In this video we tried to answer a question 'Is this town the worst in the UK'. Such a question appears regularly in media space, but there is no simple answer on it.
I am from Aylesbury and currently live in Southampton, another place unreasonably derided. I have lived all over the country and visited every major city and hundreds of towns and villages. There are places I loved and places I have counted down the minutes to leave. Aylesbury is far from the worst place, the trouble is, as you stated, most people who moan about Aylesbury have barely travelled out, and as the crime rate suggests, it it the people that are the problem, not the town.
I live in Aylesbury and this video does not accurately reflect the traffic load on the roads which in reality is horrendous. Personally I believe it's this issue that is causing many residences to vote in this poll. The council see fit to rapidly expand the housing in the town (an extra 11.5 thousand extra homes by 2030) in their Local Plan without providing convincing solutions to the already overstretched infrastructure.
Thank you for comment. Yes, I didn't touch traffic issues in this video. However, I have based all data on the open sources, and also conducted my own mini-survey in Aylesbury Facebook group. Most of those who voted on FB didn't mention traffic problems. Just few people, if I remember correctly. Anyway, thank you for sharing your view 🙂
I think the traffic is the problem. Your journey will always be slower if you choose to go through Aylesbury than if you choose to go a longer route that avoids it
Hm.. That might be true. Comparison is the key. If we don't compare how can we make a decision about good or bad. And statistics also matters. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂
Hello dear all, ** Please read if you consider to live in Aylesbury! ** I am not from Aylesbury and not even an English born, I am British why I am saying this I have nothing to prove to this place or residents, I think voting Aylesbury as worse place in the UK absolutely irrational, unrealistic as well as disturbing. Let me explain why… *Aylesbury is an old little town and since 2012 (please correct me if I am wrong on this date) town and council has excessive housing developments projects all around of the town. *This is also because Aylesbury has very convenient location, which called commuter belt, little town has 3 train lines that put you heart of London within 40-50mins these are ; Aylesbury town, Aylesbury Vale, Stoke Mandeville. *Lately Aylesbury become preferable location for first time buyers and Londoners, due to affordability and convenience of the house conditions. Many first time buyers are not available to but a “project house” (old house to refurbish) as project houses needs good amount of cash on top of mortgage deposit and this is not very a common case for first time buyers. For Londoners it’s convenient on location and commuting. * Aylesbury’s official crime rate reported as 80/1000 Checked some well known towns/cities official crime rates: Oxford 81/1000 Cambridge 84/1000 Windsor 81/1000 And some worse rated/knows areas: Slough 100/1000 Peterborough 89/1000 West Yorkshire 114/1000 Which clearly doesn’t makes Aylesbury worse place to live. * I think this rating comes with either new comers to the town or town’s old residents, *if you are a new comer from London to Aylesbury and expecting to find Mayfair / Soho in Aylesbury this is not going to happen. This expectation never ever lead you anywhere in the UK and you will be unrealistic about your expectations. Anywhere out of of London is pretty much countryside or town like places in the entire UK. * New comers can also complain about traffic, this is understandable due to city expanded significantly and got many new residence since covid started! This inevitably brings traffic jam highly likely town wasn’t really ready to handle influx of new residents+drivers *Housing market in Aylesbury super dynamic, there are houses sold within hours in certain locations! Based on my conversations South court, Walton court, Manor park areas are not very recommended, Stoke Mandeville Hospital areas, Bedgrove , Broughton areas in South Aylesbury, Berryfields in North Aylesbury are listed as sought after locations. You can find tidy, clean and affordable houses. Houses are gaining good market value as well. * For old Residents it can be overwhelming as town is welcoming many new faces and families within short period this is not a surprise as so many housing projects still in process and council committed to complete Aylesbury Garden City project, there are many more enhancements planned for this little town. All this developments and enhancements can be hard to digest for people whom choose the town for it’s village characteristics and this might lead complaints. To be honest any newly build towns has this objections from their residents check out Milton Keynes. *I also checked comments entered to this “unofficial survey” people are truly judging other people by their looks very offensive way… I detest to read such brutal comments about other people’s features. I hope people with such hateful thoughts are only driving by and not living in Aylesbury. *Stoke Mandeville Hospital is well established Global Hospital for spinal injuries. “Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) are renowned worldwide for the successful treatment of spinal injuries and as the birthplace of the Paralympic movement“ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31808464/ *Town has great village locations, Wendover, Aston Clinton, Waddesdon, Tring, and you are only step away from countryside. Conclusion: More I think more I realise that this rating is very unfair to a developing town, let it grow and glow. I will be happy if you reply with your thoughts. Thank you x
Exactly the same thoughts I tried to convey in this video. Voting that has been carried out on website has nothing to do with the real situation. Thank you for you explicit comment 👍
@@LetsexploreUKtogether thank you ever so much for putting this video, I truly believe your video will help many people and answer many questions! Have a wonderful time in Aylesbury 🙏🏻💐
Aylesbury is fine. It's not gracious living by any means, but it's perfectly fine. It does look a bit urbanised compared to the villages that surround the town and badly needs facilities to keep up with expansion.
