3 Most Depressing Cities in the UK
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- What are the most depressing cities to live in the UK? The United Kingdom is one the best countries in the world anyone can live in at this time. But it’s not all of the UK cities that are great for living. While speaking with residents of some cities in the country, you’ll discover that it can be depressing in some of the most miserable cities to live in the UK. At a glance, those depressing cities aren’t bad in themselves. But when you consider the living condition of those cities in the light of statistics, you would respect those living there. This video will spotlight the 3 most depressing cities to live in the UK. It’ll interest you to note that all of those cities are in England.
3. Birmingham
About Birmingham
I guess you know enough about Birmingham to be quick to agree that it can be a depressing city in the United Kingdom. You do know that it is the one of the largest city in the UK. Another thing not often mentioned about Birmingham is that about 40% of its population are under 25 years of age making it one of the youngest metropolises and cities in Europe. The natives and residents of the city are called Brummies. It is a multicultural city by nature with its distinctive accent, history, traditions.
The good side of Birmingham
One thing people would quickly remember about Birmingham is its canals and their lengths. They have canals longer canals than Venice which are so intricate. They date back to the Industrial Revolution. Additionally, the industrial steam engine was invented in this city. This steam engine is perhaps the most important invention in British history. One more good side of Birmingham is its many parks. Having over 500 of them, Birmingham has more parks than many European cities. Then comes the food. Foods such as bird’s Custard, Bournville drinking chocolate, Cadbury chocolate, HP Sauce, and Typhoo tea all have their home in Birmingham.
Why Birmingham is depressing
Birmingham is added to this list of the most depressing cities to live in the UK because it lives far below expectations as a home. Well, I will not tell you much about this city beyond what Brummies say about their city. About two-thirds of residents in the city believe that living in Birmingham makes them miserable. About half of them describe their home as “bleak”, “boring”, or “miserable.” In another poll, it was voted “the most boring city”. Nearly one in three drivers on many roads in the city don’t have an insurance policy. If you’re a commuter who drives, this is the worst city for you. What about homelessness? As many as 20,000 people in Birmingham are homeless, sleeping outside during the dead cold night. They are either jobless, unprofitably employed, or bankrupt.
Now, what do you conclude about Birmingham? I guess I can hear you saying, it’s certainly one of the most depressing cities to live in the UK. If that is the case, you will be given the privilege of ranking it, if you think it shouldn’t be among the 3 most depressing cities.
2. Kingston upon Hull
About Kingston Upon Hull
Our second of the 3 most depressing cities to live in in the UK is none other than Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated as Hull. It is a city in Yorkshire. This unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire is 25 miles inland from the North Sea, 34 miles southeast of York, 50 miles east of Leeds, and 54 miles northeast of Sheffield. In the entire region of Yorkshire and Humber, it is the fourth-largest city and also the most miserable city to live in. But that is not all there is to know about the city of Hull.
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Being from hull I can totally confirm this narrator is much more depressing than anything in this amazing city that I live in. I work all over the Uk and I can honestly say I’ve never left a place and wished I lived there, always great to go home
Kingswood? 💀
@@eatrawskin anlaby park
@@DataWatch. Is that really Hull, though? 🤔
@@eatrawskin yes, within city boundary
@@DataWatch. I would class anlaby common and anlaby park as the more well off areas with some community spirit left, can't say the same for the areas I've lived in the past 6 years
I'm glad you're able to enjoy your days in that area though, the North is a bit gray right now
Hull being depressing is laughable. It's a gorgeous place and you just pulled some numbers out your arse and only went off it's crime statistics. The people are lovely, great food, fun activities and beautiful architecture. I already liked Hull, but when I had to live somewhere that wasn't Hull (Blackburn), it was truly miserable. I wanted to be back in Hull basically every day and when I finally returned to Hull, I've loved it ever since.
I was in bham last week. Heaps going on. The architecture is banging. The squares and parks are sweet. It has teams and trains to get around.
Def not depressing - it’s actually quite impressive.
Ikr!
Hull is not depressing but the guy reading out this list is very depressing and as he isn't even from hull he needs to mind his own business
Oo-er, missus. 😂
TALKING out of your arse ..Hull is a great city and place to live ..steeped in history and was around long before other cities ..its a key town in UK History ..beautiful old buildings ,marina , ferrys to europe , many attractions 1 of these best Unis in the uk . Great old town 🍺 25 mins from the fantastic English coast ..beaches for miles n miles ...people flock from all over the uk to see east coast resorts if thats youre thing .Do your research properly .People are too quick to put these places down ..And most importantly of all real down to earth honest people...!!! I wouldn't live anywhere else
I've worked in Bradford and Hull, but lived in small towns on their edges. I took the bus to Bradford and cycled into Hull. The Northern outskirts of Bradford are full of very pleasant places to live and this extends right down to the stone-built area of Manningham. With Hull, it is the west and north sides of the city and its peripheral towns and villages that play the same role. In both cities, I taught in high-performing schools, where a majority of the most successful pupils went to good universities and then got jobs elsewhere, often in or near London. It's a vicious circle. There isn't enough high-level economic activity in these cities to keep their most dynamic young people there and because these young people leave, the level of economic activity remains low. By contrast, places like Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester seem to be able to attract more highly-qualified young people with dynamism that feeds into the local economy. It helps that these three cities have high-ranking universities, full of students from other parts of the country. Going into these cities on visits, you don't have the same feeling of being somewhere that is struggling to energise itself.
