I am already in Sheffield, as a University Student.

But this seems like the property discussion forum. So was wondering, what areas are considered as the higher class/ posh areas of Sheffield?

Michael

1 Dore
2 Fulwood
3 Ecclesall

See link below 'Academic ghetto' has streets paved with gold
By Nick Britten
(Filed: 14/08/2002)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/14/nshef114.xml


These are generally the best areas of the city based on house prices, but this is very subjective as everyone has there favourites.

There are many nice places in other areas of the city and on the outskirts or in the countryside

Penistone
Wentworth
Holmesfield
Baslow
Bakewell
to name a few

Don't forget Beauchief, Totley, Millhouses, Lodge Moor, Crosspool - any more ?

Hi mikey,

browsing through the "moving to sheffield" forum you seem to be a bit of font of knowledge. so could I tap it a bit? :)
We are considering moving up from London. our budget is around 120k and we would like to live in the country, not too remote though, need schools, transport etc but would love to experience village live. so the question is: where is nice in the country?
we need to be able to commute to the city centre but don't mind travelling for a hour / hour and a half by car.

sorry to be so forthright, it's just so nice to be able to ask someone that knows, we know absolutley nothing about sheffield, but thanks to the forum, learning loads :)

thanks

Amanda

We're moving from Penistone (and it's a wrench for me but it's what the wife wants). Your £120k will buy you more out here than the centre of Sheffield. It's about 13 miles away, 40 minutes commute and has a lovely rural village feel to it including small library, weekly livestocj market,a dozen shops and best of all, a small cinema.
Regards

Col S

In a bit of a rush at the moment, but will respond on Monday

Hi Dunstan

There are loads of places within an hour of Sheffield that are near some nice countryside.

The best places are in the peak district
Bakewell
Hathersage
Hope
Castleton
Baslow

Alternatively you could go north to Penistone, Denby Dale, Wentworth etc

Or you could even go out east towards Worksop, ther are some nice villages out there.

Good luck with the hunt

I can vouch for Hathersage, Hope, Bradwell adn the whole Hope valley being very nice. I lived in Hathersage for 3 years and you will not find a nicer village with good local schools (Hope valley college is in catchment area). And it used to take me 15 mins in the car to Sheffield.

However, these places are so expensive to live these days and I doubt you would be able to get a house for £120,000 in Hathersage.

Bearing in mind your budget, you'll not get much in the popular, scenic, peak district (west of the city). Some would suggest going south east - the former NE Derbys coalfield, it has nowhere to go but up but that's a gamble. East gets you to Rotherham (no comment). North, a few nice bits.

Traffic management in Sheffield is execrable, at peak times my 3 mile drive to the centre from (posh) Ecclesall can take 45 mins so vector that into your travel time estimates. Somewhere with access to the rail routes could be a smart move.

ecclesall, fulwood, dore, totley, ranmoor, crosspool, greystones, lodge moor, beauchief, some of nether edge, brincliffe, hathersage

OOOOH! I SECOND PENISTONE!
Just moving down to the Sheffield area from London myself, and fell totally in love wiht the place! You really must visit. You'll get a lot more for your money there than Hope Valley and you're bang in the middle of beautiful countryside.
We bought a really nice 3 bed house for £130K there on the edge of the town (garden backs onto fields). Feel like I'm going up in the world from my nasty 2 bed flat in north London, even though the mortgage is £300 a month cheaper.

Bradwell = village of the damned. A local village for local people.
Grindleford by far the best IMO down the valley. Hathersage is a suburb of Sheffield, Baslow too twee like the Cotswolds.

Poshest suburb of sheffield? - its got to be Whirlow.

Sorry but there's no chance of getting anything for £120k in the Hope Valley or even further south into the Peak District, even ex Council houses are now closer to £200k and have a three year residence covenant attached to them.

Would agree that looking to the North West of sheffield is a better option and Penistone has a lot going for it.

Have you considered Beighton? An ex mining village with very good transport links, supertram, crystal peaks shopping centre close at hand ... but with the bonus of Rother Valley country park at the end of the road, if you like walking, cycling, watersports etc
You would still be able to drive out into derbyshire at weekends.

