Peterborough! The UK's Worst Place To Live 🇬🇧

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Backpacker Ben

Backpacker Ben

Күн бұрын

Welcome to Peterborough, supposedly one of the worst places in the United Kingdom. Peterborough is currently ranked 2nd in the list of worst rated places so I spend the day here and try find out if it's true. I arrived with zero knowledge of the place so anything I saw was a complete first impression, I even spend the night here in Peterborough's worst rated hotel to get the full experience. So then let's find out what Peterborough is like! Is it really as bad as they say?
Thank you Timmy for showing me around the city! Check out his channel!
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Thank you also Fish for joining me again! Check his video out
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@NeonSpinnner
@NeonSpinnner 6 ай бұрын
Ben you travelled around Afghanistan, but not Lincoln Road at night?💀
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Don’t wanna push it to far do I
@yugster78
@yugster78 6 ай бұрын
Not a lot of difference between the 2 to be fair.
@monicanath4859
@monicanath4859 6 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@JoFuSoA
@JoFuSoA 6 ай бұрын
First question having watched 1 minute of your video. Where is your girl? Is she in the video?
@samual3006
@samual3006 6 ай бұрын
​@JoFuSoA No she's not.
@Josh-ek9pw
@Josh-ek9pw 6 ай бұрын
Hey Ben, thanks for taking the time to interview me and my mate. All the best
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
You bet Josh! Thanks again mate!
@christopherzhao3135
@christopherzhao3135 Күн бұрын
They used to rate Blackpool as one of the worst place in the country. I’ve been there many times, it was way above my expectations.
@kellychapman2843
@kellychapman2843 Ай бұрын
Have u done Northampton? I got chance to move there from Peterborough as I moved here in 2019 and hate it here tbh
@Davethanks
@Davethanks 6 ай бұрын
Peterborough was my closest City for a few years. There are some incredibly beautiful British villages very nearby just up the A605. Thatch cottages, acreage, working farms, stately homes and the like. The city centre never had anything other than the fairly modern and well stocked shopping centre
@yugster78
@yugster78 6 ай бұрын
I m also small town outside Peterborough used to go into the city centre for nights out all time about 20+ years ago. was a decent place with lots of stuff to do. Don't even recognise the place any more.
@djzrobzombie2813
@djzrobzombie2813 6 ай бұрын
Luton= Andrew Tate 😮😮😮
@monicanath4859
@monicanath4859 6 ай бұрын
That sounds beautiful ❤!
@kevinengland7444
@kevinengland7444 6 ай бұрын
Thankfully Stamford is close by. A white refuge.
@melaniebaldwin-l4n
@melaniebaldwin-l4n 6 ай бұрын
@@kevinengland7444Hopefully stays like that. Starting to see a change in Oakham lately
@philipspooner1234
@philipspooner1234 Ай бұрын
You should try going to stoke on Trent around Hanley
@greenbunnyinabongo7299
@greenbunnyinabongo7299 6 ай бұрын
Peterborough turned a friend of mine from lifelong church goer that wouldn’t eat with his elbows on the table Into a raging crack headed pin cushion And he only went for the weekend
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Whatttttt 😮‍💨
@rafd3593
@rafd3593 4 ай бұрын
Are you on drugs?
@apaumichael954
@apaumichael954 2 ай бұрын
He made the decision…
@GetBased
@GetBased 2 ай бұрын
How many people do you think go to the catherdral for worship compared to tourists?
@paolothepug6096
@paolothepug6096 6 ай бұрын
Good to see Joe again, you make a good duo, be good to see you both abroad.
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Top lad fish
@Jamie-559
@Jamie-559 6 ай бұрын
I know Peterborough well and have visited many other towns in the UK. I would say there are a lot worse out there than Peterborough. Northampton for one is definitely worse.
@luketucker1213
@luketucker1213 2 ай бұрын
Should of gone to the Orton Goldhay estate in Peterborough 😮
@johnsbox
@johnsbox 24 күн бұрын
Visually, Swindon new town centre looks much worse. However, Peterborough and another 100 towns like this have similar issues. How they determine the 'worst' town would be interesting to know.
