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Welcome back to a brand new episode of Turdtowns the show that brings you the lesser known places in the UK usually for bad reasons! Today it's West Wales which is the combination of three counties Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire & Ceredigion. I did it this way as they are three of the least populated counties in the UK. For this video I will be taking you past Newport, past The Valleys, past Cardiff and past Swansea. In order to find the worst places in Western Wales.
It would be sweet if you guys could help get me to 50k subs. I’m return I will thank you by releasing a weekly video for the foreseeable. ❤
Back after a bit of a hiatus. Glad this was a virtual tour as I don't think I could handle reality. You got yourself a sub as a result.
Colwyn Bay I think you would really enjoy
What place consider I do know people from these town cities or whatever you want to call them the place is tred a little careful please thank you
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HOW ARE YOU NOT ABOVE 50K DAMN, love this channel I genuinely thought you'd be at 200k
@ChrisOREILLY-gc4yq that's another title in its self 😂
I love these videos
Funny with a few jokes 🤓😂
When you get some time visit Teesside please 👍
“Wales can have all the crime it wants, I was a lot happier here than other places…”
I almost shed a tear I was so proud
And me , I'm from Leicester and lived there 6 years , bit ify in places but locals were all great to know and still in contact with them all !
@@curtisducati I love this :) I’ve met a lot of people in my time who’ve moved to wales from the bad side of the bridge, they fall in love with the place and people… a few have even called themselves Welsh after, despite not being born here, as they feel so at home!
I wouldn't go there to take a shit
Aberystwyth is a beautiful town with a brilliant community feel and a lot of great shops and stuff too. The surrounding countryside and coastline is utterly stunning too.
I live in Aberystwyth and I love it. It has a great sense of community and so much going on. I agree that the tourists are an issue, but I was shocked by the crime rate. I feel so safe here and not really seen any crime that was not just being pissed and stupid.
Agreed. I have family that lives a 30 minute drive from there - Aberystwyth is quite nice, in my opinion. At least it is to visit, I can't speak to what it's like to live there.
Been here for 2 years and so far have seen some gruely crap. Saw a man get his head smashed through a shop window. The drunk and drugged up rages that occur on mainstreets is insane. Housing prices are nuts. Its a bubble due to its amazing community but its definitely worthy of being on this list.
Been here 14 years and agree for the most part with the video. The town has gone down hill in the last 5-8 years and you do see the effects of higher crime. There are two opinions about Aberystwyth, it is either great or terrible, and that's why nothing gets done about the issues. House prices are insane and I blame local estate agents and their greed.
I think the issue Aberystwyth has is it gets lots of groups of lads from surrounding small towns go there on the weekend with their 'represent their small town thuggishly on the weekend mentality' lol. Pretty much nowhere else in the entire mid Wales area for a decent night out. I used to go there often with a crew from Dolgellau which is like an hour north since there was nowhere worth going any closer lol.
I saw the band Man at the University years ago with my girlfriend and my mate who lived in Borth. Loved all of it. ❤👍 A Londener.
Turdtown does it again. The commentary, the razor sharp writing, the jokes. Every video is pure gold and I can't imagine the anount of work that goes into each one 🤓 Top notch sir.
Thanks my friend truly appreciated. If you really need to know this video took around 30 hours. Fortunately I’m full time so I can manage it.
Don't forget he also runs the Markyd123 wrestling review channel.
Wales has some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, but the economic and social decline in its towns is shocking. This decline has been noticeably accelerating within the past 25 years and is a damming indictment of the Welsh government. Even small towns, have many of the problems of crime, drugs and vandalism you expect in a big city and have stagnating economies with no outside investment.
The uk government.
You might need to delve a little deeper into the governance problems since most of them ultimately originate in Westminster.
So many years of Tory government - I include 'New Labour in' that category - has guaranteed an ever increasing divide between the 'haves' and 'have nots'.
From the 'Thatcher' era to the Brexit fiasco of lies and deception. the UK has become an empty shell of faded colonial aspirations with no national ambbition nor societal energy.
I left for other lands in the mid '60s but have maintained a close watch of the affairs in my old home; it saddens me that '"Hiraith" has faded into despair for the people who I once loved and was loved by and that the built environment has descended into so much dereliction and disrepair.
It’s a damning indictment of BOTH the Senedd and Westminster.
@@megthomas580 Absolutely, the very visible decline of many towns to the visitor, is attributable to severe social and economic decline which hasn't been addressed. What has been seen for many years and expected in many post industrial areas such as the South Wales valleys, is now spreading to smaller towns and communities in rural and coastal areas. Politicians are entirely to blame for this lack of response over the last 3 decades.
