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>> No. 2149 Anonymous
19th May 2012
Saturday 7:27 pm
2149 Sheffield
Is Sheffield as nice at its wikipedia page makes it out to be?


> Estimated to contain over two million trees, Sheffield has more trees per person than any other city in Europe, and according to Sheffield City Council, it is England's greenest city, a claim that was reinforced when it won the 2005 Entente Florale competition. It has over 170 woodlands

> The racial composition of Sheffield's population was 91.2% White

> Although a city, Sheffield is informally known as "the largest village in England", because of a combination of topographical isolation and demographic stability. It is the largest city in the U.K. that does not form the basis of a conurbation, and is relatively geographically isolated, being cut off from other places by a ring of hills. The land surrounding Sheffield was unsuitable for industrial use, and now includes several protected green belt areas.

> In 1956, Hunt stated that "Modern Sheffield, a flourishing industrial city with over half a million inhabitants and a world-wide reputation, still retains many of the essential characteristics of the small market town of about five thousand people from which it has grown in the space of two and a half centuries." A 1970 survey has supported Hunt's characterisation, with more Sheffield residents able to identify a "home area" within the city than people from other large county boroughs were, and greatly more Sheffield residents expressing an unwillingness to leave their city than people from other large county boroughs did. This latter unwillingness was noted, by the survey analysis, as far more characteristic of the response that would be obtained by surveying a "a small urban or rural authority rather than a large county borough".
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>> No. 2150 Anonymous
19th May 2012
Saturday 7:48 pm
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It's alright, yeah. Sometimes it can feel a bit like going twenty years backwards in a time machine, though, as people still dress like extras from The Full Monty.
>> No. 2151 Anonymous
19th May 2012
Saturday 7:56 pm
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>>2149
>Is Sheffield as nice at its wikipedia page makes it out to be?
As far as I can tell, yes. I'm sure I've read other statistics about it having the lowest crime rate of any city in the country too.

I have a vague idea of moving there once I've finished my degree, a PhD might be a possibility.
>> No. 2152 Anonymous
20th May 2012
Sunday 12:59 am
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>>2149

I used to go out with a lass from Sheffield, when I was a fair bit younger, so I spent a lot of time up there.

I remember thinking, even then, that I'd have been a much happier cunt if I'd grown up there and not in London.
>> No. 2153 Anonymous
20th May 2012
Sunday 2:40 am
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>>2150
Eh what lad?

>>2149
As a preface I was born here etc etc.

Sheffield isn't a city. I mean sure, it has 500,000 people, but it really is more like an oversized town, there is one skyscraper only recently finished, and only a few highrise buildings, there largely aren't suburbs or anything, areas just blend, and there's no "inner city."

It's also incredibly divided, there are two halves to Sheffield, a much poorer one, and a much better off one that includes an area with the highest number of graduates as a % of population in the country. (The reason for this split is due to prevailing winds when there was industry everywhere)

The countryside extends right into my (the richer) part of the city, through several parks. I'm 5 minutes drive from both the city centre and the countryside.

In the past decade or so the city centre has been done up massively (with EU money because Sheffield was rated highly deprived/unequal, and was really struggling with industries collapse) Since the depression started though a lot of new stuff has been left unused.

I can't really comment on the nightlife as I have no real comparison, but in the city centre there's not that many real clubs although there's plenty of bars. There are no stand out restaurants though. (as in national award winning) There are great pubs though (including one which one best pub in Britain the other year)

We aren't isolated, that bit is bollocks, there's national park on one side and fields on the other, but lots of sizable places not far at all.

It's monumentally hilly, there's almost no flat in Sheffield apart from the industrial/ex industrial area of the Don Valley and to a degree the city centre.

>The racial composition of Sheffield's population was 91.2% White

I don't see why that would improve anything, and I wouldn't believe that so much, it probably is but it varies tremendously by area. The poorer half is much, much more white (and racist.) There is a large Asian/eskimo community in located roughly centrally between the two "halves." And my school was very diverse, but I don't think that's true across the board.