It takes 20mins to drive into City centre, this might be extended to 45 in the rush hour, but you can use the supertram if you dont like the traffic. You would get a nice house around here for your budget.

You could also try Eckington, you would get a house there within your budget. This is just within NE Derbyshire. We lived there for about 20 years, brought our kids up there. Good schools, semi rural area, nice woods for walking in,close to peak district. Again, about 25 to 45 min drive into city centre.

Stocksbridge - very low crime rate, lower than some of the areas mentioned so far :)

Originally posted by nick2
Stocksbridge - very low crime rate, lower than some of the areas mentioned so far :)

But £30 in a cab to get home from town!

Originally posted by 1Man&hisBMW
But £30 in a cab to get home from town!

Cheaper than a taxi to Hope or Castleton though :)

£30?? My kids tell me it is £20. As nick2 says though......still cheaper than a taxi to Hope or Castleton. I think that Stocksbridge/Deepcar might take exception to being classed as "posh". Posh conjures up pictures of snobbish and we in the North of the city are certainly not that. Friendly and honest.....yes. We have some of the best countryside going, right on our doorstep........but it is a closely guarded secret. We are situated on the foothills of the Penines.......the backbone of England. With much of the local major industry closing (the steelworks), and many plans of re-generation in the offing, this area is well and truly on the up. I can foresee the day when properties out here will be hard to come by. In fact it is allready happening.
The distance into the city is also very negligable, and the M1 is right on the doorstep.
We are well served by excellant schools, shops, doctors and in fact all services.
We have never regretted moving here and we have been here for 20 years now and have raised our family here.
Go to www.rightmove.co.uk and put Stocksbridge into the search. Not a lot for sale at the moment but what there is, is good value for your money. Good luck.

Stocksbridge / Deepcar cannot fault the two - excellant place to live - would not call it "posh" though:thumbsup: agree with rothschild friendly and honest:clap:

I live in Fulwood. Its a very posh area but I just don't feel at home there.
Ecclesall, Lodge Moor and whirlow are the nicest places by far.
In a couple of months time, I'll be moving to Ecclesall.

Ranmoor, IMO.

:)

Sony... I also live in a 'posh' area, so-called (by many others, not me). It amuses me to find that when you tell some people where you live, they assume that you must be wealthy... They couldn't be further from the truth!

Many residents of 'posh' areas are up to their ears in debt, the mortgage alone is crippling for many and it's seldom a case of the husband working and the wife only having a job for 'pin-money' so that they can afford a second car, or be able to jet off to Disneyworld, etc. ... It's a case of both having to work in some cases, in order to make repayments!

To return to what you said, Sony..."...Its a very posh area but I just don't feel at home there." Can I ask why that is?

I hate the word "posh" - should be banned!!

Stroll down the streets in Whirlow, Dore, Fulwood, you still see people who havent got a brass hapenny to rub together cos of the size of their mortgages and its not the real "SHEFFIELD" anyway plus there is crime even in these areas.

I happen to live in Firth Park, whilst it can no way be considered as "posh" its a lovely place to live and much prefer it to Stocksbridge which is where I come from originally, and Stocksbridge can no way be considered as that, in places its quite rough actually.

im another firth parker and proud of it-i was born and raised here and spent most of my life here and i wouldnt swap it for millhouses where my sister lives!!--crime rate and drugs rife up there!!---theres no such word as posh when it comes to where you decide to live!!

at least firth park has some sort of community spirit, some of these other suburbs are faceless and no one speaks with each other

yeah theres alot of lovely friendly people living in the firth park area!--okay it has its minority of idiots but dosent everywhere/--where do people get off on wanting to be snobs??

so guys - the friendliest suburb in Sheffield has to be Firth Park - sorted!!!! ;o)

ill second that:clap:

I always thought that posh - whatever it means - was a shipping term.

As in: Port Out Starboard Home.

Isn't that the way the folk with the most money used to travel in the old days?

I've always found it all a bit of a misnomer anyway.

Through personal experience, I've found some people with what you might call 'old money' to be really down to earth.

It's not that I rub shoulders with those sort of people every day, but on the very rare occaisions that I have done, to my surprise I've generally found them anything but snobbish.

