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Dylan Robertson
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Bath: stuck in the past or ready for the future?
Bath is a city dominated by its history. For centuries, there has been great opposition to changing anything, especially where building roads has been concerned. But has this actually helped in the long run?
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Cardiff: the city to watch over the next decade?
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Cardiff is one of the UK's smaller cities, but it's currently implementing a number of changes to make it fit for the future.
Milton Keynes: failed experiment or city of the future?
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Milton Keynes is one of the UK's weirdest, and most controversial cities. Its grid layout and car-centric construction is often mocked, but is it all bad?
You're just spouting the council's propaganda. Cardiff is actually a corporate hell-hole, an environmental catastrophe, a filthy toxic dump and a hollowed-out social disaster destroyed by corrupt criminals.
A lot of people around there live in a myriad of satellite towns and villages that are all quite pleasant actually and also peaceful. MK is like the ugly 80s built central hub for shopping and restaurants and entertainment. I have a soft spot for it looking like some 80s sci-fi depiction of the future, like a Paul Verhoeven vision of the future from Starship Troopers or Robocop with all the grey marble and concrete. The centre feels a lot scummier now than it did in the 80s-early 2000s in my opinion. More scummy people and crime in general which is a shame but it still feels better than the likes of bigger cities like Birmingham, London, Leeds etc in my opinion. Everywhere has gotten worse in the last 15 years or so lets be honest.
Pity they're now building high-rises - the original vision is being corroded by greedy councillors
Cardiff is a great city HOWEVER the council and government has absolutely destroyed the road system in the City Centre. Years ago it was a joy to drive around, now it is an utter nightmare. You would think the public transport would be great but most of it is so unreliable and doesn't fit most people needs (not the people who I have spoken to anyway). Redevelopment of parts of the city centre (ie around Central station / central square / St Davids2 shopping centre) is excellent. However Queen Street and the Capitol centre is looking very tired and just plain grim. For me parking in the centre car parks should be free - or under £5 a day and a complete overhaul of the transport system is drastically needed and that's even before the government's catastrophic decision not to build the proposed M4 relief road. If you want a great night out though Cardiff is one of the best places in the UK.
Like the city of London, diversity is ruining Cardiff,plus the 🤡's who now protest against Israel regularly on weekends,yep it's shite hole now and getting worse.
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Great video. I don't know if you already work in media(TV/radio) but I think you would do well as a journalist.
I lived in mk for 29 years until 2013. I dont miss it
Cardiff is a dump and has fallen apart in the last decade.
Cardiff is essentially the last breath of Wales, sadly, without any industry and the government making sure the only viable businesses are takeaways and established cooperation's that the government hold shares in, the future of the Wales and the UK as a whole is the rich getting richer of the back of the people that are merely trying to exist. Wage slaves living in squalor is what 80% Wales is. Also importing millions of migrants that receive benefits far greater than that of a native, in addition to the ridiculous spending by the government, on projects only designed to increase the amount of tax they can pull from the residence. 20MPH? £18 for 20 cigs? Sugar tax? VAT? Income tax? Insurances? Business rates... different for migrants btw.. it's all just a big ol' joke.
I see you visited in the pouring rain. This tends to cause the skiprats and skangers to retreat to their burrows. Try it sometime when it's not raining. (Granted, this can be difficult)
It’s a shithole and yes I live there
Not one of the UK's main cities ... what a ridiculous statement. Lost all credibility at the outset.
It is literally the capital of our country and where our Government is based
He was saying main as in I think he meant referring to size, links and listed of importance and busyness. I don't think that city is in the handful of top tier.....No not for quality rating but for use in sentence how he's explaining it opening. It's not meant to be taken personally towards the city
Liam 337:had he said Cardiff is not in the top 10 largest cities (population wise) it would have been an accurate statement. But Cardiff clearly punches above its weight in terms of importance. It is one of the devolved capitals and a major administrative centre being the seat of Welsh Government and hub of Welsh media and home to many notable national institutions. Economically, It is at the centre of a city region of 1.5 million people. I found the statement to be flawed and lacking substance.
