Slough Named As The 'best Place' To Work And Live

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-41351549

I have only been there maybe 4-5 times but I thought it was unremittingly awful. (Apart from Mars Bars)..... Didn't John Betjeman get it right ?

"Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
It isn't fit for humans now"

[-Talbot-]

Never ...

Get out your mat and pray to the west

[bednobs]

there are lots of places that seem "unremittingly awful" to me.
newport for example.
Slough's trading eastate was (and may still be for all i know) the largest trading estate in single ownership in europe i think. there are plenty of jobs, near to london but with no london prices (to live) and her maj on your doorstep :)

[mikey4444]

Bednobs....agree about Newport (Gwent), but Newport, (Pembs) is rather nice !

I live about 30 mins from the Gower, and another 30 mins from the Beacons, so I am quite happy here. Reasonable housing costs, plenty of Lidls, and good-ish road links.

[youngmafbog]

Not the nicest of places. A mate of mine lives there and prides himself on driving his Bentley to the local Spoons.

[EcclesCake]

West Windsor wouldn't be my first choice to live and work. However due to the diverse community it does have some very good and interesting restaurants and shops.

[ichkeria]

I like Newport (Gwent) despite the unpromising vista from the M4.
A town trying hard to recover from the twin blows of the demise of steel and coal and largely succeeding I’d say.
Slough gets all the bad press, but I must say I have always found Maidenhead hard to beat. At least Slough almost makes an effort not to be liked, whereas it’s more upmarket neighbour is complacent, dull and ultimately soul destroying.

[ToraToraTora]

Ever seen a blind man cross the road
Trying to make the other side.......

[ToraToraTora]

Ever seen a young girl growing old
Trying to make herself a bride.......

[ToraToraTora]

.....
So what becomes of you my love
When they have finally stripped you of
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy you
.....

[youngmafbog]

You on the waccy baccy TTT?

[ludwig]

// Swindon and Stoke-on Trent were fourth and fifth in the study respectively.//

Slough, Swindon, and Stoke all in the top 5.

I wonder if they've printed the list upside down by mistake?

[ToraToraTora]

get with the program, The office theme tune, Slough's most famous export....
Once I was a young man
All I thought I had to do was smile
While you are still a young girl
And you bought everything in style
.....

[ichkeria]

Swindon is in a league of its own for sheer dreariness.
They attempted to liven it up with a bizarre roundabout, which I am sure was a desperate attempt to get people so befuddled they'd never leave, despite their urgent desire to do so

[naomi24]

Good grief! I can think of better places.

[New Judge]

"Swindon is in a league of its own for sheer dreariness."

Possibly. Apart from this:

http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx#

[Baldric]

Should this post not have been in Jokes?


Made me laugh, I know it well.

[jourdain2]

I'm partisan, of course, but I wouldn't live anywhere else than in Yorkshire. Preferably not back in Bradford, but otherwise fine - and wonderful in N & E Ridings. Nowhere, anywhere near London, need apply.

[ichkeria]

Possibly. Apart from this:

http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/Pages/Home.aspx#

Fair point NJ: I did think of the railways as I was posting.