The ones to watch out for, in my experience, are the ones trying to shin up the greasy pole as fast as they can.

Originally posted by mikeyspikey
im another firth parker and proud of it-i was born and raised here and spent most of my life here and i wouldnt swap it for millhouses where my sister lives!!--crime rate and drugs rife up there!!---theres no such word as posh when it comes to where you decide to live!!


I think you'd find, by reference to the city council crime figures, that crime is much more prevalent in Firth Park than in Millhouses. It's too late for me to be bothered to dig out the stats again but if you search through my old posts they're in there somewhere.

Originally written by 't020' in a previous thread last year:

QUOTE:

Indices of Deprivation....................................... .............................. Ecclesall Ward.... Hallam Ward.... Dore

Index of Multiple Deprivation Rank (out of 8414 English wards)* ...... 8105................ 7309............ 4369


Edit: To further clarify:

Ward.................. Deprivation Score...... Deprivation Rank
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Burngreave.............. 71.51 ................... 60th
Manor...................... 70.79 .....................76th
Park ........................ 68.90 .................... 90th
....etc.......
Dore......................... 16.23...................4,369th
Hallam........................7.44 ...................7,309th
Broomhill....................5.34................. ... 7,953rd
Ecclesall ................... 4.70.....................8,105th

Ranks are across entire country out of the 8,414 wards, source http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov...wp.asp?dsid=474

Good post, kentboy!

As futher information, the Dore ward comprises the areas of Dore, Totley, and parts of Abbeydale, Ecclesall ward comprises Ecclesall, Whirlow, Greystones, and parts of Brincliffe, Hallam ward comprises Lodge Moor, Fulwood, Ranmoor and Crosspool, and, AFAIK, Broomhill comprises Broomhill and Crookes.

So in terms of "poshness", it's pretty clear that the 4 least deprived wards comprising the areas above are thus the 4 most affluent wards and hence "poshest" (though I don't like the term "posh" as it's subjective and has certain connotations among some sectors of society).

I also find it... interesting.. that so many people suggest that people in the affluent areas are in some way ALL mortgaged to the hilt without 2 pennies to rub together. In reality, the ward of Ecclesall is in the top 1% most affluent in the whole country (see above stats), most houses have 2 or more cars, holiday regularly, continually upgrade their houses, shop at more expensive supermarkets and shops, etc etc. I'm sure there are some people who are up to their necks in debt, but it certainly isn't how some people insinuate.

What you've got to be mindful of, is the fact that some people that live in the Walkley/Woodseats areas will (or quite likely) to have a large mortgage, with their salaries; whereas those in the Ecclesall/Whirlow (or my personal favourite - Ranmoor), are the 'I was a bank manager for Barclays, and am now 41 and retired', are likely to be ISA-stocked, pension sorted, and the majortity of them will have no mortgage on their circa 350,000 property in S11 9.

To be frank, people that live in Ecclesall - S11 9 (not Ecclesall Road, Banner Cross, S11 8 ) are unlikely to be the Indpendent-reading, 22-year-old, BSc student in Media Studies - yes, in Crookes, you'll find that, in S11 9 - no!

An example of this is Elmstead Woods, BR7 5, Petts Wood BR5 1 and Chislehurst, BR7 5 - all of these turning your (a general your) 350,000 property into 800 or 900 thousand property.

We have a relative in Elmstead Woods, and I can assure you, you will not find any beer-drinking students that read The Guardian for miles.

:)

Apologies if it sounds arsey.

Reinforcing the 'deprivation' issue - a long while back, a FM drove around Sheffield late at night, to see if people's opinions were the same as sterotypical opinions by Sheffield.

I think he drove to Firth Park, Burngreave, Hunters Bar, and a couple of other S10 places.

His reports were interesting (we have no proof as to whether he went driving).

He claimed that Hunters Bar was: "full of yobs by the pub"
Yet Burngreave was "lovely, I was speaking with a Jamacan group, and having a laugh".