@girlinagale
@girlinagale 6 ай бұрын
I spent a decade busking saxophone on Cathedral Square. The 80s were fun in Peterborough.
@lemonlime8949
@lemonlime8949 6 ай бұрын
I wish I existed back then
@rosemaryfranzese317
@rosemaryfranzese317 6 күн бұрын
I visited Peterborough in the late 1990s, it was a nice city back then. Many people moved from to London to Peterborough in the later decades of the 20th century because good quality houses were much cheaper than in the capital and there was plenty of work. The 21st century has not been kind to this city but anti social behaviour is not confined to Peterborough and Luton, it’s everwhere
@njpringle
@njpringle 6 ай бұрын
The 2021 UK census for Peterborough shows that only 71% of Peterborough residents were born in the UK and of those that were not, 12.8% of Peterborough residents born outside the UK have lived here for less than 10 years.half of the 12.8% have lived in the UK for less than 5 years.
@Ajbxbdueueu
@Ajbxbdueueu 6 ай бұрын
44 years I've lived in different parts of the UK. I've been hit with a crowbar, stabbed, beaten by a gang of pissheads, all of them white British. Never to date have I been verbally abused, assaulted or stolen from by an immigrant.
@61hink
@61hink 6 ай бұрын
That guy cracked me up when you mentioned Luton. He gave up. It's bad here, but not as bad as Luton.
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Number 1 🚀
@WellRaverOfficial
@WellRaverOfficial 6 ай бұрын
I can confirm this I was once mugged in Luton high street at 6pm! Got a nice trip in the Ambulance! Only needed a few stiches though and I was OK. I only had £20 on me@@BackpackerBen , Another time the biggest Asian guy I have ever seen came across the road right in front of me and said "what are you doing walking in front of me you cunt". Luckily though he left me alone after saying that. One of the three lads ([I'll just say that) grabbed my wallet and I saw that lots of people were walking by so I tried to hold on to the wallet, thinking that "at least one person would do something". Answer was no -nobody gave a fuck and eventually I got punched and knocked to the floor! I was warned though "do you want me to knock you" well no not really, but I was expecting to have some help!
@MikeO8585
@MikeO8585 6 ай бұрын
That guy brought a bit of vibrancy to Peterborough though
@andyp5693
@andyp5693 Ай бұрын
Luton funnily enough has one of the best bus services in england. Probably the best. With special road surfaces dedicated just for buses (to run fast). The town is okay actually, it's not that bad. Chavvy shitholes like grantham, havant, grimsby and skegness are depressing. Especially skegness. The local trains are absolute bangers
@simonbirch5726
@simonbirch5726 6 ай бұрын
As a Brit living in Ontario Canada, I can confirm Peterborough Ontario is a shit hole as well. Must be in the name.
@ghosthdel3098
@ghosthdel3098 6 ай бұрын
I am a born and bred British lives in peterbrough. I havent work since i was 35yo. Now that i am 50 i dont see the point of working and getting taxed. I live modestly, dont wear branded clothes but able to save up from the benefits money i get and could go on holiday to magaluf and tennerife at least once a year. Let the kids who want to work and get taxed but for me i would rather get the free money. There is a reason why immigrants from developing countries want to move in to the UK, free money to start off their life
@jameson9750
@jameson9750 6 ай бұрын
Harsh 🎉
@ArmandoBellagio
@ArmandoBellagio 6 ай бұрын
🤣 It didn't look all bad though
@unelectedbureaucrat2003
@unelectedbureaucrat2003 6 ай бұрын
​@@ghosthdel3098 I spend my benefits on booze and crack but if I didn't could've saved up to go Ibiza. I'm studying though so not quite as useless as you
@ghosthdel3098
@ghosthdel3098 6 ай бұрын
Why are you being so rude? what have i done to you? each to their own, this life suits me however it might not suit you as you will have bigger bills with all the booze and cracks you consume. Dont be so rude just because you are hiding behind your computer screen. I hope Karma will get you in this life or next.