I think Aylesbury is a good place to live because the people places safety on the road are very good in the area everyone I've spoken to say the drug and crime has been very low and even drug dealers are very worried about drug dealing in Aylesbury every dealer that steps foot in Aylesbury get nicked no one want to even consider coming to Aylesbury so if that's not getting a result I will add the transportation is so much often buses and trains are very often and the places are very interesting to visit ..I love the canals route what a site I say no Aylesbury is no by far the worst place and just one train to London Marylebone 👍💯💯❤❤
Thank you for sharing your view. Exactly what I've found in my mini-survey, 10 times more people like the town than don't. It's a mystery why Aylesbury has been voted as the worst place to live on the iLivehere.com website...
@@LetsexploreUKtogether When you grew up in Aylesbury 1970’ 1980’s to 1990’s , you certainly learned all about poking fun … I went back there in July and found it still a very small place full of second hand shops and coffee shops .. 1970 ‘s it was the hotbed of music venues and pubs but alas …
Aylesbury has wonderful surrounding countryside and one of best Grammar Schools in country. the town centre has lost a lot of history with redevelopment. Like many SE towns it is now an urban sprawl of housing estates and retail parks. There is a park in town centre, swimming pool, theatre, cinema many new restaurants. Nonsense poll. PS work on pronunciation of Waddesdon and Rothschild,,
Aylesbury is perfectlly fine ...i guess transport is bad cause if were going into london thats too much as a pose to going into..man brom lee liv ..well how are kwnt crime rates not going diwn walk around folkestone its a cat in the hat cliff nothing beach and town
Thank you for comment. I tried to deliver the message that we can't tell for sure that any place is 'the best' or 'the worst'. Every place place we live in has its own pros and cons.
In this video we tried to answer a question 'Is this town the worst in the UK'. Such a question appears regularly in media space, but there is no simple answer on it.
dang im surprised buckinghamshire gets any mention at all
I am from Aylesbury and currently live in Southampton, another place unreasonably derided. I have lived all over the country and visited every major city and hundreds of towns and villages. There are places I loved and places I have counted down the minutes to leave. Aylesbury is far from the worst place, the trouble is, as you stated, most people who moan about Aylesbury have barely travelled out, and as the crime rate suggests, it it the people that are the problem, not the town.
Thank you for sharing your view! I hope this video is clear about that Aylesbury is not the worst place. At least I tried to show this.
i barely get to explore anywhere and i love living in aylesbury - i've luckily never witnessed anything crime related happen
ive never had a problem with aylesbury its an amazing town with amazing people
You betraer to Aylesbury London is worse thing mate thing your smart come on man bloody hell
Nicole well done man that’s what I’m talking about
I live in Aylesbury and this video does not accurately reflect the traffic load on the roads which in reality is horrendous. Personally I believe it's this issue that is causing many residences to vote in this poll. The council see fit to rapidly expand the housing in the town (an extra 11.5 thousand extra homes by 2030) in their Local Plan without providing convincing solutions to the already overstretched infrastructure.
Thank you for comment. Yes, I didn't touch traffic issues in this video. However, I have based all data on the open sources, and also conducted my own mini-survey in Aylesbury Facebook group. Most of those who voted on FB didn't mention traffic problems. Just few people, if I remember correctly. Anyway, thank you for sharing your view 🙂
I think the traffic is the problem. Your journey will always be slower if you choose to go through Aylesbury than if you choose to go a longer route that avoids it
Thank you for comment. Many people have the same opinion about traffic in Aylesbury. That's a huge disadvantage of the town.
Loving the fact that my poll answer was featured 🤣
Really! 😃👍
@@LetsexploreUKtogether yep I started the I don't care🤣
@@stheno13 👍🙂
I'm from Aylesbury an it's a very memorable place and it barley has traffic most people who hate don't go outside or barely travel and randomly voted
Hm.. That might be true. Comparison is the key. If we don't compare how can we make a decision about good or bad. And statistics also matters. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙂
I’m a local, sure it’s got some flaws but it is definitely not the worst place
Thank you for sharing your view. This video tells exactly the same 🙂
Fantastic trip , this town look nice . Happy weekend
Thanks for watching! It has been voted as the worst in the UK. But not for travel 😀
You have to realise that the poll comes from a nearby town called High Wycombe that Aylesbury competes with.