There aren't any real gangs at least in this part of the city, and none I've ever heard tell of in general. Crime is mainly drunken students if you look at that crime map thing the police have. >>2151 Is probably right or close to it, although I've not heard this myself. There are two city papers, a weekly and a daily, and both have very little in the way of grim news in them, apart from accidents, there's the occasional murder and the what not but the papers are mainly filled with "local interest" type things about community initiatives and stuff. (this area has set up a community garden, that sort of thing)

Trees are all over the place, that bit is completely correct, and speaking of greenery, weed seems pretty easy to obtain here, if that's your thing (although again, I don't have a comparison)

Sheffield is strongly, strongly "left wing" and more or less a Labour stronghold, I reckon Nick Clegg is going to lose his seat (the only non-labour one) next election, and the Lib Dems just got destroyed in the local elections, conservatives haven't even got a prayer.

Loads of people who go to uni here seem to stay. There are 50,000 students, one of the highest percentages around, at least for cities.

The climbing and scenery nearby is excellent, and the indoor bouldering centre we've had for a few years now is too, there's also good mountain biking.

You can walk to most places worth going from where you live if you're on the nicer half of Sheffield.

I think that's about it
>> No. 2154 Anonymous
20th May 2012
Sunday 2:37 pm
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I think the large number of trees is because the city's boundaries include much more than the city like Stocksbridge and parts of the Peak District.

Here's a map showing the city's boundaries the green is the Peak district which is mostly moorland not trees which is what I think of when I see green.
>> No. 2155 Anonymous
20th May 2012
Sunday 2:40 pm
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>>2153

Nick Clegg's seat is getting moved because of boundary changes and for the next election his current seat will include the South Yorkshire town of Penistone.
>> No. 2156 Anonymous
20th May 2012
Sunday 7:14 pm
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>>2155
That seems exceedingly unlikely, Penistone is pretty damn far outside the current boundaries.
>> No. 2157 Anonymous
20th May 2012
Sunday 7:45 pm
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>>2154
I think the fact it contains part of the peak district is even more impressive...
>> No. 2158 Anonymous
20th May 2012
Sunday 7:50 pm
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>>2156

There is no real heavily populated places between Sheffield and Penistone so it is not that unsurprising even though they are quite a distance apart.
Here is a link to a site discussing the boundary change:

http://postcodegazette.com/news/9000939663/-nick-clegg-faces-tough-fight-under-boundary-review--AT-sheffield-town-hall
>> No. 2163 Anonymous
24th May 2012
Thursday 3:40 pm
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>>2149 I live next door in Rov'rum and having visited many towns and cities across the country, Sheffield is definitely up at the top of the list in terms of nicest places.

I visit Sheffield quite a lot (I do my shopping at Meadowhall and most of my leisure time is spent there as the rest of South Yorkshire is quite dull), and there's a lot to do, great nightlife, lots of shops, friendly people, and it's generally safe in the city centre. Safest city in the UK. The North & Eastern parts are generally poorer and more rundown, with the South-Western parts quite posh & rich.

You get your shitholes; Arbourthorne, Manor, Gleadless, Tinsley, Darnall, Pitsmoor etc, your decent areas would be Heeley, Hillsborough and out towards the Derbyshire border (Beighton, Halfway etc) and your posh areas are Dore & Totley/out towards the Peaks. You have no reason to go the shitholes. Postcode gangs are quite an issue round those parts, and the decent areas like Hillsborough are good for shopping & Heeley is an alright place to live, Meersbrook Park is round there as well and the view is stunning. That's a bonus - because of all the hills & trees you can get some beautiful views.

Transport is alright, lots of buses which link the suburbs with the city centre & buses and trains out towards the rest of South Yorkshire, plus 2 trains or so an hour to London/Manchester/Leeds. The tram doesn't really go anywhere, that's a downside really - in the 20 or so years it's been around they've only just got round to extending it to Rov'rum.