@lighthousedimlights6404
@lighthousedimlights6404 15 күн бұрын
I went to Bedford last week for a short stop omg like it’s horrible grim people grim buildings everything so depressing I left immediately after a tour in the town
@ingeforman6140
@ingeforman6140 6 ай бұрын
So who's to blame? Government! If they just put the REAL criminals in jail, make people feel safe, every City will be nice again
@PaulReuter-n9b
@PaulReuter-n9b 8 күн бұрын
Everywhere seems to be a dump or shithole according to Ben .
@colinpu5008
@colinpu5008 6 ай бұрын
In the 1980's Cambridge people would go on shopping trips to Peterborough to the Queensgate centre, and to Luton to the Arndale centre. Safe to say those days are over.
@peace.love.within3340
@peace.love.within3340 5 ай бұрын
As someone who used to live in Peterborough and works there I can confirm jobs are bad, It does not feel safe, no one is happy or cheery, windows being smashed is normal. I used to live in a rough area where people would chase other people down the street with knives and machetes. Everything is downhill and so not worth being anymore.
@tahaplh1
@tahaplh1 6 ай бұрын
I've observed a trend where disadvantaged areas in the United States tend to have predominantly Black or Latina populations, while in the United Kingdom, these areas are mainly populated by immigrants. What could be the reason for this pattern?
@Josh-ek9pw
@Josh-ek9pw 6 ай бұрын
I don't think it's about immigrants, I think it's about wealth. Poor majority English areas are just as shit as any other poor majority immigrant area
@Ajbxbdueueu
@Ajbxbdueueu 6 ай бұрын
I'm British born and bred and I do not think immigrants from anywhere are to blame for the shocking state of the country. It's the criminally stupid and corrupt that sit in government and on local councils that are to blame.
@Evemeister12
@Evemeister12 6 ай бұрын
They're at an economic disadvantage so can only afford to live in poor areas.
@edwardglenn9310
@edwardglenn9310 2 ай бұрын
I got my passport there back in the day. Used to go out in Peterborough. Can’t believe it’s turned to shite.
@kevinengland7444
@kevinengland7444 6 ай бұрын
You import the third and second world and you get the third and second world. Peterborough is Islamabad/Warsaw and has certainly suffered the killings and general crime that has brought. The last time I walked through the city centre I didn't hear one English voice. We stopped going into the city well over a decade ago. Having said that, in comparison to places like Walsall, Grimsby, Slough, Jaywick, Manchester, areas of London, and so many other places around the UK which truly are shameful shitholes, Peterborough gets a raw deal. Peterborough isn't grotty or decaying, it's just bland. The only thing it has is the splendid cathedral which is easily one of the finest in Europe. It has the largest arched doors in Europe. Most English cathedral towns are historical and attractive. Peterborough isn't. I don't know why the clubs have closed, but I do know London is so close by train that's where they all go.
@SteveW67
@SteveW67 3 күн бұрын
"Wot appens right ere bro, nattin else to do". there's the problem right there, uncontrolled immigration, diversity, lack of law and order. It's really not that difficult to see.
@rturner99
@rturner99 6 ай бұрын
So what's the theme with all the worst places to live, Peterborough, Luton, Bedford etc?
@yeezusair1472
@yeezusair1472 6 ай бұрын
Bedfords alright not in the top 10 😂
@stevegandalf4739
@stevegandalf4739 6 ай бұрын
From what I remember, Luton's had a poor reputation for at least 20 years. I've never been there, so can't comment. I've never been to Peterborough either.
@TB-dz8lm
@TB-dz8lm 6 ай бұрын
They are all East or East Midlands
@stjohnbee
@stjohnbee 5 ай бұрын
Jack’s not from Peterborough. He pronounces his ‘T’s
@shockingbusiness
@shockingbusiness 6 ай бұрын
Britain is finished. If you own property here the best move "might" be to dump it before the market plunges and jump out of the country. If you are young and don't have much equity in the sinking ship, I'd simply abandon the place. In less than 5 years the demographics will turn what's left into an old folks zombi zoo and let's say you won't have to visit India as they are moving India right up your street. Britain is finished!
@bondmood
@bondmood 6 ай бұрын
I'm in Chicago and all we think about is getting out of here.