Originally posted by kentboy119
What you've got to be mindful of, is the fact that some people that live in the Walkley/Woodseats areas will (or quite likely) to have a large mortgage, with their salaries; whereas those in the Ecclesall/Whirlow (or my personal favourite - Ranmoor), are the 'I was a bank manager for Barclays, and am now 41 and retired', are likely to be ISA-stocked, pension sorted, and the majortity of them will have no mortgage on their circa 350,000 property in S11 9.

To be frank, people that live in Ecclesall - S11 9 (not Ecclesall Road, Banner Cross, S11 8 ) are unlikely to be the Indpendent-reading, 22-year-old, BSc student in Media Studies - yes, in Crookes, you'll find that, in S11 9 - no!

An example of this is Elmstead Woods, BR7 5, Petts Wood BR5 1 and Chislehurst, BR7 5 - all of these turning your (a general your) 350,000 property into 800 or 900 thousand property.

We have a relative in Elmstead Woods, and I can assure you, you will not find any beer-drinking students that read The Guardian for miles.

:)

Apologies if it sounds arsey.

That's cos Petts Wood and co is the Sarf Landon equivalent of Beauchief - nice and leafy but full of old people in 1930s bungalows. Of course there ain't no stoodents :D

Originally posted by noseyrosie
That's cos Petts Wood and co is the Sarf Landon equivalent of Beauchief - nice and leafy but full of old people in 1930s bungalows. Of course there ain't no stoodents :D

Cheeky bugger - I know someone in Petts Wood - she's not old - well, she'll be claiming the bus pass soon - especially after someone crashed into her car in Bristol (!)

:D ;)

People of PW wouldn't want to be associated with London; they will want to be Kentish men - similar to your Ecclesall/Ecc. Road fiasco...

;) :)

Edit: Beauchief - S8 7 - average detached - #184,542
Petts Wood - BR5 1 - average detached - #446,347

This reinforces, and justifies my point RE: house gap - your lower priced properties - the 165,000 - 170,000 stuff - Norton, yes? Down here, you'd get a Norton equiv - maybe a little lower, yet Beauchief/PW are comparable, and look at the markup!! If you shoved your Burngreave, Beauchief, whatever it is - down in Bromley, or the southern part of Bexley, expect the price to begin with a 4! Hence why Ranmoor, Ecc, Whirlow - simply the Hallam constit and D & T - minus the student districts, could sensibly ask for #700,000 - 900,000 in the boroughs I previously mentioned.

As harsh as this sounds, but I suppose you will always be seen as a ( all be it) improving, industrial city, hence why property prices are lower - but if the lower stuff is comparable to the south, then surely the S11 9 etc stuff should be the same as the br7 5 area?

Your 360k would get you something decent in Barnehurst/Welling, but in Blackfen - like Millhouses - you'd get a garden shed - see my point?

:)

Originally posted by kentboy119
Reinforcing the 'deprivation' issue - a long while back, a FM drove around Sheffield late at night, to see if people's opinions were the same as sterotypical opinions by Sheffield.

I think he drove to Firth Park, Burngreave, Hunters Bar, and a couple of other S10 places.

His reports were interesting (we have no proof as to whether he went driving).

He claimed that Hunters Bar was: "full of yobs by the pub"
Yet Burngreave was "lovely, I was speaking with a Jamacan group, and having a laugh".

Sounds like rose tinted bulls**t to me though - I remember the post and I think a lot of other people will have thought the same. Some people do seem to have a chip on their shoulder about the affluent areas and try anything to do them down. Luckily the official stats are always there to save the day.

Tango 2's Adventure - we even get an insight into the Hunters Bar roundabout - ooh..! (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?postid=315211#post315211)

Originally posted by t020
Sounds like rose tinted bulls**t to me though - I remember the post and I think a lot of other people will have thought the same. Some people do seem to have a chip on their shoulder about the affluent areas and try anything to do them down. Luckily the official stats are always there to save the day.

Oh come off it - there's definitely something to be said for being a more well-rounded and interesting person if you come from a less affluent background - your life may have been tougher and therefore 'character building'. Yes it all sounds like patronising claptrap but in my personal experience it's true.

The friends I made at Newfield tended to be less well-off but interesting, cultured and open minded - some from council estates and some from wealthier Meersbrook/Norton Lees, but let's face it, not like S10/11, right?