I grew up in Haverfordwest during the 80s and 90's , The town at that time had a bustling town centre, every Saturday there were hundreds of people shopping! I remember the crowds well and not a shop was empty, there were many private shops such a green grocers, butchers etc. The arrival over the years of supermarkets an out of town retail outlet just outside of town coupled with the financial crisis 2007-2008 gutted this town. Its decline over the past 20 years has been astonishing to see. Everyone I grew up with has left, the town and county suffer from the flight of their youth who travel far away to find work and opportunity, sadly there really is no hope for Haverfordwest .
I couldn’t believe it really. I also remember it being nice.
@@Turdtowns Thanks for your content. It's much needed and appreciated.
Approving those retail parks was criminal
@@dazzlingdaz187 It was, the damage it did to the town that was already struggling was immeasurable. The council are often powerless to stop them developing.
Entirely due to the town "planners".
Honestly shocked at the crime rate in Aberystwyth. I lived there for years and never had any problems with crime. I frequently walked around at night and never felt unsafe. But it is true, you do hardly see any police....
As someone who lives in Pembroke Dock, I can confirm I've since grown a 3rd testicle
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Love the new intro! Great content as always.
As an American, I appreciate you bringing light to Britain's lesser known habitations, even if they are, quite literally, "turd towns".
Some of these places remind me of towns in my home state of Kentucky, what with all the discount stores, vape shops and sketchy fast-food places.
Oh the next series, "Turd Towns U.S." PLEASE 😁😁
@@pyrodoll2422 Gonna have to find a guy with enough money and time to get across a land as vast as ours. I could only do Kentucky and surrounding states
I lived in West Wales, Ceredigion county, 08-13 and played football around there. Even some of the little villages and town with populations barely 1k can be so rough in such beautiful countryside, as kids having nothing to do, drugs drink and bordem set in. A lot of train lines gone, jobs can be few. I liked my time there but couldn't now 😂 This video was a great find!
I'm from Harford and I'm not even remotely offended because most of what you say is true. The county council has much to be blamed for. The glass monstrosity by the river and the planned 'Instagrammable' bridge at a cost of over £5 million while the rest of the town is dying.
It used to be great place to live, but a lack of financial sensibility plus the disgusting behaviour of the younger population who vandalise and spray graffiti everywhere have destroyed this town.
It was instagramable? I didn’t even notice it tbh and I’m not trying to be funny either.
@@TurdtownsWell, what the older generation probably defines as 'instagrammable.'
@@Turdtownsdude honestly you didn’t miss out on much, it’s just a glass rectangle lol.
I lived in Pembroke Dock for most my life (until recently) and I unfortunately have to agree with pretty much all you said, and you hit the nail on the head about people feeling like they're trapped there, that's more true than you may think unfortunately.
Pembrokeshire is beautiful if you look in the right places but unfortunately it needs a lot of work
I’ve watched this channel for a few months now and familiar of the towns in the Welsh episodes. Seeing my hometown of Llanelli featured on here though is heartbreaking considering how beautiful and thriving it was during my childhood
It could be worse. Always look on the positive side. At least it’s a place people have heard of. Even if I can’t pronounce it.
It’s so bad that the government are sending asylum seekers there.
@@Turdtownsroll the L's in the sentence (like saying lh with a lisp) and you got it!
Yes- have such happy memories of it in 60s & 70s- walking to Stradey for the rugby, the wonderful indoor market, going down to the beach, decent shops.... Sad, very..
I was born in Llanelli and moved to Hwest in ‘79 as a kid. At the time it felt we were moving up in the world!
It is so sad to see that towns I visited on happy holidays long ago when I was a child have deteriorated so much. :(
I've lived in the Ceredigion area for about 15 years and would go back tomorrow. One of the things that I noticed was that a lot of the caravan parks, which used to be okay, have attracted lots of drug dealers and petty thieves. Ditto air bnb. The other problem is that very dodgy people moved in and bought a lot of properties which they rented to the vulnerable, as well as the scuzzy. The predators had ready prey.
2:35 the Welsh government are stopping the building of new roads, to prevent climate change or some shit. The A48 basically serves as an M4 extension to carmarthen anyway
Your pronunciation of Ammanford made me chuckle 😅
The double m threw him, did Llanelli pretty good though. 😂
I used to holiday with friends in Milford Haven + area in th 1980s...utterly unsurprised to see Pembroke Dock, Haverfordwest and Milford do so badly ☹ So many places all over Britain have nothing on the horizon, no perspective or hope. 😥
Milford Marina is fabulous - the “reporter” clearly avoided it!!