@gailmiler2797
@gailmiler2797 4 ай бұрын
Well go ahead, leave Chicago and move to Peterborough😅​@@bondmood
@darrenm342
@darrenm342 2 күн бұрын
Peterborough police are on job mate 😂🔥🔥🔥🔥
@Ant-dx8yt
@Ant-dx8yt 6 ай бұрын
The only thing I remember about Peterborough was truckfest.... and that was shite.
@raymondgreen5261
@raymondgreen5261 Ай бұрын
I was born in Peterborough in1946. It was a lovely place. Moved away when I was 16. Rubbish now. Lincoln road was nice look at it now. Say no more
@ralfsta
@ralfsta 6 ай бұрын
I see a pattern emerging here in these worst places to live..
@rturner99
@rturner99 6 ай бұрын
Immigration.
@WS-bk7uu
@WS-bk7uu 6 ай бұрын
religion of peace
@Madmax-iy8fi
@Madmax-iy8fi 6 ай бұрын
Yep third world foreigners
@meowritz
@meowritz 6 ай бұрын
Literally majority of the places he's visited so far were just english drug addicts and abandoned buildings
@footballfanar9717
@footballfanar9717 6 ай бұрын
Diversity
@keungkau9215
@keungkau9215 Ай бұрын
You have to visit Exeter!
@DavidOfosuAppiah
@DavidOfosuAppiah 6 ай бұрын
The #UK is on the ticking timebomb, #abyss #ruination and on the #precipice ....so dire and grim
@Hussnain702
@Hussnain702 5 ай бұрын
Bro plzz guide how can i apply Peterborough college ❤❤❤
@TeamMcGrath
@TeamMcGrath 6 ай бұрын
Blimey, never thought I'd see my city on your channel, glad you made it out safe and well brother! :D
@daledenton7296
@daledenton7296 6 ай бұрын
Are there tweekers in the uk?
@anthonyferris8912
@anthonyferris8912 6 ай бұрын
Why was the first young guy trying to talk like a Jamaican?
@mattlm64
@mattlm64 6 ай бұрын
Isn't pretty much every UK city like this nowadays?
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Getting there
@toby319
@toby319 6 ай бұрын
Should have gone to some of the suburbs like Werrington, Paston, Bretton and particularly Orton Goldhay
@Sidchasingclassiccars
@Sidchasingclassiccars 6 ай бұрын
Although I was not born there I grew up in Peterborough. I left for Bristol back in the 70's around the time of the Peterborough development scheme. I reckon it was around that time that the place started to go downhill. Having said that I actually witnessed an armed robbery right in Cathedral Square there where you began your vlog, I was 15 years old. I lived at the end of Dickens Street mentioned in the video. There were lots of small shops around then but sadly not many remain these days. The city has become very cosmopolitan and any civic pride seems to have evaporated. 😞
@Anticommunism99
@Anticommunism99 6 ай бұрын
No one is mentioning the obvious reasons for the decline .
@tlacorp.3813
@tlacorp.3813 6 ай бұрын
Asians
@theplantguy88
@theplantguy88 5 ай бұрын
This is such a depressing place. First thing you see are the signs of rampant addiction. I have witnessed human trafficking, rape in alleyways, multiple over doses, suicides, kidnapping and torture. I have never heard if anything goid coming from this place. It killed all my friends that went there inside and turned my sister into a hardcore drug addict i can never see again
@raregrimebeats1352
@raregrimebeats1352 4 ай бұрын
How did you witness all of that? Affiliation?
@theplantguy88
@theplantguy88 4 ай бұрын
@@raregrimebeats1352 Knew a few of Peterborough's victims, the addiction stuff, anyone can see for themselves. Hate that city
@julesg9004
@julesg9004 6 ай бұрын
LOL... been wondering when Peterborough would be on your list. I was born there and moved away when I was in my 20's (a long time ago... ). Hate the place. Would be happy never to return but family is still there.
@paradisekohchangstyle2150
@paradisekohchangstyle2150 6 ай бұрын
Ditto. 😢
@chloeburrows3787
@chloeburrows3787 5 ай бұрын
You want to go only 20 minutes down the road to a place called Stamford Lincolnshire that got voted one of the best places to live. Complete opposite.
