Our lack of armed forces , no soldiers to defend our once beautiful nation -- we re ripe to be invaded aren't we ? 😢🤔😳
So bleak 😢. Great to see Timmy up and well. Looking forward to your next town 🙂
It’s starting to look like this all over now.
Every day I have to walk around my apartment complex picking up the rubbish people throw out of their windows.
We have little children running around playing and the people above me think nothing of throwing used razor blades out of their window.
Boggles me these places aren't shut down due to hygienic reasons. This is Britain, not some other place where you'd be more understanding in ways.
Import the 3rd world become the 3rd world.
How you getting to euston from luton? The line goes to st pancras?
I turned the video on, he said "good morning" and my 2 year old daughter waved and said "hello" 😂😂 bless her lil heart
haha awesome
Holy Chit!!
Timmy survives the Darien gap wit Bald and appears in Luton with Ben!! 🤯
Brilliant!!
He ain’t seen nothing yet…
@@BackpackerBen Can't wait to watch it all unfold mate! The grit, the grime and the debauchery! Cheers from the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. 🍻 👍
Stay safe.
after experiencing Luton he will beg to return back to Darien
Yep. The town centre is grim. Shame on luton council. We do have some nice areas, away from the town centre and lovely parks too. Which train station did you travel from to euston? It wasn't in luton that's for sure. You can't catch a train from luton to euston 😊
probably Leighton Buzzard
This looks like a small northern german city in the beginning 1980's...out of a transistor radio I can hear "Baggy Trousers" by Madness...😮
Wow that hotel room was pretty rank.... That wet tissue on the window ohhhh that would make me want to puke, disgusting, gross. So good to see you and Timmy together as well - Love your content, keep it coming please! Oh and Merry Christmas to you guys!!!! P.S - Hope Timmy is feeling better after his surgery etc. Peace! XX
Vile place! Thanks mate and you
Luton, Bradford, Burnley, Blackburn you see a pattern.
include Bolton
And Slough
No...why don't you just tell us.
Theres a lot of Eastern European yes Muslims they stay in bury though
And Leicester
I spent some wonderful time with my family in Luton between 2005 and 2008. It also received the title of the worst place to live but we enjoyed it nevertheless. Went back there for a bit in 2016 and still feel an attachment with the town. Even worked part time as an IT assistant in the central library in 2008. Hope the town will become better. Love from Kuala Lumpur.
I dont know why but countries where the emphasis on equality is greater than liberty, tend to have more ghettos, more shanty towns and slums.
Capitalism sucks
Wow Luton is a real place. I thought it was just an airport
how does that hotel operate in that condition? £70 per night, as well?
Brilliant video! I moved to Luton years ago when I needed to commute into London and couldn’t afford anywhere else. It was grim then. It looks even worse now!
How’s that hotel got the cheek to charge £70? Looks terrible 🤢
That first list said Clapham 6, Hackeny 12, and Brixton 16, all those are in London then it said London 17th Croydon is also in London. So this list is not objective.
In the 1970's, Luton was the industrial engine of the South East of England with a booming town centre & jobs attracting people from all over the UK. Successive Labour councils have presided over the decline of a once prosperous town.
I don’t know if you could call it the industrial engine of the south east - Asides the Vauxhall plant there wasn’t loads more
@@bomb-de-dyl SKF, Electrolux, Kent Meters, Bedford Trucks, Chrysler, Pre Star Engineering, Laporte Chemicals & AC Delco. Vauxhall alone employed 26,000 at its peak. It was serviced by many small specialist engineering companies on every industrial estate in the town. The airport was, & still is owned by the council.
@@711honved and whitbread amongst many more
Did you know Ben that the very first Domino's Pizza restaurant was opened in Luton in 1985? I remember it opening 😊
Is it easy to pull at the.pubs here? Even if you're old, overweight etc. ?
Does Stuarts have an attached bar/lounge?
lol what pubs. I suppose easy to pull if your target is a 60+ year old man
@@WanderlustZeroAny port in a storm...