I grew up in Llanelli in the late 70s - early 90s. It was a nice town when I was a kid, but they built Trostre shopping area and the town centre just went into a sad decline. I would like to point out that wasn't St Elli's church. St Elli's church is in the town centre and is still in use.
I believe all towns are turd towns. Some are just turdier than others.
Child poverty really upsets me but child poverty in the UK, out of all places, makes me mad.
If you look at a lot of the UN development markers Wales is very low on a lot of them for the 'Western' states.
Get home from working outside in the freezing cold all day, and I've got a new TurdTowns to watch! made my day mate 😁
It’s freezing today innit!
At 20mph getting in and getting out makes it even more unlikely that people will be going there. I was in Pembroke in the summer and visited the castle on a rainy day. The journey is the thing that really sticks in the mind though. Visiting a new town used to be a bit of an explore and hopefully enjoy or move on. These days it is generally not worth the petrol as vacant depressed streets exist everywhere.
Pembroke starting to look scruffy or was I imagining that?
@@Turdtowns Absolutely. I was half expecting it to make this video. It's just the castle that saved it in the end I guess.
People I know in Cardiff love visiting Pembrokeshire for the day, weekend or holiday as it's so rural compared to South Wales. As soon as you get to Llanelli it doesn't feel so rural. Even the Vale of Glamorgan doesn't feel rural but commuter land. I loved Narberth, Tenby and Newport but not Fishguard. Milford Haven is run down because a lot of people living there used to work in the oil refinery or docks but those jobs are gone now.
Most beauty spots in South Wales are reclaimed former industrial land such as Tondu Park and the off road cycle ways are on disused railway lines. Many of these regular visitors would love to live in Pembrokeshire but for their jobs but also fear getting bored in the winter and missing shops, theatres, cinemas and restaurants.
I studied in Aberystwyth (1995-8) and it's staggering that the town now has a high crime rate. When I was there it was famous as a friendly town where you wouldn't stay lonely for long. I lived in south London but honestly remember being homesick for Aberystwyth when I was back there; my family were there of course but I knew nobody else. If it's because the police are nowhere to be found, the likely reason is that the police force has been underfunded and the reason lies in that turdtown you haven't visited yet, the Shitty of Westminster. Same with a lot of the other problems in many of the towns you visit; they are showing the same signs of depression that a lot of towns in this country are showing. Partly it's because fewer people go to shops now, because home shopping became more popular during the pandemic and other in-person entertainment venues suffered as well, but partly it's because this whole country has gone to the dogs since 2010. Councils were not going bankrupt before then.
It’s still a really nice town. I expect most of the crimes are night time, drunk types. Unfortunately it’s hard to actually find out what the crimes come from. We can only guess.
It started in the late 90's
I’m pretty surprised about the crime rate, Aberystwyth is one of the least dangerous towns I’ve lived near.
I was there 2002-2005 and never had an issue. The crime was mainly from out of towners coming in (joy-rides, burglaries, drugs) or scumbags from Penparcau, the council estate (burglaries, fights, drunks). And lots of low level student petty crime that's pretty innocent but doesn't help the stats I do remember the police telling me off for climbing scaffolding :D
@@Turdtownsfrom Aberaeron and can confirm that it’s almost 90% to do with pissheads. Loads of scrapping at 2-4am after a night out
I'm from Pembroke. It had it's best times in the mid 80's to early 90's, since then it has been in steady decline. I go home to see my family a couple of times a year and it just depresses me now. There is some lovely beaches and countryside around the town and that is it's saving grace.
If Pembroke didn't have the castle there would be nothing there.
The common factors in all these towns is the development of out of town shopping centres. The town centres are suffering due to high rents and rates while out of town centres offer a better selection of retailers and free parking. It’s a natural progression.
Christ, and i thought Glasgow had gone down the shitter recently. Stay strong my Welsh brothers 🤜🏼🤛🏼
I drive around Wales for a living and visit these places at least every month, I was shocked with Borth being on the list though simply because it’s such a small place, or road really. The best part about that place is the view coming into it from Aberystwyth.
Pembroke dock is a place I dread going, as soon as you cross the concrete bridge you can feel the soul leaving your body.
Llanelli is absolutely terrible, worst place to visit in my job, horrible road layouts and I’ve seen far too many people walking around on spice than I care to remember.
Great episode, the Welsh ones have been so enjoyable to watch as I can relate to almost every place that gets mentioned - usually agreeing too!
Sounds like Aberystwyth is experiencing the delights of the "county lines" phenomenon, makes absolute sense , high student population and low police presence
Aberystwyth isn't unusual, the rot extends all the way along the railway lines in every town to the likes of Liverpool and Birmingham.
11:34 I used to DJ at a nightclub in Llanelli.