Agreed @@corsiboy
As an American from the Midwest it was a little weird for you to explain how an average Midwest town or city is built as some weird knew idea on how to layout a town.
What sort of glasses has been worn ? ROSE COLOURED. Over the last two decades the City has become a dump.
You claim it's not one of the UK's main cities - it's 1 of the 4 capital cities, and 1 of the 4 cities to have a parliament. Doesn't that make it a major city?
Possibly the most superficial and lazy video about Milton Keynes yet - if you visit to make a negative video about somewhere with 800-ish subs then quite honestly don’t bother. Moved to an adjacent village 23 years ago having lived in both London and Birmingham and while MK isn’t your average city it is definitely a great deal more pleasant and less decrepit than most of the UK after the last 20 years!
If you stray more than half a mile from the city centre, you'll find medieval churches and ancient woodland as well as olde worlde pubs etc. Too much of the new builds are generic and utilitarian though.
I don't live in MK but I like to shop there. The original part of the shopping centre is IMO a great design; simple in construction but airy and pleasant to be in. Also, the outside glass cladding is wearing well unlike most of the materials used on modern buildings which just seem to tarnish and weather badly, the Theatre District being an obvious example. I also like Station Square which is a similar design. However, I have recently become aware that many buildings around the centre are either empty, derelict or have been demolished. There is still a lot of new build going on, but is that only going to last a mere 50 years or even less? It would seem that the experiment is still on-going.
Really enjoying your videos! My family is moving to Milton Keynes from the US and it’s really helpful to see videos that show the city with both its flaws and good features!
Nice, well documented
It was created for the London overspill in the late 60s, now its a shitehole just like London. Diversity is our strength we are told lol.
Those paths are called redways and are super convenient for bikes and scooters you can pretty much get anywhere in MK via them
Nationally the butt of many jokes, internationally studied and copied as one of the world's best new town designs - at least until first Thatcher and then local government compromised and mismanaged its development.
U look blazed cuz
Love mk. Surrounded by horrible places like Luton and Northampton. Born and bred in london , never going back to live there
Turning into a third world dump like those towns around it too
It certainly is a strange town compared to most of the UK. Reminds me of DC: lots of offices, but not many people on the streets where those offices are.
Looking forward to see how this channel grows!
Good video. I lived in MK for 6 years. I enjoyed my time there, but you are right to describe it as artificial (the football club being an example of this). Functional is another word I would use. Fine if you live there for a few years for work as you progress in your career or whatever, but something about MK makes it hard for new residents to adopt any loyalty or sense of pride in the place. It's like a motorway service station of a town - convenient at a certain point in your life, but when you leave the overriding emotion is 'meh'. My other main takeaway from MK is how different its suburbs or 'estates' are. There can't be many places in the UK outside of London where the gulf between the affluent and downtrodden areas is so stark. The centre of MK has also become horribly grim IMO. Grey, soulless, and yes, the high street is a big grey building.
born and bred 😤. i guess being raised there makes it seem less weird to me.
You forgot to mention Red Bull F1 Team 👀🏎️
Here at 50 views 🗿 but seriously, this was really interesting
fair play lad its like im watching the news
Massive investement and one of the fastest by population in the UL
u can renovate all u want but it will still be a fuc**ng horrible sh**hole
Why’s it a shithole then gobby.🤫
It's OK.
It's also got a pretty bad heroin problem (more visible in the city centre than in any other UK city I've visited) and some of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the UK
Most deprived neighbourhoods in the uk. Get real, you been to London pal. Try Stockwell for starters or Deptford.
Cardiff is a hyper middle class city. It’s the most typical middle class lifestyle ever.
@@Declan239hardly, where have you been. It’s got some lovely areas but like every city the poor areas are a plenty
@@huwsalway4099 I live in the suburbs and I frequently am in the city trust me, this is a middle class city