Yet *Bradford City Centre* is quality compared to *Manchester City Centre.*
Don't believe me?
Just compare *Charlie Veitch's* daily videos around *Manchester,* to the *West Yorkshire Traveller's* occasional videos around *Bradford.*
*Bradford* is also 3 times bigger than *Manchester* and *Liverpool* in terms of area, and almost 38 square miles bigger than *Birmingham,* so there's many many more things to see and do in the *City of Bradford.*
*Sheffield* is less than 1 square mile bigger than *Bradford* so I suspect we have around the same number of attractions.
@@danielgardecki1046 Don’t compare Bradford with Manchester. That is absolutely ludicrous. Manchester has no realistic rival outside London.
Are you sure 🤣
@@paulwild3676 Bradford is sick
@@paulwild3676 Leeds is becoming far better than Manchester and is growing at a faster pace. Will soon be the economic centre of the north.
I'd say it all depends on what depresses you.
Moved to Birmingham from London in 2015 to get into the property ladder, for obvious reasons. Got a 3 bed house with garden without much hassle just on time for the lockdown.. can't even imagine enduring 3 years of Lockwood on a tiny flat with No garden in London! Not to mention the property market is booming in Birmingham.
This city is going through a lot of transformation, the commonwealth games were hosted here. It's such a young and affordable city, I find it hard to believe to be listed here.. but all opinions are respected or course..
Property market booming in Birmingham pushes locals out! #Gentrification we really don't build anywhere enough new houses. Prices in my area seem to have gone up about £50k over about the last year and a half which makes it seem like I'll be living with my parents forever!
Did something very similar. I also moved to Birmingham in an amazing place called Longbridge and it's is far from depressing. In fact it's brilliant. My nextdoor neighbor is also from London. Seems a lot of Londoners are moving here.
@@stevecollins6858 I too give a big thumbs up to Longbridge, my go to stay over is the Premier Inn Longbridge station, what a fantastic transformation since the days of MG Rover, superb links into the amazing city centre, near the M5, M42, Bournville, Selly Oak etc yet close enough to the Wyre forest, Lickey Hills and out into Shropshire, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Worcester, brilliant choice and I am seriously thinking of living in that area myself, my two sons work at the University too, its amazing, and the new expanding tram network is really great :-) I could go on forever about the incredible transformation of much of Brum. Living in Devon I am jealous of what I now see is a cool city, something for everyone, all of life is in that West Midlands conurbation
@@stevecollins6858 Ikr! I don’t know why Birmingham is even on this list.
@@vaughanbbrean71 I brought my house on the old MG Rover site. Got me a new build behind the retail park. Absolute prime location like you said. Got the licky hills to my left and the town to my right with the train station a few minutes walk.
Did my studies in Birmingham and I really enjoyed it, the city centre was very compact for a city of its size and it is just a nice mixture of modern high rises, brutalist structures and lovely vintage architecture all mixed together in a sort of pragmatism giving it a unique character. I always thought it would be a perfect startup zone with its proximity to London, affordability and availability of industrial lands for reconversion.
If you only know Birmingham city centre, then you don't know Brum. I'm not being condescending, it's the same in every City. It is the people and their struggles that make a place not the buildings.
@@OriginalDoyLum well i did frequently undertake walks from villa park to the city centre after villa games now and then, so i saw a bit of the other areas as well. Do i know every corner of it, course not, just did my studies there, didn’t grow up there though. Just saying that I enjoyed my stay, I am living in Luxembourg where everything is basically looking the same and boring and I liked the variety of Birmingham in terms of styles.
Startup zone lol
@@Giovanniditessitore what's funny about that?
@@zeddist7472 I am from Paris, did an exchange semester just like you and I loved the city. I left on april and already came back twice 👍
Doncaster, having lived 40yrs there left 23yrs ago.. went back to visit family...God so depressing. It's now a city but it's lost its roots, no heart now.
I'm happy in Bradford! I'm from Czech Republic and Bradford is my lovely town, living and working here 15 years. Farmers boy . I feel here safe never I seen crime .
I visited Hull last year and was very impressed. Lots of lovely Victorian buildings in the centre. The old area around the Minster is very character full with really nice old pubs. Not sure why it gets a bad rep.
Birmingham is beautiful. There is bad and good areas to every area. The fact you can bike any wear do all the shopping u desire and eat out in a beautiful restaurant everyday is pretty awesome to me.
Birmingham is such a great city, people mock it but it’s transformed over the last decade. It’s not perfect but there are so many great things here.