@kevinkiso4579
@kevinkiso4579 6 ай бұрын
That 1st kid interviewed is just ignorant. If a town has a library, it's the best town in the country. Don't go out at night if you're frightened. Spend your day in the library reading about the Silk Road of the 13th century. If you're in the United Kingdom, you're a day away from a million great things and places to learn from.
@sufianseth
@sufianseth 5 ай бұрын
True but realistically, most teenagers/young adults especially in this day and age won't find much amusement in reading
@lizrigby-jones3700
@lizrigby-jones3700 4 ай бұрын
As with most places in the UK now, towns are being starved of infrastructure and potential. the Councils have a lot to answer for, where is the taxpayers money going to improve towns? Break down of Society and lack of funding for start up businesses to get towns on the map is totally insane. I feel this is quite deliberate to break down society. What are your thoughts?
@funkyfenman
@funkyfenman 6 ай бұрын
Used to be a great Town - not being racist but went in to deciine and the atmosphere changed once it become a hub for mass immigration.
@morganrichards2383
@morganrichards2383 6 ай бұрын
Visit Portsmouth, the town of constant road works 😅
@bondmood
@bondmood 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for another fantastic video. You have a great video voice. Always clear and understandable. Can you start asking people "why" when you interview them? Why do they think the cities are crumbling? What can be done?
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Noted for next time. Leaving the country now need to get out 😆
@bondmood
@bondmood 6 ай бұрын
I don't doubt it! Be safe! Can't wait to see where you go next. Be sure to enjoy some of it, too! ❤
@Jfrenchie1969
@Jfrenchie1969 Ай бұрын
Well guys, having been a local since birth. You pretty much have the city down right. Used to be a fantastic night life. Day time too. Pubs all over , friendly happy place. Not anymore ... I could tell you plenty. Thorpe lodge hotel was where the council put me for temporary accommodation back in the day. 😂
@yugster78
@yugster78 6 ай бұрын
City centre not the worst but if you go out to the estate's like Orton, Breton, Wellend to name just a few it most likely is.
@Onlyonsaturdays
@Onlyonsaturdays 2 ай бұрын
got my first bottle of vodka in that corner shop 10:06 turning 12 is elite
@leejoinson4060
@leejoinson4060 6 ай бұрын
Ben you need to go to Ashton-Under-Lyne even the charity shops are closing down.
@michaelmckelvey5122
@michaelmckelvey5122 5 ай бұрын
Even in places like Leatherhead in Surrey, the charity shops are closing.
@Joshua89
@Joshua89 6 ай бұрын
Saddest looking McDonalds ever😢
@jonnytindal6052
@jonnytindal6052 Ай бұрын
You arrived and went to the shittest areas to make a decision, when on the other side of town there’s beautiful villages and more affluent housing estates surrounding a 2,500 acre country park, which is then a 5-10 minute drive from picture postcard rural villages and lush countryside. It’s not perfect, the areas you went to have declined for sure, I used to drink on LincolnRd at 17 and was safe, but there’s far worse places in the country. Corby, Northampton, Luton, Hull, Burnley, Grimsby, Boston etc etc
@Rich.Aardvark
@Rich.Aardvark 6 ай бұрын
You need to check out Grimsby/ Cleethorpes. You will be scared for life mate
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Summer will pop up
@Rich.Aardvark
@Rich.Aardvark 6 ай бұрын
Look forward to it mate ​@@BackpackerBen
@benedward8559
@benedward8559 6 ай бұрын
@@BackpackerBen do skegness as well
@Adventureswithvinnie
@Adventureswithvinnie 3 ай бұрын
2 months ago you uploaded this ? Over 6 months ago it’s not number 1 on the list
@odinisawanker8065
@odinisawanker8065 6 ай бұрын
There's worse places in Peterborough than the ones you went to. Shamrock Park with all the syringes in the bushes. Orton Centre, Bretton, Westwood Estate. It's a crap hole.
@No_Rice_No_Power
@No_Rice_No_Power 6 ай бұрын
I think we all know why these places are high in crime... We just don't want to get cancelled.
