Is the City of Leicester a dump?

[Sampson]

20 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

I'm sure that both of us have been called worse during our time on here (I know I have), but for what little it might mean, once again, that was certainly not the intent. 

They’re trying to shut down the argument by getting offended over nothing. It’s standard right-wing snowflake rhetoric. I wouldn’t worry about it. How is saying “imagined past” low or offensive? It’s obvious what you meant about nostalgia naturally making things seem rosier in the past - it’s an evolutionary survival mechanic that all humans do.

Edited 10 February by Sampson

[Muzzy_no7]

30 minutes ago, Sampson said:

They’re trying to shut down the argument by getting offended over nothing. It’s standard right-wing snowflake rhetoric. I wouldn’t worry about it. How is saying “imagined past” low or offensive? It’s obvious what you meant about nostalgia naturally making things seem rosier in the past - it’s an evolutionary survival mechanic that all humans do.

This is good, bravo 👏🏼😂😂😂

[danny.]

I'm not even right wing 😅 literally left leaning centrist, but, yea, clearly imagined/made up my lived experience.

[Sampson]

24 minutes ago, danny. said:

I'm not even right wing 😅 literally left leaning centrist, but, yea, clearly imagined/made up my lived experience.

Eh. We’ve all read your posts defending/deliberately creating muddy false equivalency to low taxes , anti-immigration, anti-eu, austerity, Musk, Farage, Trump and every other right wing position half the time with the “I’m actually a leftist…” proviso while never actually posting anything remotely left/centrist and only ever defending/creating muddy equivalencies to the other side. And most of us aren’t daft enough to fall for the “”I’m a centrist/leftist” who only ever makes posts defending right wing economic and social policy” line. That strategy has been around enough time now that it’s pretty easy to spot nowadays. 

Edited 10 February by Sampson

[bovril]

Is the city of Leicester a bigger mess than this thread

[Tommy G]

15 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Eh. We’ve all read your posts defending/deliberately creating muddy false equivalency to low taxes , anti-immigration, anti-eu, austerity, Musk, Farage, Trump and every other right wing position half the time with the “I’m actually a leftist…” proviso while never actually posting anything remotely left/centrist and only ever defending/creating muddy equivalencies to the other side. And most of us aren’t daft enough to fall for the “”I’m a centrist/leftist” who only ever makes posts defending right wing economic and social policy” line. That strategy has been around enough time now that it’s pretty easy to spot nowadays. 

You are trying to shut down the argument by getting offended over nothing. It’s standard left-wing snowflake rhetoric.

[bovril]

Can't even admit you're right wing anymore because of woke 

[leicsmac]

WhatonearthhaveIstarted.gif

[worthosoriginals]

2 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

You are trying to shut down the argument by getting offended over nothing. It’s standard left-wing snowflake rhetoric.

You've made a right balls up of comprehension there, tommy ten names.

[danny.]

17 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Eh. We’ve all read your posts defending/deliberately creating muddy false equivalency to low taxes , anti-immigration, anti-eu, austerity, Musk, Farage, Trump and every other right wing position half the time with the “I’m actually a leftist…” proviso while never actually posting anything remotely left/centrist and only ever defending/creating muddy equivalencies to the other side. And most of us aren’t daft enough to fall for the “”I’m a centrist/leftist” who only ever makes posts defending right wing economic and social policy” line. That strategy has been around enough time now that it’s pretty easy to spot nowadays. 

Defending Farage? not heard that one before. I don't like Farage or Trump, but I guess I'm a MAGA and Reform voter too. Amazing.

TBH the last time I took a quiz to work out who to vote for (which was LibDems) was the 2024 GE so I'm probably just to the right of the KKK now

(yes, a tired old meme, I couldn't be bothered to spend any more time looking for something better)

[worthosoriginals]

1 minute ago, leicsmac said:

WhatonearthhaveIstarted.gif

Don't thinks its you that's the thin skinned one here mac.

[bovril]

On 29/07/2013 at 22:17, Guest MattP said:

Massive problem in London already with them. Wait until they are legally able to come here.

The past is a foreign country.

 

Though it turns out they do things remarkably similar there. Who knew? 

[CosbehFox]

3 hours ago, danny. said:

 

I have to push right back on that, I am from a very poor council estate and there was an amazing sense of community and camaraderie growing up, people would give you their last penny and food if they had it and vice versa, people would have open door policies and despite having very little it felt like everyone had a lot because people had each other to a degree. I knew people from all over the estate and for the most part people got on very well. I can point to more affluent areas that had, and have now, absolutely none of that.