No way is Hull depressing I worked there loads coming from Sheffield great place full of character and Bradford has some mental beautiful countryside
Birmingham is a city of humanity to its full extent, and there is a lot of beauty to humanity. Selly Oak feels like a world of its own dominated by this student sociosphere, overlooked by the gorgeous University of Birmingham, a world class campus. Edgbaston has gorgeous trees, amazing botanical gardens, and University of Birmingham. Harbourne brings a thriving diverse cuisine culture. There are samples of the best cuisine from all around the world, is a place where one can feel overstimulated by choice. In a distance you can see the Queens Elizabeth Hospital which just looks so grand. If you go to the south west you get to Bourneville, the whole place smells like chocolate, especially around the historic Cadbury Factory. Kings Heath and Moseley has a thriving music scene which attracts a lot of lesser known talent. Gorgeous pub culture, I find that there will always be a pub for you to love, traditional or contemporary one to suit any personality, one of the most fun things to do as an alcohol enjoyer in Birmingham is a pub crawl. It adds an adventure to any night and because there are so many places to go for a drink, it is inevitable to have a story to talk about for years. No night is ever truly the same. Digbeth is awesome, full of street art and a place to go for a dance music enthusiast on any spectral alignment, be it House, Techno, Jungle, Deep Dubstep, Dub, Reggae, Ska, Drum and Bass, Bassline, Soul, Disco, Funk, Pop, Jazz, Rock - this place rewards a good taste through research and preparation. There are plenty of events and it is often hard to choose, applications like Skiddle and RA are a great starting point to find events around Bham. There is the classic club night energy of Broadstreet for all its good and the bad, a street of glam. There is Hippodrome a musical theatre venue like no other with some of the best events and the most wholesome and kind members of staff. There is the Gay Village with a colourful and vibrant night life. There is the picturesque Brindley place with a classy atmosphere a great place to go for a romantic getaway. There is the Jewellery quarter where there are so many Jewellery stores and red brick architecture. These are the factors I am most enthusiastic about, but this list is not extensive and,I after 8 years, still find new angles and am welcome through all doors. Birmingham is a fantastic city 💜
It is indeed, very unfortunate and a bitter reality that the UKs system of state support entraps people who seek benefits. The moment any form of reliable, personal wealth and economic stability is established, the eligibility to claim such support is stripped. To my understanding this works more like a trigger mechanism rather than a gradual transition. This in turn traps people in under compensated and under appreciated professions which do not allow for a significant jump to be made to allow for people to create prospects in these areas - and often these professions are the fibre of the society. Success has to be overwhelming to give people enough confidence to no longer seek benefits. Unfortunately, current economic environment does not support those that work hard, hard workers are exploited by the management who ensure a higher profit margin that secures better share holder dividends pay-out. What also secures better profits are lower costs, savings are made by offering the bare minimum for workers salaries. This issue is not exclusive to Birmingham, this is a UK issue and all cities have areas where people are unable to make the jump from the estates to the city centres. The top down investment has not lead to any real improvement to prospects that are truly worth giving up the stability of the benefits. Birmingham does not feel like an active industrial city that it is portrayed as, instead it feels like a museum to the industry titan which it once was. It was this industrious identity which allowed for people to have the initial economic freedom to make the leap to live in the more 'prosperous' parts of the city. As the city is becoming more and more gentrified I cannot help but feel that it will widen the gap which communities seeking benefits must leap over to seek life more prosperous parts of the city which are becoming more common, and expensive, by the day. So fellow Internet stranger, do not think of my comment as naive, by no means am I trying to paint a picture of Birmingham as a city that has complete fairness and equality and opportunity for all. All of the UK has a way to go yet to better distribute its wealth and expertise. I just feel that Birmingham has enough going on in many parts to make that leap much more exciting, and achievable.
@Dawson Davis There isn't a decent sized town anywhere that doesn't have run down estates so the nations 2nd biggest city is bound to have some.
Absolutely no where else can you eat ten different cultures foods within walking distance
@Dawson Davis espousing boring stereotypes,idiotic .
I will say 7 years ago Birmingham was a bit depressing, but a day of today the city is raising, looking beautiful and with a future view, were everyone is investing innthis city and giving back live
For Hull, how the heck did you come across and pick Elvaston Park!? It's a random small cul-de-sac amongst dozens of them on Kingswood.....
Proving the guy knows nothing about what he’s talking about 🤦🏻
Over the past few years, Birmingham has improved massively as it’s received a lot of investment. The City Centre has improved massively in particular.
Birmingham is a depressing shithole, investment doesn't solve the poverty end crime in Birmingham and the racism and segregation too lots of problems in Birmingham not a nice place at all.
The people haven't though. Birmingham is a shithole
Really? I must have missed something then, because there's a lack of public seating a lack of public bins, no public toilets, cracked paving throughout some of the busiest areas throughout the city centre and the roads are atrocious. Besides, it's chaotic and difficult to get around the City Centre especially every time they do some so called improvement they move all the bus routes around, Birmingham is an embarrassment in that it doesn't even have a Bus Interchange and none of the transport systems are close together like other towns and cities.
BS
@@fay-amieaspen6046 there's no public toilets in most cities unless you are talking about the bus station
Hull is not depressing i lived there for a couple of years it was amazing
"In the East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull is the most dangerous city."
....that's because it's the only city in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
I used to stay in Birmingham before moving to Bournemouth , listen , Bournemouth should be on this list , it’s is so depressing , only good for tourist ….. infact I am heading to back to birmingham this month
Top place is Birmingham, I go there often and love it there, plus the women in Birmingham are bloody stunning too 😄
The Bournemouth area is wonderful, but clearly you are not ready to enjoy a chilled life by the sea.
