Most aggy town in the UK

[spudgun]

From my experience - Gloucester. Sounds a joke, but everytime I've been there's been some sort of trouble. There's something to be said about violence and market towns.

Last time I was there we were at one of those shite provincial raves, the kind with 4 DJs on the bill and about 20 MCs. Suddenly we notice some trouble had broken out. We went to check it out, but there was a circle crowding the fray. There was a large area of cleared dancefloor and in the epicentre was a properly disturbing character - he was punching and bashing in to everyone for no apparent reason. I should mention the said guy was in an electronic wheelchair, so no-one knew how to react with decency.

So, my vote's for Gloucester (shitty provincial rave-wise).,What's yours?

 

[cosmiccars]

Went to an 'old skool' night in Northampton once where I saw a guy selling pills get his nose burst by the resident dealer, that wasn't very nice - it was at about 10PM as well and there were only about 20 people in the club.

Had a night out in Galashiels in the Scottish borders once. That was like the wild west, people getting slid down bars and all sorts

Once was relaxing on a beach in Swanage, Dorset, when a bunch of amped up locals came up to us one of whom smashed a deckchair up and tried to hand me a big piece of wood to him telling me to hit him with it. I politely declined so he punched my mate in the face.

 

[Dark Side]

Yeh gloucester has some pretty agressive beggars as well, some guy asked me for 50 p 3 times when i was doing shopping couple weeks back kept bumping in to him, then he got really pissed the 3rd time when i said no. You are always begged for money when you go there every time litterly. Its a horrible looking city too just depressing tonnes of inbreds live there.

 

[SummerSerenade]

Yeh gloucester has some pretty agressive beggars as well, some guy asked me for 50 p 3 times when i was doing shopping couple weeks back kept bumping in to him, then he got really pissed the 3rd time when i said no.

Not sure about dodgy towns, not sure if there even are any in Surrey but this reminded me of a story. When we went to Brighton a few years ago for a day out, we were walking back to the car after having a meal and this guy asked my step dad for 20p or something small. Which my step dad honestly didn't have, and he told the homeless guy this very nicely, even apologised (British people love apologising eh). However, this didn't seem good enough as the guy began muttering and as we walked away he yelled 'I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DON'T HAVE FUCKING 20p YOU TWAT' haha, class.

 

[ColtDan]

I remember awhile ago outside a club this guy comes up to me and asks for a fag.. im more than happy to give anyone a cig.. a line.. didnt have much baccy left so handed him a rizzla and enough baccy for a cig.. the amount i'd use in one, i usually smoke them fairly thin. then he starts moaning that its not enough for a fag, and i was like yeah it is i smoke them that thin all the time.. and he was like no its not, are you taking the piss? this aint enough.. and i was like hangon a min im giving you a fag and your moaning, bit cheeky aint it.. you're taking the piss arent you? it seems to me like you are taking the fucking piss.. and nearly ended up in a fight lol. unapprecative drunken ballsack

on the whole i dont think exeter would be very high up on the aggy list compared to some places tho

 

[dee_dee]

^^^ Lol thats a great one and I can believe it...

 

[SummerSerenade]

I remember awhile ago outside a club this guy comes up to me and asks for a fag.. im more than happy to give anyone a cig.. a line.. didnt have much baccy left so handed him a rizzla and enough baccy for a cig.. the amount i'd use in one, i usually smoke them fairly thin. then he starts moaning that its not enough for a fag, and i was like yeah it is i smoke them that thin all the time.. and he was like no its not, are you taking the piss? this aint enough.. and i was like hangon a min im giving you a fag and your moaning, bit cheeky aint it.. you're taking the piss arent you? it seems to me like you are taking the fucking piss.. and nearly ended up in a fight lol. unapprecative drunken ballsack

on the whole i dont think exeter would be very high up on the aggy list compared to some places tho

On a similar note I've had people get slightly arsey when they ask me for a lighter/fag/other smoking related item and I don't have it. It's like, hello, I'm not lying, is it that hard to believe I don't smoke? Not everyone does. Lol people are twats sometimes.

 

[THECATINTHEHAT]

Not gloucester lol Any large provincial town will have aggy nightlife, and the worst for this is probably aldershot because of the squaddies.

As far as real crime/deprivation/violence/guns/knives/murders etc you have to look to certain parts of london, glasgow, liverpool, birmingham, manchester, nottingham....etc

 

[Josh]

on the whole i dont think exeter would be very high up on the aggy list compared to some places tho

Haven't been out in Exeter in about 10 years but seem to remember it could end up getting pretty ropey down on the quay on a Friday and Saturday night.

 

[Minxy]

I found Mansfield to be rather rough. I went to a hardcore rave there last year and the first thing that got me was the huge police presence in the area. I witnessed a few kerfuffles in the club and when I left at around 3am it was absolute carnage outside.

It surprised me because I live in a big student-populated city which attracts a lot of hen/stag parties and they are known for being wild but it is tame compared to Mansfield! That being said, I would go back because the venue and the rave was absolutely spot on.

 

[spudgun]

Having lived in East London for the past 8 or so years, I reckon small towns are a lot more prone to after hours, low level violence. There's no threat of someone producing a leng or whatnot, and everyone knows who (and therefore the risk) they're dealing with.

Kicking out time is almost universal, so you've got a lot of meatheads roaming the streets, looking for a punch-up. If someone's got connections, they're known about and avoided.