On the other hand, the kids I met at Tapton were naive and pretty spoilt having never had anything to worry about money-wise (or family wise - wealth and unbroken homes go together a lot of the time for many reasons - division of said wealth on divorce being an obvious one), resulting in sheltered and ultimately tedious and bland people with little to say for themselves - money can't buy you personality, apparently.

Originally posted by noseyrosie
Oh come off it - there's definitely something to be said for being a more well-rounded and interesting person if you come from a less affluent background - your life may have been tougher and therefore 'character building'. Yes it all sounds like patronising claptrap but in my personal experience it's true.

The friends I made at Newfield tended to be less well-off but interesting, cultured and open minded - some from council estates and some from wealthier Meersbrook/Norton Lees, but let's face it, not like S10/11, right?

On the other hand, the kids I met at Tapton were naive and pretty spoilt having never had anything to worry about money-wise (or family wise - wealth and unbroken homes go together a lot of the time for many reasons - division of said wealth on divorce being an obvious one), resulting in sheltered and ultimately tedious and bland people with little to say for themselves - money can't buy you personality, apparently.

But what has that got to do with anything? I was disputing someone's "evidence" of, among other things, Bents Green being a crime hotspot and Pitsmoor being a friendly place where gangs of Jamaicans and prostitutes stop for cosy chats. Like I said, rose tinted, chip on shoulder bulls**t.

Originally posted by t020
But what has that got to do with anything? I was disputing someone's "evidence" of, among other things, Bents Green being a crime hotspot and Pitsmoor being a friendly place where gangs of Jamaicans and prostitutes stop for cosy chats. Like I said, rose tinted, chip on shoulder bulls**t.

Just part of my 'add a ****-off to every thread going' thing that seems to happening tonight :? Anyway vaguely saying preconceptions about areas and the people from there are often wrong anyway - and wealth doesn't always indicated anything about the attitude of the residents.

Originally posted by noseyrosie
and wealth doesn't always indicated anything about the attitude of the residents.

That's an interesting point, 'Cyclone' recently mentioned that a lottery winner (yob) has moved into an affluent area, and of course his 'outlook' and attitude are world's apart from that of other residents...

:)

Don't worry about opinions - people aren't meant to like them - just debate them!

P.S: Like the new picture...

Originally posted by noseyrosie
Just part of my 'add a ****-off to every thread going' thing that seems to happening tonight :? Anyway vaguely saying preconceptions about areas and the people from there are often wrong anyway - and wealth doesn't always indicated anything about the attitude of the residents.

Of course it doesn't. Another myth is that people in the affluent areas are unfriendly. I've never found this to be the case. In fact, I'd say the opposite was true. In the more deprived areas of the city, I often raise eyebrows in shops for speaking properly and get some funny looks from, shall we say, "rough" looking men. I find this very intimidating and not at all "friendly". Meanwhile in shops in the more affluent areas, it's always possible to join in interesting conversations about how someone's neighbours' conifer trees are too high or how their dorma window on the new loft conversion overlooks their house too much, should such topics take your interest.

Originally posted by t020
I often raise eyebrows in shops for speaking properly...

Indeed, what is wrong with speaking properly?

Originally posted by t020
Of course it doesn't. Another myth is that people in the affluent areas are unfriendly. I've never found this to be the case. In fact, I'd say the opposite was true. In the more deprived areas of the city, I often raise eyebrows in shops for speaking properly and get some funny looks from, shall we say, "rough" looking men. I find this very intimidating and not at all "friendly". Meanwhile in shops in the more affluent areas, it's always possible to join in interesting conversations about how someone's neighbours' conifer trees are too high or how their dorma window on the new loft conversion overlooks their house too much, should such topics take your interest.

I hope this is written with at least a little bit of your tongue in your cheek, dear...

Anyway. I concur - walking through a council estate vs a rich area I would certainly feel safer - being the age that I am (and a female) I'm likely to attract trouble from teenagers wanting a fight, etc. But to be honest I do find very rich areas to be unfriendly, really I do - to younger people anyways. It's that air of superiority that gets me down.

