Busy day yesterday then Simon?
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/50-reasons-stay-away-coventry-9519369
I can't say I have heard many of those as actual reasons to stay away though!
Exceptionally busy. You can see all the stuff I wrote here: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/authors/simon-gilbert/
I think you might be slightly missing the point of the article...
Simon - Cov Uni and Warwick were top 15 in the Guardian table published a few weeks ago, not sure where the top 20 came from. That is a massive acheivement for a City such as ours.
I must have completely missed it
Although some are nice pictures and you can't argue with the points!
I think you can.
Coventry has loads of really historic buildings and arts wise it was stated quite recently that outside of London, Coventry has the most drama groups in the entire country.
We have 2 great museums and it is really nice around the cathedral.
It's very easy to pick on the faults, whilst forgetting stuff like the Memorial Park or Fargo Village, or the Godiva Festival.
Where things went wrong was that after the Germans bombed the city, the architects tried to avoid the historic sites to preserve them and built around them and this then isolated all the important historic buildings. There are some lovely old buildings. It's just that they are spaced out across the city.
Are you on Commission from Fargo Village?
I often go to Coventry Transport Museum, although not so much the Herbert after I went to a dinosaur exhibition and it was like the kids had made them.
It really depends what people want, I wouldn't say it was a dump. It has nice parts and crap parts like most towns
Yep! Exactly, Nick. It is like most towns. So, why does it get so much stick?
As i said a few weeks back, I travel all over England and nearly everywhere has its nice parts and its crap parts.
Lol. When have you ever heard anyone from Cov say 'the town centre isn't the best?'Does it get so much stick? Do people in Liverpool not slag parts of it off?
I doubt people from Coventry would say the Cathedral or Coombe Abbey is ugly and horrible and should be knocked down, they might just say they don't shop in the town centre as it isn't the best.
Lol. When have you ever heard anyone from Cov say 'the town centre isn't the best?'
A fair bit, not many people I know bother going shopping in the town centre.
I mean that exact wording Nick.
You'd get 'Cov is a pile of shit' or 'It's crap and there's nuffin to do.' you wouldn't get ' the town centre isn't the best!'
I was being polite.
It depends what you are talking about, the town centre is a pile of shit if you want shopping, however it is great if you want cathedrals.
i think Birmingham did one the other day too......
Try Luton, Hull, Bradford, Middlesborough, Rochdale, Great swathes of Brum, London and Manchester. Cov is heaven in comparison to the aforementioned and many many others
did they include all of the other surrounding cities places and claim them for themselves?
Bumping this back up.
Went to the motor museum at the weekend, the square was full of homeless people either asleep or drinking 2 litre bottles of cider. I went to pay for parking and got harassed by a beggar for money which was quite intimidating for a 5 year old girl.
Lurking around the bus station were big groups of people with strange smelling ciggies.
Motor museum was fantastic, just a shame it's surroundings ruined it. That's why I don't bother with going into the city centre.
I never encounter any of that sort of thing, Nick.
Are you a lamp and they moths?
I never encounter any of that sort of thing, Nick.
Are you a lamp and they moths?
That square by the memorial park? Rammed with homeless people asleep at 2.30 in the afternoon and loads of people on the benches around the outside sat drinking cider.
Bit strange having to explain to a child why people are asleep against a wall in the daytime and why a strange man is asking me for money and trying to talk to her after she has been taught not to speak to strangers.
Been a fair few times somebody has been begging in the car park next to the pay machine by the swimming baths.
Walk into the bus station and it feels like you are in a different country.
Bumping this back up.
Went to the motor museum at the weekend, the square was full of homeless people either asleep or drinking 2 litre bottles of cider. I went to pay for parking and got harassed by a beggar for money which was quite intimidating for a 5 year old girl.
Lurking around the bus station were big groups of people with strange smelling ciggies.
Motor museum was fantastic, just a shame it's surroundings ruined it. That's why I don't bother with going into the city centre.
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