One evening I forgot to lock my car, after finishing my gig at 3am, I went out to the car, I realised that my windows were all steamed up and thought that's a little bit odd.
I opened my driver's side door to find a guy off his head on something, thinking he was driving my car, I got him out of my car only to find he'd peed on my driver's seat and I need to drive an hour and some home sat in someone's piss.
Moral of the story... Always lock your car, especially when visiting a turd town
So sad about Aberystwyth. I studied at the university between 2010 and 2014 and back then was classed as one of the safest towns in the UK crime wise. I still return frequently and have noticed a decline in the town centre over the last few years. Still a beautiful place though and many happy memories there 😊
What do you think the crime actually is? It still looks nice there.
I studied from 2014-2017 but also went to sixth form there a few years before that. Honestly the crime rate is probably skewed from the influx of Uni students during term times. Never felt unsafe once when I lived there at any time of day/night. The decline of the high street since 2008 has led to the apocalypse feel of West Wales. Google street view backs this up.
@@Turdtowns mostly drug related probably, but its not noticable in town at night or anything, no zombies you gotta look out for, the high street is because some of the rents are over £30k a year
I was there at the exact same time as you, 2010-15. I'm equally surprised, it was certainly nowhere near as bad as the video back then.
Also I didn't even realise Borth was that bad.
Dyfed Powys Police Statistics are different to the ones you quote here, where do you get your Statistics on the excessive crime in Aberystwyth or did you just make it up? Everyone living in Aberystwyth who has commented has vouched they feel safe past and present.
Aberystwyth? One of my favourite towns in all UK. The climbable, explorable castle ruins on the shore, the cable car going up with amazing views, the terrific beach, the Marina a hundred yards after the castle, a beautiful beach promenade and lots of well maintained B and Bs. I think that maybe you were influenced by what you heard from other sources rather than what you saw. After all, you don't necessarily see the crime rate as you're walking down the street. I've visited three times and have never even seen, let alone encountered any kind of violence or even poverty on the streets .Also, whatever town you film on a gloomy grey day is bound to look dismal. On the other hand Borth, just 2 stations and a couple of miles mile away from Aber, is definitely a classic Turdtown!
Lived in Aber for 12 years. A fantastic place, love to go back to live. Can't believe those crime figures!
I don’t know if it translated that well into the video but I thought Aber was really nice. But that crime rate was appalling and I couldn’t ignore it. It would be unfair on past towns I’ve included because they had a lot of crime too.
I agree they should try Basildon in Essex rather than putting Wales down constantly.
@@sarabb2056 it’s funny you say that 😂
I was hoping you'd make it over this way. So glad you did! I expected Milford Haven to be first. I've been to all these towns and Milford would be my first. Surprised by Aberystwyth showing up but i didn't realise crime had got so bad there. Carmarthen was also surprising but I suppose it's not as good as it used to be either. The rest would be in many people's lists. Thanks again for venturing out West!
I agree with you about Llanelli. I only went there to cycle the coastal cycle path and got as far as Pembury forest the second time.
Cardiff has a lot more, but it doesn't have a coastal cycle path other than the Barrage.
Really sad to see Carmarthen and Haverfordwest in such a state. They both used to be lovely in the 90s, loads of great shops and really busy. Oh and one thing... You missed out Cardigan... Now THAT is a turd town!
Yeh but Cardigan has had shops establishing their selves in the past few years, there's a few good bakery's and cafes, what more do you need?
Carmarthen still has some nice shops. Sadly Debenhams closed down but there are still some nice places there
It hurts me to hear about Llanelli... I grew up in a nearby village, Loughor, in the 1970s. A beautiful place to grow up in . I moved to England as a kid... I'm English now but half of my family is Irish and a lot on my father's side are Welsh. Wales is a beautiful country and I have a strong affinity with this nation.
this town might have been no1 but for the residents blocking the housing of migrants at a hotel - at least the people in that area stick up for each other!
I know this is supposed to be a mixture of comedy and shit-talking, but I've lived in Aberystwyth for over 20 years, and the review of the town is both one-sided and unenlightening. The University is barely mentioned, although the student body makes the town the most cosmopolitan in West Wales during term time. The National Library of Wales goes unmentioned, as do the castle and the castle grounds.
Most of the faults of the town are the same faults that you will find in most smaller towns in Wales, and in fact in poor rural areas elsewhere in the UK: bad communications, inadequate and ageing housing stock, loss of young population due to insanely high house prices and limited employment opportunities, strained policing and other services, and inadequate funding of local government. Crime is present, drugs are present - big surprise: but 'crimes per 1,000 population' is a very crude measure, and in Aberystwyth's case, most recorded crime is relatively minor. Violence is largely confined to clashes between local youths, students, and in the season young tourists. You are as safe in Aberystwyth as in most places in Wales outside the cities.
