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I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time

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395 points url | 4 comments | 26 Apr 25 00:30 UTC | HN request time: 1.047s | source
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amiga386 ◴[26 Apr 25 01:58 UTC] No.43800248[source]▶
> There’s a website (I won’t link to it) that has kept on running a survey of the worst places in the UK for years and years

I will, it's ChavTowns.

https://web.archive.org/web/20061013053524/http://www.chavto...

Still running as https://www.ilivehere.co.uk/

Also the owner is giving up on it as of the start of this year -- mainly because nobody visits the site; churnalists just freeboot it and they rank higher on google. https://www.ilivehere.co.uk/top-10-worst-places-to-live-in-e...

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1. lifestyleguru ◴[26 Apr 25 05:08 UTC] No.43801101[source]▶
> organisations who despite their name, do not give a flying ** about their social housing stock

> and run-down decaying towns in the whole country

You cannot simultaneously have landlords living in Spain and well maintained local housing. Both are expensive. Pick only one. There exists a sweet spot when people are desperate enough to live in a place and pay every rent for any housing, but the sugar coating has washed off.

PS. How could they miss Bedford in the ranking?!

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2. harvey9 ◴[26 Apr 25 07:24 UTC] No.43801598[source]▶
The social housing stock is run by corporate landlords with UK offices. It's still poorly maintained anyway.
3. anovikov ◴[26 Apr 25 09:36 UTC] No.43802161[source]▶
Not sure how living in Spain is expensive compared to UK. Cheaper living, lower taxes.
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4. lifestyleguru ◴[26 Apr 25 10:34 UTC] No.43802407[source]▶
"Expat's cost of living" is different from "native's cost of living".