Originally posted by t020
...it's always possible to join in interesting conversations about how someone's neighbours' conifer trees are too high or how their dorma window on the new loft conversion overlooks their house too much,
I love t020 in sarcastic mode :hihi:

Originally posted by noseyrosie
I hope this is written with at least a little bit of your tongue in your cheek, dear...


No, loft conversions really do turn me on.


Originally posted by noseyrosie

Anyway. I concur - walking through a council estate vs a rich area I would certainly feel safer - being the age that I am (and a female) I'm likely to attract trouble from teenagers wanting a fight, etc. But to be honest I do find very rich areas to be unfriendly, really I do - to younger people anyways. It's that air of superiority that gets me down.

I never feel that, and I'm a younger person myself. I find the people in more affluent areas more likely to offer me a smile and/or a 'hello' than elsewhere.

Originally posted by t020
No, loft conversions really do turn me on.




I never feel that, and I'm a younger person myself. I find the people in more affluent areas more likely to offer me a smile and/or a 'hello' than elsewhere.

Well, myself being one of those incredibly annoying people who will spark up a conversation with anyone in a queue/bus stop/bus/shop/bar etc, I have found this. Definitely not a tied and fast rule, but I just think that an air of snottiness applies every now and then.

I am with you Rosie...........I cannot stand people that think they are the bee's knee's because they think they live in a better area! Give me real down to earth folk any day of the week.

Originally posted by rothschild
I am with you Rosie...........I cannot stand people that think they are the bee's knee's because they think they live in a better area! Give me real down to earth folk any day of the week.


But the point is that I've lived in an affluent area all my life and have never found people to be unfriendly, and find it a lot more friendly than less affluent places, as per my previous postings. Maybe it's just a slight chip on the shoulder/ inferiority complex on the part of outsiders in affluent areas? Or paranoia?

Actually, the REAL point is why am I not in bed yet? :gag:

Originally posted by t020
But the point is that I've lived in an affluent area all my life and have never found people to be unfriendly, and find it a lot more friendly than less affluent places, as per my previous postings. Maybe it's just a slight chip on the shoulder/ inferiority complex on the part of outsiders in affluent areas? Or paranoia?

Actually, the REAL point is why am I not in bed yet? :gag:

Yes, you must get to bet - you'll have to be up early - :R

RE: Affluent areas - I think the chip-on-shoulder theory is the one to go for - I'm in a reasonable area - like Woodseats or something similar, and I'd rather live in a Chislehurst equivelant. When I visit my aunt - both of which live in villages in southern Kent - it's full of nicer people than the 'town' and 'cars and traffic lights' side of things where we are.

The guy that works in the GPO there actually works out things by hand, nevermind using till registers!

:)

Originally posted by t020
I never feel that, and I'm a younger person myself. I find the people in more affluent areas more likely to offer me a smile and/or a 'hello' than elsewhere.

Spot on T020! I hate the word "posh" myself, I just find the more affluent areas safer, friendlier, greener etc...
In response to Pseudonym I just don't feel at home in Fulwood simply because I just dont! I feel that you feel at home in some areas and some you don't. Ecclesall feel "homely". Poor explanation I know...

Originally posted by kentboy119
Originally written by 't020' in a previous thread last year:

QUOTE:

If I could just find those crime figures again, thay are quite interesting too.

Originally posted by t020
But the point is that I've lived in an affluent area all my life and have never found people to be unfriendly, and find it a lot more friendly than less affluent places, as per my previous postings. Maybe it's just a slight chip on the shoulder/ inferiority complex on the part of outsiders in affluent areas? Or paranoia?

Actually, the REAL point is why am I not in bed yet? :gag:

Maybe the people in the affluent areas have a chip on their shoulder in respect of outsiders coming in to their area. You want to get yourself a tan mate and pull up into a nice S11 cul-de-sac after 6pm and watch the curtains twitch.

Nether edge is nice too.

Yep, nether edge is a very very nice place.

Originally posted by Sony
Yep, nether edge is a very very nice place.

But do you think NE is better / nicer than Ecclesall/Fulwood/Ranmoor/Whirlow?

Originally posted by kentboy119
But do you think NE is better / nicer than Ecclesall/Fulwood/Ranmoor/Whirlow?