@billclark2253
@billclark2253 6 ай бұрын
Racist. Show your name
@meowritz
@meowritz 6 ай бұрын
You say that as if young englishmen aren't a bunch of criminals too, literally the crime capital of western europe, immigrants or no immigrants makes no difference there
@TheRemulosEpsolonProgramme
@TheRemulosEpsolonProgramme 6 ай бұрын
@@billclark2253refugees are disgusting
@No_Rice_No_Power
@No_Rice_No_Power 6 ай бұрын
@@billclark2253 …thank you for proving my point.
@panamapippi1723
@panamapippi1723 6 ай бұрын
Maybe it was your decision to go Brexit.
@davidjames3787
@davidjames3787 6 ай бұрын
My employer sent me on a six weeks course in Peterborough some 20 years ago. I didn't like it then, but I thought that that was just me. At one point though I got talking to a waitress who had moved there recently because her boyfriend had got a good job there, but she was of the same opinion as me.
@Lionking1190
@Lionking1190 6 ай бұрын
You are never alone 😊
@papadajnia268
@papadajnia268 6 ай бұрын
lincoln road ...what a shi.....hole ....luton same !!!! hello from beautiful poland...we use to go clubing to peterborough it was good ...now is DEAD !!!1
@robertobee3198
@robertobee3198 6 ай бұрын
How strange that the decline of Peterborough has coincided with a mass invasion of flotsam and jetsam from Eastern Europe, including free movement for convicted criminals. What an amazing coincidence!
@richardhingston6073
@richardhingston6073 6 ай бұрын
Now post Brexit you can enjoy some real, proper criminals, once the Nigerians and Somalis flood in. They will make your "Eastern Europeans" seem like Zig and Zag.
@kevinengland7444
@kevinengland7444 6 ай бұрын
The last time I walked through Peterborough city centre I didn't hear one English voice. We went into a pub and, to a man, everyone was Eastern European.
@chubbygreyhound1198
@chubbygreyhound1198 6 ай бұрын
Yeah I never see native English people behaving like yobs, fighting or committing crimes.
@DW-nb2zc
@DW-nb2zc 2 ай бұрын
Worst place?! This background is f'n awesome 900 year old cathedral wow Ain't going to find anything like that in the US
@WinstonEdgoose
@WinstonEdgoose 5 ай бұрын
Back in the 90's Peterborough was a great place to visit, went there often. Sad now.
@janimize-3066
@janimize-3066 6 ай бұрын
Come to Huddersfield mate like a ghost town now every shop is gone 😂
@cgstudiosthebaconbro
@cgstudiosthebaconbro 3 ай бұрын
When people visit Peterborough all they do is go around the popular places, the reason why people dont like it here is because if u live here after going to the popular places its the same routine basically everyday
@davebayliss3142
@davebayliss3142 6 ай бұрын
There is no such thing as a proper English towel anymore. That is the problem.
@digitaldips
@digitaldips 6 ай бұрын
Just cotton on?
@AlterMann57
@AlterMann57 6 ай бұрын
I dunno, to be honest it looks like a beautiful town compared to Luton. I wouldn't mind visiting Peterborough to see the cathedrals.
@dahlialewis5095
@dahlialewis5095 6 ай бұрын
As a Londoner, I can confirm this place is the absolute pits, I had to go there in July 2022 to renew my partners passport on a fast track service and had the unfortunate encounter with this depressing place, only Waitrose made it look good 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@adonisnetworks
@adonisnetworks 6 ай бұрын
Well you're be familiar knowing pits.. coming from London
@lalallama171
@lalallama171 5 ай бұрын
"Waitrose makes it look good" Least posh Chelsea fan
@isctony
@isctony 6 ай бұрын
Millfield Road is 9% white, wow
@karlb1483
@karlb1483 6 ай бұрын
You should go to Worksop or Mansfield, grim!
@SteveHuntingdon
@SteveHuntingdon 3 ай бұрын
The worst towns to live in the uk list NEVER includes London. The reason? London boroughs would fill the top 20.