Sea ? Well I won’t be living inside the sea , and most people are too colour conscious , I like variety , proper night life , and a multicultural environment for once , u can have my share of the sea
The hate that Birmingham get’s now is unjustified. It’s completely transformed and is a lively, diverse and beautiful city.
I moved to Birmingham from Dublin in the 90's. The transformation since then has been remarkable. Top 3 depressing cities in the UK is a little harsh I feel.
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I agree, especially after commonwealth games
Having recently moved from there, yes there has been some improvement, but under the surface it's still the same. People, especially young people, are totally miserable and it's very hard to make friends I found. Wages are low as well.
@@simonmaird6857 @Simon Maird If depression were cured by moving city, we'd all be happy. Unfortunately the grass will never be greener on the other side unless you work on yourself first and then consider moving. I can attest to this.
@@orourkeda For proper depression, absolutely you are correct. Birmingham didn't make me clinically depressed, it disappointed me at every turn it could. Moving away was the best decision we ever made. The grass was most definitely greener! But it depends on what makes you happy, I acknowledge that. But I'd hate for anyone to think the grass isn't greener elsewhere, it absolutely most definitely is! Try new places!
For most working people London has to provide the worst challenge to survive, plus every journey is hard work despite a large subsidy to public transport. It is the playground of the ultra-rich, so if you want to enjoy city life try Birmingham or Manchester, they have most of the advantages such as a big job market, great cultural facilities and lively night life combined with far greater convenience and affordability. I have experienced all three at first hand, so if you are a city lover but you are not wealthy, heed my advice.
Birmingham and Manchester are rough dumps nothing special about these cities they are riddled with crime.
Totally unfair to Birmingham Because it’s no worse than places like Manchester Leicester Leeds Coventry Wolverhampton London etc I can go on! All uk cities are dull and depressing! End of!!
I have visited Birmingham since the 1980's and it transformation has been great..Yes in 1980 a lot of grey concrete the old Bull ring was drab ..but now looks quite impressive. I found it very clean and open. New library area is nice.Old New Street station drab buts that's gone..Moor Street station improved a lot also.
'transformation has been great' ? I'm lucky enough to live in a market town around 80 miles away from Birmingham. The amount of people from alien cultures living there is staggering and I feel very unsafe when I have to commute through B'ham on occasions. Horrible place now.
@@dicksmall7976 Birmingham doesn't feel unsafe unless you get outside the city centre into some of the run down areas.
City Centre is good but most of the city is depressing and I lived there for a bit
Your all just scared because of what you see on television
@@smokeysmoked1231 Scared of what? I actually lived there for a bit
20,000 homeless in Birmingham.
I didn't know there was that many.
im from bham and it is sick!
once i went on a tour to other cities and i found my home ( Birmingham) alot better than them, trust me
blud if you wanna bait people in and jook em try a little harder to conceal it yeah? 😂😂
“In the East Riding of Yorkshire Hull is the most dangerous city” - perhaps because it’s the only city 🤣🤣🤣🤣 done Hull dirty here!
Never thought of that,, and you are correct, well Done
Yeah I’m really surprised Beverley or Driffield didn’t take the top spot😂😂
@@inside1283 they are towns not cities
@@inglemirelane7687 that’s my point🤦♂️
init g its chill here a lil bit of this and that but nowt mad
I moved to Brum about 5 years ago, were Telford or Milton keynes even on list??
I live in supported accommodation and my housing association are Ferengi that should have lost their licence ages ago.
The issues are the basic size/shape of properties are either a flat on a rough estate or a really narrow Victorian Terrice, we are packed in like sardines here in Brum. Good value for money tho, compairing to a house of similar build in an old market town
Being bored in Brum is lack of imagination. Our internet service is dominated by Virgin, (old Tele-West cable lines), and it squits on "fiber" through BT/SKY/AOL (BT). The effort the council/planners are going through to get us our metro/trams is quite desruptive but welcomed and a really good effort. The bus service in many areas is 24hrs, although i think 4quid is pricey for day saver (that is a good deal if you are doing more than a city and back run). Now how to upset the snowflakes???
STOP GIVING THE HOMELESS MONEY, food - yes, tobacco - yes, even home them if you can. But please stop feeding the pigions. I live with a professional begger and i used to live with 4
This is ridiculous…all three cities look to have beautiful architecture. There are good and bad areas in every city.
A channel named *Learning Canteen* based in the *Ukraine* which doesn't learn anything, and just spreads nonsense about places in the UK, which its heard from elsewhere, over and over again.
*Bradford* was voted the 4th *UK's City of Culture* ever a few days ago. It's also:
The *6th Biggest City in the UK by Population* - *542,128* to be exact.
*The 7th Biggest City in the UK by Area* - *141.47 square miles* (366.41 square kilometres) to be exact.
The World's 1st *UNESCO City of Film* and home of the *National Science and Media Museum,* which includes *Europe's First IMAX* and just the *3rd Remaining Cinerama Screen in the World.*
The 7 time *Curry Capital of Britain* winners, and frequent hosts of the *World Curry Festival.*
The Unofficial *Tea Capital* (if you want to know my reasons, then ask).