There's a huge point on that though - community facilities have gone to ruin thanks to a lack of funding etc. Any attempt to have a central place for community cohesion has died. I am looking at places like New Parks Boys Club & New Parks Community Centre or Braunstone Civic Centre. These places are gone or run absolute skeleton services. There's no place for 'integration' (horrible word - cos it's far more simple than that) to take place. 

 

In the process, where I live, there's lots of fundraising to make things happen - keep the library functioning, keep the Yarn Bomb a thing etc etc. 

[CosbehFox]

3 hours ago, kenny said:

I no longer work in the city centre, but I do miss it. I like it there.

I miss it. I miss where a number of companies were working there so you had this cradle of economy. Coffee shops with professionals, department stores with people buy bits on lunches etc. A complicated web of reasons but quite sad really. 

 

I used to love Fridays working in town. 

[Tommy G]

21 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

There's a huge point on that though - community facilities have gone to ruin thanks to a lack of funding etc. Any attempt to have a central place for community cohesion has died. I am looking at places like New Parks Boys Club & New Parks Community Centre or Braunstone Civic Centre. These places are gone or run absolute skeleton services. There's no place for 'integration' (horrible word - cos it's far more simple than that) to take place. 

 

In the process, where I live, there's lots of fundraising to make things happen - keep the library functioning, keep the Yarn Bomb a thing etc etc. 

A decent farm shop too. 

[CornwallFox]

17 hours ago, danny. said:

Defending Farage? not heard that one before. I don't like Farage or Trump, but I guess I'm a MAGA and Reform voter too. Amazing.

TBH the last time I took a quiz to work out who to vote for (which was LibDems) was the 2024 GE so I'm probably just to the right of the KKK now

(yes, a tired old meme, I couldn't be bothered to spend any more time looking for something better)

What absolute nonsense. 

 

The fact you're sharing a right wing designed diagram to pretend we've all moved left shows this 'im centre left' nonsense up for what it is. 

 

We live in a country where two of the biggest polling political parties are pushing BNP policies and being taken seriously. It's really not leftwards that we've marched. 

[Chris_OGrady]

My wife, mum and sister always moan about how dodgy Leicester is, and how many strange characters there are, whenever they go to the curve theatre. I really struggle to convince my wife to go for a drink and some food in Leicester because of this. My Mum and sister would likely refuse to go in for the same reason too. They would maybe be happy to go to the Highcross but nowhere really outside of that (unless it's the curve) and I've got no interest going into Leicester for a Nandos. Now they might be exceptions, but i think they are probably not. This is clearly having an impact on the city. 

 

It's fine on Saturday when we all go in for the football and drink in the pubs, but outside of that it's dying, and it's a snowball effect with many of the clientele it needs actively avoiding it, and those subsequent businesses not being able to survive.  

[danny.]

1 hour ago, CornwallFox said:

What absolute nonsense. 

 

The fact you're sharing a right wing designed diagram to pretend we've all moved left shows this 'im centre left' nonsense up for what it is. 

 

We live in a country where two of the biggest polling political parties are pushing BNP policies and being taken seriously. It's really not leftwards that we've marched. 

"a right wing designed diagram" 😅

[Grebfromgrebland]

On 10/02/2026 at 10:56, danny. said:

Lack of social cohesion and demographics are related. If people don't speak the same language, share the same culture or the same values then social cohesion will, of course, decrease. 

Let's face it certain religions do not integrate at all and that's the biggest issue.

[danny.]

2 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

Let's face it certain religions do not integrate at all and that's the biggest issue.

I'm so confused by you sometimes Mr Greb

[Tommy G]

Narb Rd between the Jag garage all the way to Braunstone Gate is an absolute tip, its like a 3rd world environment. 

[FoxesDeb]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Narb Rd between the Jag garage all the way to Braunstone Gate is an absolute tip, its like a 3rd world environment. 

I drove down there a week or so ago and I really wouldn't go that far, I've seen much much worse in so called first world countries

[bovril]

2 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

I drove down there a week or so ago and I really wouldn't go that far, I've seen much much worse in so called first world countries

I've also seen much better in 3rd world countries...

[CornwallFox]

11 hours ago, danny. said:

"a right wing designed diagram" 😅

I should add popularised by Elon Musk, not exactly known for his centrist beliefs, while attacking the left. 

 

 

[danny.]

Those right wing diagrams are getting out of hand now, and the right wing words and right wing Musks