But yeah, on the whole, it is a brilliant place.
>> No. 2164 Anonymous
24th May 2012
Thursday 5:18 pm
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>>2163
I think you're wrong about the posh areas there lad, Totley is a bit odd, mix of rich and nice, just nice and some random estates.

And add Broomhill, Fulwood, Crookes into the list of nice/posh (bit of a mix) Broomhall's a bit odd though.
>> No. 2166 Anonymous
27th May 2012
Sunday 4:07 am
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>>2149
>The racial composition of Sheffield's population was 91.2% White
The fuck is wrong with you lad?
>> No. 2168 Anonymous
27th May 2012
Sunday 10:31 am
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I live in Netherthorpe - which is one of the worst districts of Sheffield - and its still pretty nice.

I chuckled heartily at >>2150 because its so true. I would say that ~80% of people I live near are on some form of welfare (from an extremely unscientific and judgemental system based on looks alone) and yet I don't see any real/violent crime or feel threatened at all.

If anyone cares I could probably get you a link to a pdf report called "A Tale of Two Cities" by David Blunkett which takes an interesting look at how and why Sheffield has the poorest and richest council districts in the north right next to each other.
>> No. 2170 Anonymous
28th May 2012
Monday 2:21 pm
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>>2166
Having lived in some very 'diverse' areas I can't tell you how happy I am when I actually get to live among my own kind.
>> No. 2182 Anonymous
16th June 2012
Saturday 3:59 pm
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>>2166

he's one of them there fancy pants aboriginals who uses big words like 'cultural' and 'marxism', often in conjuntion.
>> No. 3753 Anonymous
30th July 2023
Sunday 7:25 pm
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Sounds like the promised land. How has it developed in the last decade?
>> No. 3754 Anonymous
30th July 2023
Sunday 11:01 pm
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>>3753
I can't say I enjoyed living in Sheffield. The big problem the city has developed relate to heroin and general poverty. It's not nice walking by a children's playground and seeing discarded syringes and the homeless are outright aggressive, ravenous even. I remember seeing young woman paying a taxi driver and before she's even handed over the money some skag head was harassing her for money. A lot of the indie scene has died off as well which leaves you with pretty dire clubs like Viper Rooms.

The trees are nice in summer, it really feels like a forest in places, but it becomes an outright health hazard once the dead leaves drop and your trapsing through mulch. The hills give everyone a nice arse though.
>> No. 3755 Anonymous
31st July 2023
Monday 11:45 am
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>>3753

It's a northern city. How do you think?

In general, it hasn't. There's an Ikea now and they did up the Meadowhall a bit. The town centre has a few flashier buildings, but it hasn't even seen the modest scale of change Leeds has- And much like Leeds, most of the new stuff is just overpriced urban apartments, and a series of hip bars and restaurants for people who live in those urban apartments and don't ever leave the boundaries of the city.

The music scene and whatnot was always hanging on by a thread. If you're over 30 you're not going to have a clue what's going on anyway because what remains is all by and for maximally hipster students who've come up from down south. Sheffield is the kind of town you'll have a lot of opportunities on apps like Feeld, if you're that type, so that's one thing it has going for it.
>> No. 3756 Anonymous
31st July 2023
Monday 2:31 pm
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>>3755
>Sheffield is the kind of town you'll have a lot of opportunities on apps like Feeld, if you're that type, so that's one thing it has going for it.
Cuckolding progressive, artsy student couples is hugely underrated. 10/10, would recommend.
>> No. 3757 Anonymous
31st July 2023
Monday 2:35 pm
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>>3756
Does he watch you while you Biff his girlfriend?
>> No. 3758 Anonymous
1st August 2023
Tuesday 9:10 pm
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I used to date a lass whose dad owned a house in Thorpe Hesley and they upgrades to three building farm house thing in Wath. So this is bringing me back memories. Days out at Medowhell and and that. Cheers m80s.
>> No. 3759 Anonymous
1st August 2023
Tuesday 9:11 pm
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>>3755
> Feeld

Is the steel-bender Tinder?

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