The Former *Wool Capital of the World.*
The Birthplace and Home of *The Brontë's* etc.
Yet it's...
Missing from most Maps of the UK's Cities.
Missing from most Tourism websites.
Ignored by the Mainstream Media...when it comes to the good stories at least.
Even when the media do actually mention *Bradford,* it'll get a small mention, while the cities which they incorrectly assume are bigger, get almost entire articles to themselves.
Plus when they actually visit *Bradford,* I often find them claiming to be *"near Bradford,"* or *"just outside Bradford,"* even when they're less than 2 to 3 miles from *Bradford City Centre.*
As for *Kingston upon Hull* that was voted the 2nd *UK City of Culture* ever, and....
*Birmingham* is the *UK's largest city by population* (don't reply to me saying "you forgot about London" as London is not a city, never has been a city, and never will be a city), so it must have some attractions as why would anyone live there if there wasn't?
This is true....remember the old saying...comparisons are odious
Right
🤣🤣🤣 do you actually live in one of them?
I agree but hes going on Stats.Ive heard of ethnic exploitatoin of white females from locals similar to grooming gangs ive met but i cant judge because ive never been so what do you know Olivia is it just racist slur iam been told or has Bradford major issues.
I moved to Brum 4 years ago from Coventry and I can state it was the best move I've ever done . Great place to live good pubs,two magnificent art galleries, two theatres and loads of green spaces. If you want a depressing place to live try Coventry.
Brummies are nice, kind people. So different to London.
For 20 years I traveled throughout the UK for work I've been every city in the UK here are my list of the three most depressing cities. 1 London.... it takes ages to travel anywhere in London, it smells of diesel and fast food... outside of the tourist areas the streets are dirty and the building are in need of repeat... it's very expensive.. the people are the most unfriendly in the UK. 2 Manchester very bad transport...very noisy trams...you can't help but pass very deprived area to get to the city center. True Mancuians are nice but the influx of middle class working in the city are just a down right rude. 3 Brighton ...dirty lost of rundown areas. Brighton is the only place I've been to where I have genuinely felt scared and unsafe.
What what makes these three cities stand out are the people thses are the cities where I have found the majority of people to be rude unfriendly and unhelpful.
I think your the first person in history to feel "scared and unsafe" in Brighton, grow up John you wet lettuce.
Hull is Britain's best kept secret, love the place.
I love Birmingham and I am a Londoner. I’ve not been to the other two. I would think Croydon is pretty grim, but maybe it’s not a city
Actually, I like all three of these cities and I think I'd be more depressed in a city without character like Welwyn Garden City or Slough.
If I lived in Slough/Salisbury/Reading I'd give up on life.
Slough isn't a City......
Brilliant point 👉
You haven't provided any sources to verify this information. I'm keen to relocate to Birmingham - could you please provide links to the surveys you pull your stats from?
look how positive the comments are from people who live or have visited here, dont listen to this video
If Hull is so depressing then why do Hullensians walk around with beaming, warm smiles and a glint in their eye...?🤔
do we?
Chip spice?
Because if we don’t the most popular hot spots is not far away…
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Also chip spice…
If you like City life and think Birmingham has little to offer you haven't spent any time there in recent years.
Its my hometown, though I prefer living on the coast so I no longer live there, but I love getting back there for a weekend break.
Luckily my best mate still lives there so he knows all the new places, of which there are many.
Thanks to covid and other commitments its 4 or 5 years since my last visit and I know that a hell of a lot has changed since then, can't wait to see it.
Birmingham has improved massively and is now a wonderful City.
That’s not even funny , I have been to brum and this isn’t true , stop saying shite
Wow this is such a damning and biased view of three wonderful cities! Each has so many positives, having visited them all and as a Brummie , I would rather live here than any other UK city. It has some of the best food, shopping and people that make it a happy place to live. In fact no city deserves the title as most depressing as that alone is enough to make one feel depressed!
I think this guy is depressed 😀
Bradford is a terrible place,
My mum was born and raised in Hull and she says it's an absolute shithole.
@@paolor.479 🤣🤣
😂😂😂 How in the f as a visitor would you ever see how depriving it is to live in this gray crisis ridden shithole? 😂
Humberside was defunct in 1996, were now apart of east Yorkshire again
I have only visited Hull once, many years ago, and don’t remember much about it. Birmingham and Bradford are two of my favourite places in England, and I also like Middlesbrough which is also often included in lists such as this.
The moment you mentioned Birmingham, I knew this would be a shabby video, not well-researched. The metrics used are not standardised.
I live here....... its sh!t......... !!!
Would love to know where they got these statistics from?
How did Peterborough miss out? I demand a recount
I suggest Watford needs to on this list ..
NEVER been to anywhere so bland and depressing..
Grew up in Birmingham and lived recently in Bradford. Can't agree with this list heh
Listen I’ve lived here for 20 years and have to say the decline and non improvement of the city is astonishing and simultaneously depressing
There are good and bad areas I am from the south of UK and the past timing is very quiet but lovely but we do have some areas that aren’t great we find that in our places where our people might leave it could be anywhere it could be in Devon it could be anywhere that you get good parts of the areas mean you get bad parts of the areas
Slough. The most depressing, aptly named doldrum, I've ever had the misfortune to visit. The Britwell estate.....Jesus wept!