Lorraine chase and the Luton airport TV commercial always comes to mind
I always think these videos are dangerous and can only do the people that live there harm, i for one would never judge anywhere on a 15 minute video. There is good and bad in all our towns and cities.
That list is mental! WTH is Edinburgh 4th!? It's beautiful
Mental indeed. Windsor at #2 and Winchester on the list.
I've not been but I've heard Edinburgh has two sides, there's the beautiful architecture and history side and the run down council estates and poverty underbelly
Ah, I love seeing ben exploring his own country, won't miss any of them for sure !
God, how depressing! You deserve a medal.
Used to live about 20 min far from Luton, few years ago, been in Luton many times especially for the casino and just chilling around .it was kind of bad but what u showed does look even worst. Love the UK and it is a shame to see it like that. What shocks the most in the country is the difference in about 10 min drive between a deprived town and a peferctly normal one, never understood that. Nice documentaries anyway
I was in Luton from about 97 to 99 and yeah it was not a pretty town, but Jesus Christ the difference in 25 years is incredible it was nowhere as bad as this when I was there !
It reminds me a bit of my home town in the supposedly affluent south-east. Down at heel, grey for 9 months of the year, asylum seeker hotels, tatty closed shops, town centre needing a lot of tlc, potholes everywhere. High point for the UK seems to have been about 20 years ago, we've just been stagnating ever since. My county council of Hampshire is on the verge of bankruptcy and is cutting back on so many services. How did it come to this?
That hotel was truly grim, but you didn't visit any of the nice places in Luton, and there are quite a few - Wardown Park? Stockwood Park? Old Bedford Road and others. You basically just hung around the worst bits of the town centre and back alleys.
Old Bedford road😂😂😂😂
Red light district hookers everywhere at night
Wardown park-shithole. Old Bedford road full of street prostitutes hanging around. Yeah, brilliant places
Really looking forward to the next video with exitment! Especially with this great duo
More to come!
I’ve lived in the uk pretty much my whole life, since 2002. The recent decline in quality of living is actually concerning.
We have no reason to be as shit as we are, we’re located so well in England and are so well connected with a train station that is 20 mins away from London, a international airport and the m2 that takes you to London in minutes.
And when you travel literally minutes south to St Albans and harpenden it’s a whole mother universe, really sad.
I wonder why luton is like this.
The most interesting part of Luton is the entrance to the stadium at 12:59. That's cool! The entrance cuts through a house with what appears to be someone living upstairs.
Luton is great ... for the airport away to anywhere else! I stayed in a hotel very close to the railway station last August, £88.29 double room, very nice, clean & comfortable, also stayed near the airport in a different hotel two nights in November, £65 & £69 .. also very nice, clean & comfortable, clearly you overpaid!!! My railfare from London St Pancras last August was cheaper too as I booked an advance ticket and used a railcard £3.85!!!
That is really odd how you made out you were leaving Luton to go to London via the train station, when it was actually from a completely different town on a different train line. Why didn't you leave to go to London via Luton station, or at least explain why you didn't?
mate dropped me there, was raining
Thanks for mentioning Luton Town Ben. The capacity of our stadium is 11,000 now with the new bobbers stand..
Very brave visiting Luton by yourself.
Luton isn't unique, there are lots of towns like that in England. Long standing traditional industries die and with nothing to replace them the area goes into decline. Luton had a huge car factory employing 30,000 or more, plus the companies supplying them with materials like sheet metal, glass, plastic, upholstery materials, jobs for everyone. Look at Blackburn Lancashire, Mansfield Notts and Stoke on Trent. I don't know why Luton gets special attention.
I'm Australian and visited family in the UK (including Luton) just before Covid and was shocked at how filthy the place was. It's honesty something you'd expect in a third world nation not the UK. Brits also litter a lot more compared to Aussies, you should be proud of the country you live in enough to keep the place looking decent!!
If you see any very old videos the uk was spotless.
Australia will be the same in a few years
Why did you choose to book in a hotel which had worse reviews?