It's a working class town in a middle class part of the country. There are far worse characterless dumps : Crystal Palace, Milton Keynes, Bournemouth
I actually like the Kenilworth Road ground, except the portacabins down the touchline but the town itself is a ****hole and has had its identity stolen and I wouldn't want to live there, or London for that matter.
Leicester is unusually dull and featureless. Been there several times , never found owt of interest. Affluent enough but dull as.
I had 2 students working for me. One from Huddersfield and one from Warrington. Both could if chosen unis elsewhere but came here. When I asked what decided it they both said one look at the uni and speaking to to other students here and it was sealed.
like i said earlier how is a city judged? on it's estates? well i'd rather be in an hull estate than a glasgow or london or manchester or derby or birmingham or wolverhampton and luton hull has one of if not the best old towns i've seen in the uk bar maybe edinburgh very close proximity to stunning countryside, but also beaches the marina and the area around it is absolutely incredible, it's a shame it took so long for the renevations to take place plus we ain't surrounded by another 10 cities in close proximity like hell holes of wolverhampton and the like it's got it's flaws mostly the council but it's a good city and the university has one of the most stunning buildings in the uk
Hull has its own sudden elegancies. People are slow to leave it, quick to return. And there are others who come, as they think, for a year or two, and stay a lifetime, sensing that they have found a city that is in the world yet sufficiently on the edge of it to have a different resonance
speaking oh telephone boxes when was the last time any of you used one? i remember in my yoof ringing phone boxes, the number was listed above the keypad, and hoping people would answer was brilliant