The main thing about the town is that it changes character quite radically when the students are present (the population increases by 50% plus), and again during the tourist season. You also seem to have visited duriing the late autumn or early winter. Nobody can do anything about the weather in Wales: but try again in summer. It isn't always as seen here.
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Turd towns videos the best around with the commentary giving a real insight into the problems and issues. Needless to say not all will agree with your verdicts but 9 times out of 10 your spot on.
Can’t underestimate the lack of funding available from central government which was promised as compensation for leaving the EU.
Nowhere to be seen and local governments are going bankrupt with insufficient funds to cover the basics such as disability and vulnerable people.
Like you to visit my part of the world which includes Stoke On Trent. That would set a new benchmark!
Keep up the good work.
I attended Aberystwyth University in the mid 1960s. Happy days. I visited a few months ago. It needed a lick of paint here and there, but wasn't too bad.
Also, I didn't consider Borth to be a town, simply a bit of road to drive along en route to the beach at Ynyslas- more happy times in the sunshine 🌞
I agree it’s a nice town. I had to include it for the crime rate otherwise it would be unfair to places on previous videos.
Yes, I knew Borth in the 60s and now, and it is just a village with little character but well-situated by the beach. If you get a chance, read the book "Uppingham by the Sea", which documents how an English public school temporarily relocated to Borth during an epidemic in the 19th century. It was just as bleak then!
Now here's a suggestion of where to go next. The Thames Valley (Berks, Bucks, Oxon). You'll think it's full of posh places and leafy suburbs but you'd be surprised. There's some right holes therein including Slough, Banbury, High Wycombe (where I grew up), Milton Keynes (notable only for concrete cows) and Reading, which used to be merely boring but is now a crime riddled shithole blighted by uncontrolled mass migration.
Also Hungerford, which is notable for having hosted a mass shooting once and nothing else.
It's funny, I first saw your videos back in April when I was down in Milford (the Cornish one was first one) Sadly a lot of high streets are like this now, charity shops and boarded up windows.
Charles Street in Milford used to be a bustling place (well years ago it was, or maybe it's rose-tinted glasses) at least there were lots of shops, Woolworths, Trakka Sports, Rabaiottis, Millers (bike shop), Hughes and Max, Foster Powell. H-West used to be nice too, it's sad to see the state they're in. Online shopping and retail parks are often blamed but there must be more to it than that.
You should try and find some footage or photos to include in your videos showing what these places used to look like - maybe someone will try and do something about it!
Charles St was done up lovely in the late 90s then left with seemingly no further investment, even after thousands of drives/walks down the awful state its in now I still remember a bustling mid December evening as a child with the xmas decs up everywhere going in and out if the shops, happy nostalgia but a saddening reality.
I live in the U.S, in Virginia (just south of Washington DC) and damn! West Wales is like West Virginia: Mountainous, scenic, poor, economically depressed as a result of industrial collapse, crime-and-drug-ridden, terrible schools, nothing to do if you live there, and with no future to speak of because nobody can be bothered with the place.
Oh, and they also have such a thick accent in West Virginia, they almost seem to be speaking their own language.
I really can't wait for the day you visit East Kilbride
I was born in Pembroke Dock, brought up in Carmarthen and Llanelli, went to university in Aberystwyth and have family in Milford and Haverfordwest. And i sadly have to agree with what you said, the lack of government assistance and industrial decline have caused these once great towns to decline beyond an acceptable standard. When i was growing up most younger people could not wait to leave, and most have, including myself, to work in Cardiff or England. If these places want to thrive, something has to change.
I have a lot of family based in Saundersfoot and Tenby and theyre lovely places to live, the few times I have ventured out into Milford or Haverford i've always been shocked how rundown they come across especially considering how nice the county is as a whole.
I live in a turd.😅 Phoenix AZ
Sedona is awesome
It's even more unsettling now that you can only run away at 20mph
I like this channel as it helps me to decide where not to go to waste my time,fuel and accommodation. Thanks.
All towns have their rough parts and empty shops now. But most of the towns described on this channel have nice parts, too, amenities, tourist attractions, good shops, and a thriving community.
Oh dear. West Wales really isn't working. You're seeing what you see and aren't mincing your words. But so much ot the UK is like that, and only pulls through the long and drab winter months because of the hope that spring might come back.
I was just thinking that 😂
Pembroke Dock people who are commenting unfavourably you need to move out of our town.. we don’t want you here nor do you deserve to be here!!
