Do you consider Sheffield boring...

Having been brought up in Gainsborough and lived in Nottingham for ten years and London for one, Sheffield is by FAR the better place for outright quality of Life. Yes London is exciting.. for about 4 months, when you get so fed up of travelling on tubes and dirty trains you want to scream, and Nottingham - great shopping and bars etc.. but get out of that incredibly unfriendly and crime ridden.

Of course Sheffield could tidy itself up, but it is slowly getting there. The area around the town hall looks great right now, the roadworks to the main arteries are improving the look.

Anyway I like it so to me thats all that matters.

Originally posted by Guest

i moved to sheffield when i was young and i think that it was a wast of time more happens in the desert than here

You suck.

Sheffield rocks! Where are you from originally?!

I hope that you are joking about this.

Originally posted by Moon Maiden

Sheffields unique ability is to actually qualifying as a city - but yet never feeling as if you are in one.

 

I have lived in and around London, visited various parts of Manchester and I wouldn't swop em. London is magnificent but I don't want their crime rates or that pathetic London attitude....Manchester is a hole.

 

Moon Maiden

And Mancunians have an annoying accent.

Originally posted by "Anonymous"

 

But it is important to realise that Sheffield is also the 3rd largest city in England..

 

Originally posted by "Sidla"

 

Actually it's 4th. I've just done a bit of research and surprisingly Liverpool has a higher population, but Manchester has a slightly lower population.

Sheffield actually now ranks as the United Kingdom's fifth largest city, but because it is a free-standing city it forms only the eighth largest conurbation.

Leeds overtook Sheffield has the 4th largest city in the United Kingdom a few years back.

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Originally posted by skyfitsboy

Sheffield actually now ranks as the United Kingdom's fifth largest city, but because it is a free-standing city it forms only the eighth largest conurbation.

 

Leeds overtook Sheffield has the 4th largest city in the United Kingdom a few years back.

I do not think this can be correct.

While Sheffield was the 4th largest city (in terms of population) in England (behind London, Birmingham, and Liverpool), it is smaller than Glasgow and so ranked as the 5th largest city in the UK.

You say Leeds now has a larger population than Sheffield: Sheffield would therefore be England's 5th largest city, and the UK's 6th.

Also, the fact that Sheffield is a "free-standing" city, as opposed to being in part of a huge conurbation, is to its advantage - at least in my eyes. It enables it to retain a clean break with the surrounding countryside, protect that countryside against encroachment of the city, and should - I suspect - add to its inhabitants' identity and, hopefully, pride in their city.

I am origionally from sheffield and live in newcastle, another city along with leeds and manchester that is seen as a vibrant cosmopolitan city. I can honestly say that since moving to newcastle my pride in my home city has improved drastically. Newcastle has absolutley NOTHING more than sheffield except maybe a very well redeveloped quayside with a new icon bridge. I was shocked at how much the people of newcastle take pride in their city, even though it is in no way superior to sheffield. I would say that is one of the problems of sheffielders, we seem to have an inferiority complex- we accept that places like leeds, manchester and newcastle are better places and that is a joke. if sheffield is boring then newcastle is extremely boring. In terms of nightlife, i fail to see why it is apparently the 3rd best party city in the world, i see more variety in sheff. in terms of shopping, i work in the city centre and it too becomes dead when the shops shut. And shopping in newcaslte by the way is very poor, especially for fashion. One thing i realised is how special the devonshire quarter is for fashion and bars etc.

we just need to be more assertive with our city and advertise its good points more. People say sheffield needs a lot of work, which is true but i see it happening now-everytime i come home i see new buildings coming up,strengthening the city centre and improving economic prospects. People only go off to manchester or newcastle because it makes a nice change. People who live in those cities will undoubtedly take trips to other cities for the same reasons. If cities are being judged by the number of starbucks and other poncey, pretentious outlets, then leeds is a mecca and those people should move there-a place i find dead of character due to over-commercialisation and what seems to be london-aspiring city.I hope sheffield doesn't get like that. People slag off the city council but i think their aspirations for regenerating our city are admirable and strike a great balance between the needs of our city centre- the new retail quarter is an exciting propspect and if completed as planned will turn sheffield into a great shopping destination, the heart of the city project is absolutley astounding. Sheffield is going from strengh to strengh. These are exciting times and we should all be very proud.

Brilliant. Well done Bikeman. 8 years and you finally realised you don't have an opinion

dont no really............

Top marks for this one.

Only boring people get bored

there are plenty of theatres for eatries take a walk on london road every taste catered for

art galleries search more than you think

showroom for cultural films'

don't think you have looked very well

if you want a place to be boring it will

if you want something more look!