Birmingham is a great city and the Brummies (I've met) are top people. Plus the women in Birmingham are absolutely stunning 🤩
Women here are the best. 🔝🔝
@@LetsAvYa.. damn right they are. Every time I'm in Birmingham, especially walking around the city centre my eyes are like 🤩😍
the women there are grade A stunners!
@@thelegaloccupier1982 I would advise any man looking for beautiful and friendly women, come to Brum Town 👍
@@LetsAvYa.. I'm in B'ham in a fortnights time so my eyes are going to be everywhere that Saturday afternoon wandering round the city centre 🤩😍 Lol
@@thelegaloccupier1982 if you are here for the commonwealth, then you will have international options too 😂
I've in Birmingham for a while in late 76..I absolutely loved it ..every city has its less desirable sides...bur some of the architecture and canals and the people made it to me a great place .. now even better . I moved back to Bournemouth however as I always lived by the sea ..but Birmingham is certainly not depressing..I prefer it to London anyway..love Brummie people
About Brummies; friendly, helpful. Compare this to London where you can get knocked to ground by scooter outside Bank of England at 10am and not a single person moves. Southeners will almost find the helpfulness intrusive, an example is; ask someone for directions and its a coin flip they will walk it with you
Thank you. My husband is from London. And says he likes Birmingham. Says it has a homely feel and great takeaways.
Our guest came from NY and they liked birmingham city over london central
HP source originated in Nottingham
Excuse me but I've lived in Hull my whole life and this is kinda effensive and the city is beautiful and I think that he's wrong I bet he's never been there so how would he even know
Edit this video was made on my birthday
Moved to Hull to Uni in 1991. Been here 31 years now. I love it!!! Ridiculous vid!! Lot worse cities out there!!
Birmingham is great I love this city
Ha! Birmingham? Seriously? Have you seen what happened their there over the last 2 weeks. Birmingham is a youthful, vibrant city with an extremely rich heritage.
love how the building on the right in the thumbnail is gorgeous 😂
Bradford is good and we’re city of culture underrated
"Hull is the least safe city in East Yorkshire."
Yes, also the most safe city in East Yorkshire.
And that was your only justification for being the most depressing city?
To any American watching, the commentator is a southern arse that would make you feel depressed regardless of the city you live in.
I have about 20 members of my family living in Birmingham, none are depressed, they have never experienced any crime worth mentioning, they all have jobs, I live in Devon and cant wait to move back, its a great city
Devon is lovely to visit but not to live in unless you're retired.
@@jamesrobinson9194 Devon is not even great if you are retired, dull, unsophisticated, insular and there are only so many country walks you can go on before you are bored rigid. It does suit some types of retirees, but if you still have plenty of oomph its not great, a midlands suburb or village is much more interesting, cosmopolitan and better connected, that's my opinion many retirees regret moving here within a year or two and as for Birmingham, well I love it love it love it, big, varied, well connected, great countryside all around, plenty of jobs, parks everywhere, 30 years in Devon and I go back to Brum as often as possible, and this year I hope it will be for keeps 🙂 Tara fer a bit 🙂
I wouldn't call any of these 3 depressing. Imperfect but definitely not depressing.
Some beautiful country living in Bradford. Fantastic place to live. Train route to all major cities and great motorway networks. Poor city centre, needs to be knocked and rebuilt which will revitalise the city.
When it comes to the economy of a place I'd argue that the most depressing aspect is how affordable it is. If you are in work, say on an average wage, can you afford to rent or buy a place to live? What about the price of a pint of beer or a take-out? On this measure Bradford (where I live) is far from depressing. Housing is more affordable than most areas, and I refute that the cost of living is high. My local still does a pint of nice ale for £3.20 (Dec 2022) for instance. Also Bradford is surrounded by some of the UK's most beautiful countryside, which is very accessible. Sure if you're poor and live in a run down inner-city area it could be seen as depressing. But why any more so for these cities than an area where conspicuous affluence and social inequality is rubbed in your face on a daily basis?
Have you not been to Coventry?
Actually apart from about 15% of places including London most the place is boring and pretty depressing and the weather is mainly to blame not to mention the long dark nights where it can be dark by 3pm - no wonder a lot of the people are take some kind of drug / medication 😞
Where's London in your list? I don't live there but every thing/genius idea from there causes depression
Some of the misinformation included in this video includes:
1 - "Birmingham is one of the largest cities in the UK." False. Birmingham is the largest city in the UK by population, as London is not, never has been, and never will be a city.
2 - Them saying go live in a retail park in Hull where there are no houses.
3 - That Hull was voted 137th out of 138 cities in the UK, yet that's not possible, as there's only 70 cities in the UK as of today, however that will soon be increased to 76 cities.
4 - That Bradford includes the counties of Lancashire and North Yorkshire, when what it should have said is "it also borders the counties of Lancashire and North Yorkshire."
5 - The ODEON in Bradford is more famous for being a cinema as that's what it was used for most recently and was used for for the majority of its history (and a venue for an exclusive preview screening of the Doctor Who Christmas Special in 2017), however he's correct it was also partly used as a ballroom and music venue (among other things) in its early years where acts like The Beatles played mainly in the 60s.
6 - "Bradford introduced free school meals and medical checks" which everyone in the UK gets for free on the NHS anyway. However Bradford created the concept of free school meals.
7 - "Bradford was recently ranked 2nd worst place to live" according to who? The only recent list I can find ranks Bradford 10th, and those type of lists are usually made by energy companies.
8 - That "Bradford is 35% unemployed" a figure which is repeated in multiple videos of theirs, yet the actual figure is 6.3% as of the latest 2021 statistics.
Yep I now live in London (I'm from Stoke) in the 10 years I've lived hear I probably visited London proper fewer times than in the 10 years before that. It's just a collection of small and medium size towns and villages which have become emmeshed. And 'south of the river' might as be on Mars at least for me.
London City is, infact, a city. London as the county isnt a city.
@@SnowMexicann *London City* isn't its name.
There's the 8 square mile *City of Westminster.*
There's the 1 square mile *City of London* which is also a *county.*
And then there's the *county* and *region* of *Greater London* aka *London* which contains those *2 cities,* and likes to pretend that it's a *city* too, even though places can't be given *city status* when they have *cities* within them, therefore *London* will never be a *city.*
@@danielgardecki1046 its actually 1 square mile
@@randomperson5946 Why are you telling me something I have already written above? Also *London* is an abbreviation of *Greater London,* and *City of London* should never be abbreviated, therefore as I said *London* is not a city.
Preston Lancashire is a depressing place to live
makes me laugh how everyone just says hulls a shithole then you cask them "have you ever been" and every time they will say no
It's not entirely where you live its how you live, disrespecting a city just exposes who you are yourself, you find happiness in yourself & you should be happy anywhere, some people are happy feeling unhappy though, it's not the city it's the person
Nah - i get what your saying but - I’ve experienced living and working here !!!! NO THANKS MISERABLE PPL
Hmmm Birmingham is an exciting city not depressing in the slightest you just need to know where to look. Unfortunately I do not live there anymore and that is depressing. Some of the key factors that make it enjoyable and not depressing is that it has some of the best food in the country and its exciting mix of cultures! ✌️ ❤️
No
I lived in lozells (birmingham)for 13 years......I feel I deserve a medal...when I tried to report a mugging, that I stopped , the police ,first ignored, then threatened to arrest me ... one father in nearby aston ,set fire to his own daughter in the street....
@@angelareele858 normal day in Birmingham
Aren't Nick Rhodes and John Taylor of Duran Duran from Birmingham?
This is his opinion people like me will disagree on birmingham, the 2nd largest city in the UK
London - top of the list. Ghastly even to visit, the sooner your out the better you feel.
Birmingham is depressing London is exciting loads to do.
@@marktaurus206 The failings of one place cannot be used to make another look better. Loads to do right where I am :-)
@@Roskellan London is more ideal as a tourist city even though over 10 million live in London nothing wrong with the city.
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Yer like getting stabbed
The whole of the UK is depressing to live in
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Bit like North Korea then?
@@SuperNevile NOTHING is like north Korea.
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Hav u lived in India
This is harsh on Birmingham as the centre has improved and Bourneville/Edgbaston are lovely. Sunderland should probably be there instead. Parts of London are very ugly and depressing but escape to beauty is a bus/tube ride away.
Ive lived near the Reservoir in Edgbaston, wow. Really nice considering its just a canal topup lake. Early evening this time of year id prob not go across the dam of the "ressa" cause its bug central this time of year. But a walk around it, including some reps on the exersise bars will test you. 2 laps will hurt you, its bigger than you think.
Unless you are affluent all of the UK is depressing. In my experience there was a sharp demarcation of decline after Thatcher got in and it has been declining ever since. As you say in your video industries have disappeared because of globalisation, along with the money they generated.
UK town/city planning is bleak especially recently with the town squares completely paved over. The poorer the cities/towns the less greenery there is, although lots has been spent on spying on people (see my video on Blackpool). There is a dire lack of green within walking distance in the cities/towns. The houses are so narrow, they are more like hallways compared to most other countries.
To my great horror I drove past Middlesbrough once. And Luton, that's another story, Someone told me that they paid 3 million pounds to import concrete slabs from China to lay down on the town square after they ripped up trees hundreds of yrs old. Imo money in pockets. That is the mentality that has ruined the UK.
As a Dutch person I was shocked by how much litter there is everywhere. Is that a cultural thing? I simply don’t understand.
I agree, in genneral; however, Hull has an abundance of green spaces and tree-lined boulevards, both in and around the city-centre.
@@MG3AEH Thanks for the heads up. I have never been to Hull although I know that it suffered from WW2 badly.
@@pangaea5258 There are not many public litter bins in the UK because of the IRA bomb scares in the past.
I must say that the British architects and city planners could learn a lot from the Dutch who are always updating and modernising their cities while the British governments have let everything degrade for the last 45yrs.
@@mrswigglebottom967 ... Most bombed city after London.
Let's show Brum some love, it's so diverse, people from all over the world make it their home, the most multicultural city in the country. The food is amazing, more Michelin starred restaurants anywhere outside London, and the home of the Balti. Its musical heritage is up there with the very best, its the birth of heavy metal and Bhangra , and its arguably home to British reggae.