Our community is solid and we are probably one of the most supportive towns around here!!..my family are 1st generation residents and we are proud to have been here from the start of the town..the resilience of this part of the county is second to none..we were the most bombed town in the war and we were always second to the county town ..when air raid shelters were provided to Haverfordwest before us!!..but none the less we soldiered on!!..we have had some amazing characters emerge from our town and add to the rich character that we know is Pembroke Dock!!
The town has struggled over the years like many other small towns!!..but our community spirit and love of our history has helped us remain and rebuild our lovely town !!
We have many hard working families and businesses in our community..and frankly if you find it that abhorrent to live here please feel free to find pastures a new!!
Myself and my family will always fly the Pembroke Dock flag as we have been in business since the 20’s in one way or another !
So in finishing…if you don’t love our town..bugger off to a different one …and give them the grief.. we don’t need it or want it!!!
Wow, those crime rates are shocking. Really sad to see them getting worse too, surely getting on top of crime and drugs should be a priority for the authorities
By crime. It'll mean petty squabbles or growing weed. Fines for corona were high here too.
There's hardly any violence or burglaries. We live 4 miles from Ammanford. I can leave my car and house unlocked. There's no litter either.
@@ivorwindybottom7364I kinda thought so. These places aren’t diverse enough to be actually dangerous.
Aberystwyth is still #1 best town in my heart.
Love Aber ❤
Having lived in Carmarthen my entire 40 year life, you're spot on. In the last 10 years it's gone right down the toilet. My father moved to Sweden just to get away from the place!
You would make so much money from Asian tourists if you did a Turd Towns Tourism package, I believe it would take off the Chinese and japanese love that sort of thing.
Hahahah. I probably couldn’t afford the insurance for that. Some sort of horror tourism?
@@Turdtowns haha. It is a really niche market but one that would be quite profitable I think. The Valley of Horrors haha...
I decided to explore Haverfordwest last year as I'd never been. Ended up having a McDonald's and leaving. (quickly).
I have only visited one town on the list and it was No 1. Went to work for one day at the Probation Centre. A nice old Welsh man befriended me in the high street, he was wearing sandals and had the longest toenails I have ever seen.
You deserve a comedy award , love the videos I watch them over and over , the witty commentary is brilliant …. Not sure which video think a Cornwall one when you said 90p to park but use the 90p in petrol to drive out the place 😂 , I live in Paignton and Torquay I was born there and they aren’t the places they use to be but where in Britain is these days 🤷🏻♂️ thanks for the entertainment
Went to uni in Aberystwyth (1998-2001), and had to pass through Borth every time I took the train to Aber. Nice memories, but haven't been to Aber since '01.
Being from Hereford the fact that Haverfordwest added "west" to their name to avoid being confused with us is hilarious! By that logic Hereford should be called Herefordwest to avoid confusion with Hertford (which is also 3 hours away).
Ah good old wikipedia, tells us west was added in the 15th century, but I don't get why its funny they are quite similar towns.
No, by that logic, Hereford should be Hereford East, as Haverfordwest is Hereford West.
As a Welsh person I say well done for including the Welsh names for these towns, a lot of English people wouldn't bother doing this. Appreciate your attempt at saying Llanelli but your pronunciation of Ammanford was surprisingly pretty bad! Interesting that you thought that Haverfordwest was worse than Milford Haven, I used to work a job in the public sector in Milford and I can tell you that the poverty and crime there is off the charts. Milford has been an English enclave for hundreds of years and you'll seldom hear anyone speak Welsh there despite it being surrounded to the East by very Welsh areas.
I've been looking forward to this. I live in West Wales so thats why
You should come to North Kent; Dartford, Gravesend, Chatham, Gillingham, Maidstone, Isle of Sheppey & Sittingbourne are absolute delights. You could make several top 10 worst places without having to travel more than 2 miles from each location 😂😂 keep up the great content 👍
Unfortunately I did just that a few weeks ago. So you can look forward to that. I will need to look back at my footage but I realy didn’t like Chatham.
@@TurdtownsI'll look forward to that👍Nah you're right, Chatham is horrible but the clubs are better than in Dartford amazingly😭😭
I must take exception to your score for Llanelli, I'm from nearby Burry port and I know Llanelli should be second at least. Wales needs to ditch all its local councils as unfit for purpose and start their own, independantly of Cardiff and Westminster. Subscription added. I took my kids to West Wales on holiday 10 years ago and its very depressing to see whats happened to Haverfordwest
I was in St Davids August this year, gorgeous little place and surrounding area. Thankfully I only went through Haverfordwest via the ring road 🤦♂️
Went to Tenby a couple of years ago just after one of the lockdowns and went through Llaneli ( both towns were dumps )!