Oh, really 🙄! Didn't know it...
@@yoda-g8m Not to mention Milton Keynes.
Waddesdon Manor is well worth a visit, good video.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, it was wonderful. Unfortunately, house is closed for winter season
Apart from Waddesdon Manor isn’t in Aylesbury.
Hello dear all,
** Please read if you consider to live in Aylesbury! **
I am not from Aylesbury and not even an English born, I am British why I am saying this I have nothing to prove to this place or residents, I think voting Aylesbury as worse place in the UK absolutely irrational, unrealistic as well as disturbing. Let me explain why…
*Aylesbury is an old little town and since 2012 (please correct me if I am wrong on this date) town and council has excessive housing developments projects all around of the town.
*This is also because Aylesbury has very convenient location, which called commuter belt, little town has 3 train lines that put you heart of London within 40-50mins these are ; Aylesbury town, Aylesbury Vale, Stoke Mandeville.
*Lately Aylesbury become preferable location for first time buyers and Londoners, due to affordability and convenience of the house conditions. Many first time buyers are not available to but a “project house” (old house to refurbish) as project houses needs good amount of cash on top of mortgage deposit and this is not very a common case for first time buyers.
For Londoners it’s convenient on location and commuting.
* Aylesbury’s official crime rate reported as 80/1000
Checked some well known towns/cities official crime rates:
Oxford 81/1000
Cambridge 84/1000
Windsor 81/1000
And some worse rated/knows areas:
Slough 100/1000
Peterborough 89/1000
West Yorkshire 114/1000
Which clearly doesn’t makes Aylesbury worse place to live.
* I think this rating comes with either new comers to the town or town’s old residents,
*if you are a new comer from London to Aylesbury and expecting to find Mayfair / Soho in Aylesbury this is not going to happen. This expectation never ever lead you anywhere in the UK and you will be unrealistic about your expectations. Anywhere out of of London is pretty much countryside or town like places in the entire UK.
* New comers can also complain about traffic, this is understandable due to city expanded significantly and got many new residence since covid started! This inevitably brings traffic jam highly likely town wasn’t really ready to handle influx of new residents+drivers
*Housing market in Aylesbury super dynamic, there are houses sold within hours in certain locations! Based on my conversations South court, Walton court, Manor park areas are not very recommended, Stoke Mandeville Hospital areas, Bedgrove , Broughton areas in South Aylesbury, Berryfields in North Aylesbury are listed as sought after locations. You can find tidy, clean and affordable houses. Houses are gaining good market value as well.
* For old Residents it can be overwhelming as town is welcoming many new faces and families within short period this is not a surprise as so many housing projects still in process and council committed to complete Aylesbury Garden City project, there are many more enhancements planned for this little town. All this developments and enhancements can be hard to digest for people whom choose the town for it’s village characteristics and this might lead complaints.
To be honest any newly build towns has this objections from their residents check out Milton Keynes.
*I also checked comments entered to this “unofficial survey” people are truly judging other people by their looks very offensive way… I detest to read such brutal comments about other people’s features. I hope people with such hateful thoughts are only driving by and not living in Aylesbury.
*Stoke Mandeville Hospital is well established Global Hospital for spinal injuries.
“Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) are renowned worldwide for the successful treatment of spinal injuries and as the birthplace of the Paralympic movement“
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31808464/
*Town has great village locations,
Wendover, Aston Clinton, Waddesdon, Tring, and you are only step away from countryside.
Conclusion: More I think more I realise that this rating is very unfair to a developing town, let it grow and glow.
I will be happy if you reply with your thoughts. Thank you x
Exactly the same thoughts I tried to convey in this video. Voting that has been carried out on website has nothing to do with the real situation. Thank you for you explicit comment 👍
@@LetsexploreUKtogether thank you ever so much for putting this video, I truly believe your video will help many people and answer many questions! Have a wonderful time in Aylesbury 🙏🏻💐
@@beei.8478 Thank you! Have a nice time 🙂
1 hour drive to get into London and being surrounded by countryside? I love Aylesbury!!
Thank you for nice comment about Aylesbury :)
I live in Aylesbury you know! I love the fact that nearly all the photos & videos are of Aylesbury.