I've been in several fights in my hometown - not a hint of trouble since moving down here (having lived on some notoriously 'rough' estates)

 

[spudgun]

I found Mansfield to be rather rough. I went to a hardcore rave there last year and the first thing that got me was the huge police presence in the area. I witnessed a few kerfuffles in the club and when I left at around 3am it was absolute carnage outside.

Ha, it's ironic, isn't it? Happy Hardcore, which you'd expect to be all about "going to a magical wonderland", or some such shite, seemed to attract the most psychotic bastards about.

I used to go to Helter Skelter, where they had a hardcore room and a dnb room. My pervading memory was of waiting at New St station, coming down brutally, waiting for the 1st train,and having to witness this bunch of happy hardcore scousers trying to kick their 'mate' on crutches down a set of stairs (interspersed with requests for cigs, drugs, money etc.)

 

[ColtDan]

Lol people are twats sometimes.

Agreed

Haven't been out in Exeter in about 10 years but seem to remember it could end up getting pretty ropey down on the quay on a Friday and Saturday night.

The venues on the quay have recently shut now which is shit... re-opened for 3 years then shut again.. the underground place was one of the best places around here for music nights, alongside the phoenix and lemongrove.. did you go out in exeter alot?

Ha, it's ironic, isn't it? Happy Hardcore, which you'd expect to be all about "going to a magical wonderland", or some such shite, seemed to attract the most psychotic bastards about.

Yeah theres some proper wankers at happy hardcore nights, only been to a few.. not my sorta music but ex used to drag me to them, enough meph and booze tho and i'll dance my tits off to anything. also DNB nights can attract some shady angry nutters. and kids that mosh

 

[Libertin]

Cambridge can be pretty down-market you know. One fine mid-summer's evening I was walking my canine (it is a cavalier king-charles spaniel I'll have you know), when I witnessed a group of young women (with no attending gentlemen in sight), all of whom were clearly intoxicated, weaving their way across the pavement side-to-side and raising their voices! "Good heavens!" I exclaimed to myself. When I got home to my wife, I furiously explained to her what I had seen and she replied "It's a sign of the times Melvin!". We both agreed it was a disgrace and spent the remainder of the evening twitching behind the curtains to see if they had returned.

 

[Shambles]

There's something to be said about violence and market towns.

This. Small(ish) market towns are a nightmare. Fuck all to do and rammed of a weekend when all the people from the surrounding villages are in town on the lash. Recipe for disaster. Big cities may have more extreme violence (arguably) but those market towns are pure hell - especially weekend nights. Actually every night of the week in my experience of 'em 8)

Went to an 'old skool' night in Northampton once where I saw a guy selling pills get his nose burst by the resident dealer, that wasn't very nice - it was at about 10PM as well and there were only about 20 people in the club.

Apparently I was brought up for part of my childhood in the most notoriously rough parts of Northampton. I do remember walking to school one morning and seeing staff scrubbing blood off the walls of the pub at the end of the road after a stabbing. Other than that I was probably too young to pick up on all this excessive violence which was apparently all around me. That and it actually was all around me only behind closed doors... that's a whole other discussion though.

Not gloucester lol Any large provincial town will have aggy nightlife, and the worst for this is probably aldershot because of the squaddies.

Ah yes. Squaddies. Been plagued by 'em almost everywhere I've lived. Definitely boosts the chances of being caught up in random acts of violence when there's a lot of military types in the area. Oddly enough.

 

[Minxy]

Ha, it's ironic, isn't it? Happy Hardcore, which you'd expect to be all about "going to a magical wonderland", or some such shite, seemed to attract the most psychotic bastards about.

I used to go to Helter Skelter, where they had a hardcore room and a dnb room. My pervading memory was of waiting at New St station, coming down brutally, waiting for the 1st train,and having to witness this bunch of happy hardcore scousers trying to kick their 'mate' on crutches down a set of stairs (interspersed with requests for cigs, drugs, money etc.)

Thing is, it is still all about the P.L.U.R in most places in the UK, and that is what I love about the hardcore scene. I quickly came to the conclusion that in Mansfield it is due to the amount of cheap booze the locals are putting away on a weekend. Somebody needs to deliver a fuck load of Mandy to that town, sharpish!

Alcohol has to be THE worst thing to be wasted on at a rave.

 

[ColtDan]

Yeah being sloppy drunk is shit for raving. meph and booze was my fave rave combo. used to get quite a decent push off MD but just seems to mong me out now, am gonna have to mix it with speed if i bother with it again soon

 

[parttime crackhead]

Thing is, it is still all about the P.L.U.R in most places in the UK, and that is what I love about the hardcore scene.

Hardcore music up here attracts hardcore psychos. All your proper scary looking neds. The sort of fuckwits who can get full of eckies and still be raging and looking for a scrap. Regularly multiple stabbings at hardcore nights/events. Even if I liked the music (I don't) I wouldn't go to a hardcore club night because I would genuinely fear getting stabbed over something stupid.

 

[mattnotrik]

^ Yap, much like the famous bounce by the ounce from preston. The hardcore scene is mad full of them, walking past the hardcore tent at creamfields a load of scousers tried to rob my wellies of my own feet, haha but that was scousers.

A video is all whats needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzP1XC51kro

 

[joe90]

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