Keep em coming 😂 & thank you for visiting my area ( Poole ), cracked me up with your observation on Boscombe. Another absolute turdtown!
tenby's a dump? huh
I used to live in North Wales, I lived in Llandrillo, Bala and then Llangollen which is a lovely small town on the way too Wrexham. So I have been to virtually all of these places and have been to Haverfordwest, Tenby, Pembroke and Camarthan plenty of times when we would go down to the South and west coast of Wales. Snowdonia national park and MT Snowdon are by far two of the most beautiful places I have ever been to, Wales is one of the most beautiful places I can think of on the entire planet which makes it a shame to have these few bad places ruining its rep.
P.s forgot to add that when I lived in Wales before leaving on the mid/late 2000s Haverfordwest did indeed have a grounded self to it, I had no idea it had gone down so far, it never used to look like that as in that and had a functioning town center.
I took a holiday in Bala, in early November. Though my family are mostly from Bridgend in the south, I feel the environment of the North is unmatched
Regrettably I grew up in Ammanford (Am-an-ford). Locals call it mongford. Only 2 thing to do there - drugs or leave.
I live in milford haven. I do indeed wake up every day feeling the same. Help me
Move to London for year ....you'll reassess your views on West Wales..
@@Kaspertube513 okay. Thanks for the advice
My family are from Haverford West. The confusion with Hereford apparently came from railwayy passengers travelling to the wrong station. The name Haverford probably comes from the Old English word Heifer meaning a young cow who has not given birth, so basically a crossing place for cows.
I watch these from Japan... i never miss an episode.. please keep up the good works you do and hoping your subscriber numbers rise significantly. Best wishes from me and my family.
Thanks my friend
Japan is the third largest economy with one of the biggest percentage of middle-classes globally and world-class modern infrastructure. What does the UK have? Masse poverty, decaying streets, blatant corruption, uneducated people, drugs, crime and a politically divided country. Most towns and cities in Britain are barely liveable these days.
@@ReeseJamPiece.what having a near infinite source of American money pumped into you does to a country…
@@ReeseJamPiece.Vote for conservatism, get fascism and a destroyed country…
The thing is, West Wales is empty so there's nothing to do. It's like a less affluent Wiltshire.
I worked on Dark street in Haverfordwest and can honestly say it's name is appropriate.
And there I was thinking that Haverfordwest won’t appear on the list, let alone be number One! Fond memories of holidaying in nearby countryside and visiting the town several times … but that was 30 years ago. So sad and depressing to see what has happened to the place.
Haverfordwest is a derelict medieval town surrounded by big tin shed type shops owned by multinational companies...... Could be a really nice market town like Frome or Bradford on Avon.. but to much corruption, and small town syndrome
Respect to the Audi owner, who parked infront of a garage with No Parking painted all over it.👍
Borth is a bit of the sad place you have to look at from very nice village across the estuary Aberdyfi
When Westminster doesnt care and has never cared.
Special thanks for Mark Drakeford who has worked tirelessly to make as everywhere as miserable and decrepit equally in this Labour endeavour. Good luck visiting these places and make sure you’re going 20mph when you do so as the roads are no longer viable to travel at any significant speed.
Yer ppl in Cardiff were gutted. There was no way they could get up to 20 mph driving through town
His parenting skills aren't the best either.
I'm from this area and I agree with everything you say. I also saw two houses I used to call "home".
you missed Lampeter it is a depressing hole and has the worst university on the planet
I did visit it seemed nice although isolated? What was wrong with it? I can miss things sometimes.
The worst thing about Lampeter is the road that takes you there from Carmarthen, and the best thing is the same road that takes you back out. 😂
Drugs and alcohol mainly. And loads of disaffected youth with nothing to occupy them so they either take or deal drugs, vandalize and generally cause massive nuisances in the town. Actually, a lot like Carmarthen, but smaller.
As a resident of haverfordwest you picked all the back streets that are dark and dingy. Yes the town is a hell hole and most shoppers go to the retail park next to the hospital
He literally walked down high st and bridge st only missed Quay st and thats awful too, agree with you on dark st, but the name gives that away.
I feel like Britain and Ireland are let down by architecture. I wish we had more Scandinavian style buildings, colourful cladded houses would make such a difference.
As a person whose lived all over the UK I bloody love this channel and if you're ever in West Wales again let me know because I'll give you board lol
Thanks for another thought provoking and wittily narated episode!
We moved to Pembrokeshire 12 years ago, at the time it felt like a lot of these places were just about to take off. Sad to watch them decline further instead. I guess brexit put a stop to all the european funding that was invested in regeneration schemes, and projects that generated local jobs. Online shopping, COVID and killing the cash economy, hammered nails into the coffin of the dying highstreets. Decades of tory corruption and budget cuts has siphoned wealth from the poorer majority to the wealthiest minority. These fringe towns with poor connectivity to infrastructure bear the brunt, with dereliction, drug abuse and rising crime rates symptomatic of that.
