Rough towns

PostRough towns by **Gario** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:22 pm

Several times a week, in the streets I can see from my window, an argument escalates into a scrap. It always involves the same teenagers/twentysomethings who live round here and never venture further than the local pub.

It sounds like a stereotype but I'd put a tenner on these morons all having dropped out of school at 16 and got their girlfriends pregnant.

Some key quotes from tonight:

"I'll have ya, ya f***ing c**t"
"Ya lanky f***ing prick"
And the classic "Come on then!"

One day I'm sure I'll get bopped round the face just for walking down the road

PostRe: Rough towns by **Oh Teh Noes** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:23 pm

Sounds just like around here.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Dragonite** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:25 pm

I wish we had more like that around here, it's really quiet :cry:

PostRe: Rough towns by **Gario** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:28 pm

Dragonite wrote:I wish we had more like that around here, it's really quiet

I find it funny because it's not a threat to me as long as I stay inside. But if I was walking past a scene like that and had no way of avoiding it I'd be really intimidated.

I'm talking about groups of 5-10 here.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Lonely Angel** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:28 pm

Birkenhead is win.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Sputnik** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:29 pm

What this country needs is another war.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Oh Teh Noes** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:32 pm

This country or your country?

PostRe: Rough towns by **Mafro** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:36 pm

Someone torched a car in my street a few weeks ago, the explosion woke me up at 4am. Odd, because it's usually a nice area.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Dragonite** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:39 pm

Gario wrote:
Dragonite wrote:I wish we had more like that around here, it's really quiet

I find it funny because it's not a threat to me as long as I stay inside. But if I was walking past a scene like that and had no way of avoiding it I'd be really intimidated.

I'm talking about groups of 5-10 here.

I just find a good banter/scrap enjoyable to watch.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Sputnik** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:41 pm

Oh Teh Noes wrote:This country or your country?

All countries. Clear up that youth scum.

PostRe: Rough towns by **St Nick** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:02 pm

The amount of scum there is in Coventry is absolutely unbelievable.

Just playing a 5 a side games tonight. You can tell the entire opposition team just came for a fight. Shady fags before the games. Swearing about everything. Giving you a kick just for daring to have the ball near them. Kicking off just for trying to get the ball off them. Calling one of my mates 'Allah' because of his ethnicity. Utter scum. And they will just go on to produce more and more scum.

Same thing on a night out. Why can't these utter morons just go to a bar/pub without acting like total, utter, wanking bellends? Along with these people, and the 'oi oi' culture, it beggars belief that I actually ever bother to leave the house.

And don't get me started on strawberry floating Birmingham. Cesspit of the entire world, with not one redeeming feature about it.

Cool story, bro. Etc. I don't care. I agree with the war idea, send more of the banana splits out to be killed, because they sure as hell don't add anything to, well, anything.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Vermin** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:02 pm

It's not a new thing. Living in cities, no matter even if it isn't the bustling centre, has always been like this. The difference between my girlfriend's flat she rents out - which is not far from Lothian Road (a crime hotspot for decades) in Edinburgh - and mine which is 30 minutes' walk towards Canonmills in a sort of suburban area, is like night and day.

Just aim to get a nice house as soon as you can manage, Gario. Shack up with an ugly millionaire if you have to.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Lonely Angel** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:06 pm

As much as I defend birkenhead, it is full of wanna be scallies and chavs. Lads that'll start on you for anything at all, all over the place, boarded up buildings, more lads to start on you, and not a single copper in sight. Still love it :wub:

PostRe: Rough towns by **Fatal Exception** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:07 pm

Gario wrote:Several times a week, in the streets I can see from my window, an argument escalates into a scrap. It always involves the same teenagers/twentysomethings who live round here and never venture further than the local pub.

It sounds like a stereotype but I'd put a tenner on these morons all having dropped out of school at 16 and got their girlfriends pregnant.

Some key quotes from tonight:

"I'll have ya, ya f***ing c**t"
"Ya lanky f***ing prick"
And the classic "Come on then!"

One day I'm sure I'll get bopped round the face just for walking down the road

It could be worse, you could be in Hull. :lol:

PostRe: Rough towns by **Count Nood** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:13 pm

Wherever GM lives sounds pretty rough.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Gario** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:14 pm

Fatal Exception wrote:
Gario wrote:Several times a week, in the streets I can see from my window, an argument escalates into a scrap. It always involves the same teenagers/twentysomethings who live round here and never venture further than the local pub.

It sounds like a stereotype but I'd put a tenner on these morons all having dropped out of school at 16 and got their girlfriends pregnant.

Some key quotes from tonight:

"I'll have ya, ya f***ing c**t"
"Ya lanky f***ing prick"
And the classic "Come on then!"

One day I'm sure I'll get bopped round the face just for walking down the road

It could be worse, you could be in Hull.

Hell

It's not that bad around here, no worse than where I grew up in Reading and certainly better than another part of Leeds I've lived in. But it speaks volumes about the breed of people in Bramley when the best shop is Blockbuster, the only lunch place a Greggs and the clothes retailer of choice Tesco.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Gario** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:16 pm

I should also add that there's one good point about this town: the guy I'm seeing lives right around the corner and he's a pleasant student chap (who unfortunately is off to uni).

PostRe: Rough towns by **Lotus** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:16 pm

I'm sure that mosts towns and cities in Britian have this problem. Depressing, but very likely. For most people the highlight of their week is going out on a Friday or Saturday, and in some cases they can't resist turning into even bigger banana splits when they drink than they usually are, and they have to ruin everyone else's night with aggressive, intimidating and violent behaviour. It's just expected these days, it's not even something that's uncommon or looked down upon anymore.

PostRe: Rough towns by **Fatal Exception** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:18 pm

I thought you lived in Leeds?

PostRe: Rough towns by **Gario** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:21 pm

Fatal Exception wrote:I thought you lived in Leeds?

Me? I do. Bramley is in Leeds, it's not Bromley.

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