Downsides? Underachieving football teams, its been the gun crime capital for what seems like decades and the traffic around the M6!
ok. except london for you which is the best city to live in england?????
Why do you keep using stock footage of the USA when talking about the UK?
Middlesbrough is more depressing than any of these three cities.
No it's not Birmingham is a dumping ground and people are rude and miserable.
YES.
I Live near Durham City ‘ though I spent a number of years with Teessiders ‘ while in the army and on Teesside ‘
Ok the boro may be a bit of a shit-hole ‘ but most of the locals are good people ‘ true Brits ……👍 🇬🇧
What does' 5th worst dangerous place' mean ?
Let's not forget all the great bands brought to us by Bradford and Hull, like The Cult and the Housemartins.
I have no interest in *Rock* or *Metal,* however I often share my relatively small list of *Bradford's Rock, Metal and Punk bands* with people who do.
I have a list of around 70 or 80 mainly Rock acts from Bradford on my list.
To get an almost complete list you'd have to buy or borrow the trilogy of *Bradford Noise of the Valley's* books which go from 1967 to 2009.
I do know however that *Bradford* has at least *1 band member* in practically every big UK *Rock or Metal band* there is, not that anyone realises.
Not to mention 100s of rappers on *Bradford* channels like *KODH TV, AIRES Films, BFD TV, Up North Development, Elevation (Solidaire Records), Preme Sound, Yard Sessions, Dorzi, Frazandmolegrip, 2ACTIVE TV, JRC Music, Chukie Bradford, Quade PoundSign, Haze Da Martian, Blazer Boccle, LeejayTv, Lunar C, S_ Dog___ , Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Marky B, Rypula Records* etc (I'm sure there's a big various artists one I've forgotten), along with all their appearances on *Leeds* channels, and all the *Manchester/Birmingham/London* ones all of which started after *KODH TV* which didn't and doesn't get the recognition it deserves from the media and the public simply because of where its based.
There's 1 solo rapper, and 1 trio of rappers/singers/producers in particular (no not the trio you're thinking of), who have collaborated with most of the biggest rappers in the UK, and some of the biggest in USA, yet how many people know?
Barely anyone, as all UK rappers are ignored unless they're from the *West Midlands, Greater Manchester* or *Greater London.*
They can pretend to care, like they have with 2 BBC documentaries about rappers, which have visited Bradford in the last 6 years, along with doing a temporary BBC radio show here, but predictably, they were only interested in rappers from the supposedly bigger cities.
@@danielgardecki1046 Hello. There's nothing 'depressing' about 'She Sells Sanctuary' or 'Happy Hour', my man, that's all I'm sayin'. Rock on and keep on groovin'.
Thats enough reason to bomb them !
the cult are from Manchester
@@tyremanguitars You'd best let Wikipedia know, then, because they're saying that the singer, Ian Astbury, originally formed the band in Bradford.
Do something about Haverfordwest and Pembrokeshire
I live in Birmingham n have never realised it was a depressing city your research is absolutely correct quality of life is below standard for most of the people specially people who r unemployed people who r homeless traffic is v heavy road conditions r not v good but it has lot of culture n traditions but still I'm proud to be Brummie
In Birmingham it is law to give identification details to the on street enforcement officers??I get fined £150
Not cities but depressing Telford Wolverhampton. But Bradford probably wins the prize
What about Luton 🤣 never been so depressed as living in Luton 🤣 yes it’s a Town but as applied for City status. 🤣 which will only make it more depressing 🤣
Stevenage, Massive body shutter
Wolverhampton is a city.
Bradford is okay and is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and many parks. I think people are prejudiced against Bradford for racial reasons.
What really makes these places depressing is the weather, most of the year is dark and wet , even on summer , people from Rio's favelas are happier or at least less depressed than british people
That is a remarkably stupid and incorrect observation.
Ilkley has been named nicest place to live in England by The Sunday Times, which comes under the City of Bradford…
Iv lived in London, Bristol Manchester Toronto Calgary, I can honestly say Birmingham is the best out of all of them so not sure how you put the city on this list!
Birmingham! Where do you get your insulting incorrect information from? Have you ever been here or looked around? I am constantly surprised by how much is on offer here how much country side on the edges of the city and how easy it is to travel about.
People are so friendly with such a diverse culture I wished I had moved here years ago!
Iived over 60 years it's a absolute dive.yeah got open spaces but it's just a crime ridden shit tip..!
@@brumbykj then move !
@@jacktheplumber Don't worry I am soon.!!!
You won't be missed.
@@OGGY2354 Thanks Rolly.!!!
Nice
My top bottom three would be - Reading, Luton and Preston.
Birmingham and Bradford are lovely cities.They have a large Pakistani community
Alum Rock is great for clothing and good quality drugs ( Thanks Baz the smokes are getting better, hope you keep the price at £15 a go )
Bradford City Centre itself isn't depressing because no one goes there to get depressed. The only thing depressing is trying to drive through it!
Some of the outskirts of Bradford are quite pleasant though.
Birmingham is the best city outside of London in England.
It is indisputable that Birmingham is Englands 2nd City.
What about Sunderland?