I have specially visited the town to record footage. It's nice town, honestly. Thanks for watching :)
I guess anyone who voted Aylesbury as the worst place to live in the UK has never visited Dartford!
Hm.. Now I want to visit Dartford 🙂
Aylesbury is fine. It's not gracious living by any means, but it's perfectly fine. It does look a bit urbanised compared to the villages that surround the town and badly needs facilities to keep up with expansion.
Thank you for watching and sharing your view! 🙂
The basic thing is that somebody has to come at the end. People can be very wild and random in condemning something. Social media is very brutal world
With no objectivity... Thanks for sharing your view
I m from Aylesbury...I love 💕 Aylesbury
Thank you for watching! It's a nice town 🙂
I agree , if you want to know the worst place go to Leighton buzzard. Pikey’s paradise. Tescos , So funny to watch them.
Thanks for watching
I think Aylesbury is a good place to live because the people places safety on the road are very good in the area everyone I've spoken to say the drug and crime has been very low and even drug dealers are very worried about drug dealing in Aylesbury every dealer that steps foot in Aylesbury get nicked no one want to even consider coming to Aylesbury so if that's not getting a result I will add the transportation is so much often buses and trains are very often and the places are very interesting to visit ..I love the canals route what a site I say no Aylesbury is no by far the worst place and just one train to London Marylebone 👍💯💯❤❤
Thank you for sharing your view. Exactly what I've found in my mini-survey, 10 times more people like the town than don't. It's a mystery why Aylesbury has been voted as the worst place to live on the iLivehere.com website...
Used to be great
Now twinned with Bucarest I seems
But could be worse .. could be Luton
I like your sense of humour 🙂 Thank you for watching my vid!
@@LetsexploreUKtogether
When you grew up in Aylesbury 1970’ 1980’s to 1990’s , you certainly learned all about poking fun …
I went back there in July and found it still a very small place full of second hand shops and coffee shops ..
1970 ‘s it was the hotbed of music venues and pubs but alas …
@@lordlucan7655...and we all been younger... 🙂
Aylesbury has wonderful surrounding countryside and one of best Grammar Schools in country. the town centre has lost a lot of history with redevelopment. Like many SE towns it is now an urban sprawl of housing estates and retail parks. There is a park in town centre, swimming pool, theatre, cinema many new restaurants. Nonsense poll. PS work on pronunciation of Waddesdon and Rothschild,,
Thank you for watching and commenting. I also think this poll doesn't show the real picture.
I live near Aylesbury and I will not go there at night 😢
Thank you for sharing your view
Mate slough is a lot worse ☠️
Thanks 😁 Haven't been there yet.
@@LetsexploreUKtogether 110/1000 crime rate 😭
@@peterrobssss OMG! 😭😭
The whole of Aylesbury isn't dangerous but parts of it definitely are
Thank you for watching and sharing your view 👍🙂
Hi Lucas, can you please share the dangerous areas in the town? tnx!
@@MsDaNaBS stoke mandevilke and quarrendon
Aylesbury is perfectlly fine ...i guess transport is bad cause if were going into london thats too much as a pose to going into..man brom lee liv ..well how are kwnt crime rates not going diwn walk around folkestone its a cat in the hat cliff nothing beach and town
Thank you for sharing your view about Aylesbury.
And WHAT HANG ON HAVE YOI SEEN THE MASSIVE astro TURF open to the public WHERE ELSE DO YOU KNOW WITH THAT ITS BRILLIANT
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That thing about crime is a crapin blooody explation I’ve lived in it for 5 years London where I was born is more dangerous
True. Thanks for watching! 🙂
I liv3 8n Aylesbury
Nice 🙂
I live here it not bad i think
Thank you for comment. I tried to deliver the message that we can't tell for sure that any place is 'the best' or 'the worst'. Every place place we live in has its own pros and cons.
Aylesbury IS shit though.
🙄
Yep. Full of total scumbags
Birmingham is easily worse!
Hm... Don't know... Maybe...
Nonsense. Similar ethnicity compositions, though.
I am from Aylesbury and can confirm it's shit
That's sad 🙁
It is though
Thank you for watching and sharing your view
Annoying text to speech voiceover and lame music
Thanks for sharing your view
Luton is much worse lol 😂
Never been there yet. But going to see why people don't it 😁
@@LetsexploreUKtogether you’ll love it
Aylesbury is hell
Sad to hear it. Anyway, thank you for sharing your view
There so many similar places around. I've been shocked by how Slough looks like...