It certainly has more "life", it's not like a retirement village.

Originally posted by nick2
It certainly has more "life", it's not like a retirement village.

I would definitely agree that NE has more 'shove' and pazzaz in it.

:)

fact - i drove through manor park estate and kindly got shown a road where i wanted to be by half a dozen teenagers who actually walked with me to the road where i needed to be, they were not high on drugs or drinking cider, ok so they wore hoodies!!! - and yes my wheel trims were still on my car afterwards!!

i had to go to see someone in totley, stopped a few people to ask directions, some of them didnt even acknowledge me (was this because i was in a corsa?), the ones that did reply didnt know where the road was at all, and all a group of young girls could do was to utter something rude whilst eating crisps and smoking fags!!!

what does this tell you????

im please to live in a so called "deprived" area, totley and the likes are to me "deprived of life, faceless and i wouldnt live there if i was a millionaire!!

Originally posted by sndrsc633
fact - i drove through manor park estate and kindly got shown a road where i wanted to be by half a dozen teenagers who actually walked with me to the road where i needed to be, they were not high on drugs or drinking cider, ok so they wore hoodies!!! - and yes my wheel trims were still on my car afterwards!!

i had to go to see someone in totley, stopped a few people to ask directions, some of them didnt even acknowledge me (was this because i was in a corsa?), the ones that did reply didnt know where the road was at all, and all a group of young girls could do was to utter something rude whilst eating crisps and smoking fags!!!

what does this tell you????

im please to live in a so called "deprived" area, totley and the likes are to me "deprived of life, faceless and i wouldnt live there if i was a millionaire!!

Oh, I love these little, implausible STORIES. They show a real chip on the shoulder and make entertaining reading. However, I like to stick to the official statistics myself, which show the more affluent areas are also the areas with less crime, better health, higher life expectancy and better schools.

However, two can play your game:

Did I not mention what happened to me yesterday? I was delivering something to someone who had bought from me on eBay and they lived on the Manor. I went there but couldn't find it, so stopped to ask for directions. The girl I asked wasn't wearing much and asked if I was "after business". I explained I was looking for a house but she didn't know where it was. I then asked a group of lads who proceeded to stone my car and shoot a pellet gun at me after I drove off. I found the house eventually, luckily.

The other delivery I had to make for another item was in Fulwood. I couldn't find the house (I'd forgotten my A-Z.. oops) so stopped to ask for directions. The lady I asked was very well spoken. She was just outside her house and invited me in for tea and biscuits and full access to her internet connection where I was able to use MultiMap to pinpoint the house - she even let me print off a full page colour map with her colour laserjet and took the trouble to laminate it for me. On departing she gave me a cake that she had baked especially for me while I was browsing MultiMap. I then went on to make the delivery..

What does this tell you? Nothing - just like your story didn't either.

Originally posted by t020
<snip> I was delivering something to someone who had bought from me on eBay and they lived on the Manor. I went there but couldn't find it, so stopped to ask for directions. The girl I asked wasn't wearing much and asked if I was "after business". I explained I was looking for a house but she didn't know where it was. I then asked a group of lads who proceeded to stone my car and shoot a pellet gun at me after I drove off. I found the house eventually, luckily.

The other delivery I had to make for another item was in Fulwood. I couldn't find the house (I'd forgotten my A-Z.. oops) so stopped to ask for directions. The lady I asked was very well spoken. She was just outside her house and invited me in for tea and biscuits and full access to her internet connection where I was able to use MultiMap to pinpoint the house - she even let me print off a full page colour map with her colour laserjet and took the trouble to laminate it for me. On departing she gave me a cake that she had baked especially for me while I was browsing MultiMap. I then went on to make the delivery..

What does this tell you?</snip>

It reinforces your earlier point - Another myth is that people in the affluent areas are unfriendly. I've never found this to be the case. In fact, I'd say the opposite was true - that the Fulwood lady was a much pleasanter lady that the topless yobs of Manor.

P.s: How was the cake?

:)

Originally posted by t020

"............".......What does this tell you?

That you know how to bull5hit? I know a guy like you wouldnt be seen dead even going through Manor, let alone stopping to talk tot the local slapper! :suspect: