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Worst & Best places to live in the UK

JennyW_2
JennyW_2 Posts: 1,888 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
I missed the last 5 of each :(

Can anyone fill me in? Thanks.
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  • vickitoria100
    vickitoria100 Posts: 411 Forumite
    Try http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/best&worst/index.html
  • JennyW_2
    JennyW_2 Posts: 1,888 Forumite
    vickitoria100 wrote:
    Try http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/best&worst/index.html

    i really enjoyed what I saw although they certainly showed some real horrors :eek:
  • vickitoria100
    vickitoria100 Posts: 411 Forumite
    I really wanted to watch it but was out :-( Oh well, am sure it will be repeated on More4 or something...!
  • JennyW_2
    JennyW_2 Posts: 1,888 Forumite
    Al_Mac wrote:
    Go to most areas and you can do what they did ;)

    yeah, I guess so.........:rolleyes:

    The life expectancy figures were interesting and I didn't realise about the high obesity levels in scotland. I saw a life figure of 53 but missed the explanation
  • dccarm
    dccarm Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    JennyW wrote:
    I saw a life figure of 53 but missed the explanation


    It was the Calton area of Glasgow.
  • AndrewSmith
    AndrewSmith Posts: 2,871 Forumite
    Off to buy just down the road from me in Winchester pmsl :T:
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    For any who missed it.

    Synopsis is

    they base best & worst on things like
    life expectancy
    crime levels
    unemployment
    sickness & disability

    Thus the orkney islands despite most of them being completely uninhabited was up there as one of the best places to live, a mere 8 hours away from Aberdeen the nearest city. Live anywhere on the scottish mainland and your life expectancy plummets.

    Footage showed mini kirsty hanging around broken windows and boarded up houses being "scared". Basically they took 180k and looked around the borough and saw what you could get for 180k. they claimed all you can get is a 1 bed houseboat in tower hamlets. jsut not true. in fact if you look on rightmove today you can see that a 3 bed houseboat on the same moorings is a mere 65k http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-6087697.rsp?pa_n=2&tr_t=buy

    180k would get you this
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/viewdetails-8141806.rsp?pa_n=12&tr_t=buy
    and its about 2 minutes walk from tower bridge. location location eh?

    edit- dont know where that last bit came from- ranting again :rolleyes:
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • JennyW_2
    JennyW_2 Posts: 1,888 Forumite
    Al_Mac wrote:
    It wasn't about being fair:rolleyes: It was about manipulative TV and introducing Soppy as a replacement for Krusty;)

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    my OH fancies Sof

    And he reckons she knows more about property than me!!!!! How rude!!! LOL :rotfl:
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • Pinklepurr
    Pinklepurr Posts: 331 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Damn, I missed it. But looking at the Ch4 website I live in the 5th best area so pretty pleased about that!
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