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Is Nelson,Lancashire a good place to live?

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  • Running_Horse
    Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
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    On American websites such questions are perfectly normal and not received with outrage, and Wikipedia entries for places routinely include ethnic information. We like to pretend such information is not a factor here, but read the ethnic information on primary schools in OFSTED reports, and you will notice our society is every bit as much divided along racial lines, with huge variations in neighbouring schools. It goes against my 1970s Ebony and Ivory middle class upbringing, but that is the world we live in today. Most white parents would not choose to live in a non-white area.
    Been away for a while.
  • tommie1shunt
    tommie1shunt Posts: 341 Forumite
    Old houses terraced houses, steep thin streets, not much work, plonked on the base of the pennine moors like a wart with no fixed address, wet, cold, windy, looks like a tent city made out of stone. Twinned with the crap hole called Burnley, indeed it is hard to tell them apart. But don,t lose heart where I live ain,t much better, but would I live in Nelson?, hell no.
    Only positive thing you can say is the house prices are very cheap, hardly surprising tho.
  • Hijabee
    Hijabee Posts: 49 Forumite
    tommie1shunt wrote: »
    Old houses terraced houses, steep thin streets, not much work, plonked on the base of the pennine moors like a wart with no fixed address, wet, cold, windy, looks like a tent city made out of stone. Twinned with the crap hole called Burnley, indeed it is hard to tell them apart. But don,t lose heart where I live ain,t much better, but would I live in Nelson?, hell no.
    Only positive thing you can say is the house prices are very cheap, hardly surprising tho.


    Hi why wouldn't you live in Nelson? Because of the dull and quiteness or some other?
  • The_Palmist
    The_Palmist Posts: 789 Forumite
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    Where do you currently live ? If you share that information, people might be able to do some comparison for you and advise whether Nelson will an upgrade or downgrade.
    Nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. - Alex Supertramp
  • Blobby8_2
    Blobby8_2 Posts: 2,009 Forumite
    The_Palmist wrote: »
    Where do you currently live ? If you share that information, people might be able to do some comparison for you and advise whether Nelson will an upgrade or downgrade.


    Go on , do tell, from where would Nelson be an upgrade ?
  • BeardedWonder
    BeardedWonder Posts: 78 Forumite
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    Hijabee wrote: »
    Hi why wouldn't you live in Nelson? Because of the dull and quiteness or some other?

    I think plenty of reasons were provided!
  • sonastin
    sonastin Posts: 3,210 Forumite
    Blobby8 wrote: »
    Go on , do tell, from where would Nelson be an upgrade ?

    Mogadishu?
  • puppy999
    puppy999 Posts: 216 Forumite
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    It sounds like Nelson,Burnley and Blackburn would suite you as its like spot the white and I dont mean to be rude its the truth ..........
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 45 Forumite
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-34433912.html
    http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-33147233.html

    Looks like it can be nice at the same time it looks like it can be a bit drab.
    Rather like most of the UK there is good and not so good areas.
    I think you know this but really you want someone bite.
  • Hijabee
    Hijabee Posts: 49 Forumite
    Yes thats true. Nelson is an ok town but I want to kind of start a new life in nelson.
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