@sarahwinfield3989
@sarahwinfield3989 6 ай бұрын
I was born in Peterborough. It was my home town {I moved for my job}. It was an all white city with good employment prospects with several major engineering companies . It was a railway centre with enormous brickyards. After the war many Italians migrated to the city because it offered good job prospects. Gradually the Indian and Pakistani population grew and some area became no go. My first home was above the Lloyds bank in Millfield. I would not like to be there now. I still have aquaintances there but one doesn't hear many good things said about it. The city began to deteriorate once the Development phillistines got there hands on it.
@ChrisP3000x
@ChrisP3000x 6 ай бұрын
It could have been a beautiful, crime-free, homogenous fantasy-like utopia. Too bad that the people chose differently.
@griswald7156
@griswald7156 6 ай бұрын
You’ll need some Aldi slippers for that carpet or get Athletes foot.…..yeuch…
@nyer070
@nyer070 6 ай бұрын
Too long
@panamapippi1723
@panamapippi1723 6 ай бұрын
So blame the people instead of who is really responsible---capitalism.
@Seany06
@Seany06 6 ай бұрын
​@@ChrisP3000xgave me a good chuckle 😂
@makedonthegreat4700
@makedonthegreat4700 6 ай бұрын
I like the honesty about the problems in the British society! Greetings from Macedonia!
@MrGmaxwell
@MrGmaxwell 6 ай бұрын
So interesting - I enjoy your channel and this content and found P'Borough a really interesting place to shine a light on. The interview with the two lads at night was insightful and from my experience having lived in Peterborough a long time ago was on the money. I thought it was pretty bad then but to see the decline is frightening. That street with all the nightclubs used to be buzzing - 5th Avenue was the place to go - All things fade away.
@IMUSTHCOOSEANEWNAMEB
@IMUSTHCOOSEANEWNAMEB 6 ай бұрын
why do I hear pizzabra instead
@danseddon4319
@danseddon4319 6 ай бұрын
I didn’t know Bournemouth was 9th on the list. I quite like it here in the Summer with all the beaches 😮
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Never been. Heard it’s alright but got bad places
@danseddon4319
@danseddon4319 6 ай бұрын
@@BackpackerBen Well worth a visit and a video of your take on it. Wendall did a video there a while ago.
@greenbunnyinabongo7299
@greenbunnyinabongo7299 6 ай бұрын
When we went last year, some sicko nutter was beating one off on the beach looking at seagulls
@tuckercarson3187
@tuckercarson3187 6 ай бұрын
why are there two faucets on the sink?
@sunnybeachwalks4k2022
@sunnybeachwalks4k2022 6 ай бұрын
Man what a dump so glad I left London 5 years ago and moved to Spain
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
lucky you!
@sunnybeachwalks4k2022
@sunnybeachwalks4k2022 6 ай бұрын
@@stvniron yes before brexit, now it’s a bit more difficult but can be done
@egyptianpeacebringer
@egyptianpeacebringer Ай бұрын
Stop exaggerating it im happy living here
@reanukeeves2k77
@reanukeeves2k77 6 ай бұрын
Should’ve also shown the shopping centre and riverside area. Lots of new luxury apartments going up, likely trying to cater to London commuters. 48 minutes on the train and you can be at Kings Cross. I think that’s what separates Peterborough from lots of these places up North or on the coast. There are actually job prospects here.
@jimbeam3280
@jimbeam3280 6 ай бұрын
Neither my son or daughter, both in their thirties. will not go into Peterborough a night. THey do not feel safe. Place is a dive. Me? Left there 30 years ago, never going back.
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
😞
@BaldAndBank
@BaldAndBank 6 ай бұрын
I'd live there without any problem mate
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Bald would yes
@BaldAndBank
@BaldAndBank 6 ай бұрын
@@BackpackerBen 💯👍🏻
@expertadvice4u
@expertadvice4u 6 ай бұрын
In usa comparable these places not bad at all. I have seen news reports about being supposedno go areas Islamic people only areas of cities. Is it true can you go to some?
@Pleasekillme12369
@Pleasekillme12369 6 ай бұрын
@@expertadvice4uits hard to compare the uk with the us in my opinion because in the us u can buy what would be a mansion for the same price as a 3 bedroom house
@stevenrainer6882
@stevenrainer6882 6 ай бұрын
Yeah mate. Everybody has a plan until you get punched in the face.
@billrankin
@billrankin 6 ай бұрын
There a common theme in all the cities what has ruined them.
@kevinengland7444
@kevinengland7444 6 ай бұрын
Low calibre legal and illegal immigrants from the very worst parts of Europe and the wider world.
@MadDogAdventures
@MadDogAdventures 6 ай бұрын
Drugs. It is worldwide
@pablodelsegundo9502
@pablodelsegundo9502 6 ай бұрын
Tory governance?
@eily_b
@eily_b 6 ай бұрын
"Diversity"
@2Mortal
@2Mortal 6 ай бұрын
Cost cutting, corruption, greed, stupidity, loss of common sense, political BS. Take your pic. Party loyalty instead of country loyalty.
@SilvestrsRudzitis
@SilvestrsRudzitis 6 ай бұрын
Hey ben! fun fact: that thorpe lodge hotel you stayed at used to have a smoke coffee shop about a year or so ago in the basement, similar to what they have in amsterdam!
@beltingtokra
@beltingtokra 6 ай бұрын
Had a job interview in Peterborough once, in 2016. It was bleak then, but now... wow😮 glad i didnt get the job 😂
@the_sage_head1953
@the_sage_head1953 6 ай бұрын
I used to deliver methadone to Peterborough. Some of the areas were really rough. Early in the morning there's a shocking amount of homeless people. Paston was interesting
@mikusb9011
@mikusb9011 6 ай бұрын
Been living in Peterborough before for half year it's terrible full of Muslim gangs
@bondmood
@bondmood 6 ай бұрын
Surprise, surprise.
@Drew.P.Todger
@Drew.P.Todger 5 ай бұрын
I used to know a brass that lived just off Lincoln Road. 👍
@AdrianWilsonBridders1234
@AdrianWilsonBridders1234 6 ай бұрын
You should get yourself to Leicester, just and hour from Peterborough mate, now that’s grim
@kevinengland7444
@kevinengland7444 6 ай бұрын
You need a passport to enter Leicester.
@tristramstaplesb8492
@tristramstaplesb8492 2 ай бұрын
I used to live there. Sad to see it crumbling but that seems to be the way with all the big cities. At least here in America anyways.
@donnataylor9150
@donnataylor9150 6 ай бұрын
I lived there for a few years and yes.... it is definitely a shit hole.
@markambuchi5696
@markambuchi5696 6 ай бұрын
Totally agree with you. That's why I don't go there anymore.
@scottishsamba
@scottishsamba 6 ай бұрын
It’s great to see Mr.Fish! He’s such a cool dude. And I’m happy to know you are travelling together. 😊
@jcdog1000
@jcdog1000 6 ай бұрын
Ben you should do more videos showcasing Britain. I’m sure the British tourist board will love it😂
@chonlienlalhaokip3139
@chonlienlalhaokip3139 6 ай бұрын
I would love to see Liverpool City in your vlog Ben
@BackpackerBen
@BackpackerBen 6 ай бұрын
Summer 🤝
@jonnydoeson5562
@jonnydoeson5562 6 ай бұрын
Liverpool is awesome
@Djdjdjdjxnskeiejdi
@Djdjdjdjxnskeiejdi 6 ай бұрын
Manchester please
@DLC-sy7pp
@DLC-sy7pp 6 ай бұрын
​@@BackpackerBenBen try Bolton, you won't be disappointed.... Ok i lied! But it will provide a good insight. 👍
@ashleyhoffman4117
@ashleyhoffman4117 6 ай бұрын
who remembers that saying .....import the 3rd world become the 3rd world...........yeah i laughed at the time too.......
@importedmusic
@importedmusic 6 ай бұрын
All you southern Englanders in the comment section are treated like royalty compared to the rest of us. Come to the south wales valleys and you'll be crying to leave.
@samual3006
@samual3006 6 ай бұрын
What about a walkabout in Leicester ?
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