However, round here we are rich in community spirit and friendly people trying to live a more sustainable and connected lifestyle, partly out of necessity. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else, and getting out into the fantastic and uncrowded countryside and coastline is the major part of how we spend our time.
Er……The Labour party in Wales has done no good at all. It ain't just Tories. They revel in their victim status and do everything they can to maintain it especially in the Valleys.
"run down and lacking in animals" got me xD
Yet another brilliant video looking into some areas that need some TLC 😊 My hometown is on here, and tbh I knew it would be before you had even made this video. It's a shame really because Pembrokeshire as a whole is a gorgeous county with some of the best coastlines in the UK 😀. The towns in the west wales area aren't always the best, but it's what is outside of the towns that is truly special!
Yep I love Pembrokeshire. Even the town of Pembroke looked a bit sad.
@@Turdtowns I do a lot of hiking and photography so Pembrokeshire is ideal for me 😀. I often drive through Pembroke and it is quite sad, especially remembering what it used to be like. Apparently Pembroke and Pembroke Dock are receiving big investments and council contracts, but only time will tell if it helps the area.
@@rozzerYT best fish and chips I’ve ever had in the chip shop next to the castle. I think it swayed my decision not to include Pembroke 😂😂😂
@@Turdtowns Hahaha Yeah I know the one!🤣Really nice chippy and very popular especially on a Friday night 😁
@@rozzerYT it makes a change. Normally when I go to a chippy with good reviews it’s rubbish. And it was cheap too! Where does everyone shop for essentials? I only saw some supermarkets in Pembroke dock but they weren’t massive.
I've watched haverfordwest and Carmarthen decline over the decades and I agree they are both dumps now compared to years ago. Great episode.
Been to borth about 8 years ago.. it was boring then
Really like the new intro graphics. Looks like wales is a crumbling country that survives on tourisms. Hopefully you can do the Home County's.
The crime rate in Wales is probably so high because everyone's getting caught doing 24mph in a 20 lol
Your comment "maybe the shops became self aware" was very funny. 😀You have a great turn of phrase.
Carmarthen is where I grew up! 1:48 house on the left was me old gaff, literal crackhouse haha, never been so proud in my life haha
Could someone offer to take Mr. Drakeford on a tour of these towns and then listen to him blaming Central Government for their demise? And yet the Senedd have been in ‘power’ for over 20 years… they waste millions on their ‘Vanity Projects’ and leave these towns to waste away 😩🙄😤🤬
He's from Carmarthen and still has family here, so he knows how shit things have become. And that's why he lives in Cardiff.
Just remeber how the likes of Mr Drakeford get their jobs - people elect them.
If more of the general population took an active part in the politics of public administation, then these wasters would not be where they are.
We've just come back from Machynlleth and visited numerous places including Aberystwyth and Borth. I must admit, I did say to the wife that both places are sh!tholes which is a real shame.
Aberystwyth has a good sea front and some good shops but seems to be getting worse and worse each time we visit, was surprised by how many were drinking booze at 10am, its a place I don't want to go back to anytime soon.
Borth on the other hand has a great beach and some good walks, I keep looking out for the petrified forest, I did say my other half that I bet many of the houses are second homes and you have just confirmed it. Walking along the main street there are some nice well kept houses but many are just in such disrepair. These people that buy second homes like this should be punished, they are ruining the area. It could be such a good place
Good video. Many thanks for sharing
It's probably the second home owners who are responsible for houses in good repair and looking smart...
Went to Borth in 1987 and stayed at "the Grand Hotel " which was a total sh*t hole and not worthy of the name "Grand", it looks exactly the same now as it did then. I remember waking up in the hotel and looked down the main street as two tumbleweeds blew right down the middle....that says it all i suppose.
First visited Haverfordwest in 2012. It was alright I guess. It is a place you go because there are no shops on the coast other than beach shops and takeaways. Returned in 2016, it was grim and drug filled. Came back again in 2018 and it was so bad I have not visited since. How a place can fall off so fast is incredible... Milford and Pembroke Dock have always been bad but Haverfordwest has been fine until recently and now it holds the cake as the biggest dump in Wales.
I was very confused about this. How did it happen?
13 years of Tory government for you. Lack of funding to improve the towns.
Also leaving the EU didn’t help either.
RHYL
Rhyl - we went there on a family day out. We queued for 2 hours to get into the waterpark. No luck - there was a "logging" incident in the pool.. someone left a 2 footer.
Time for something lighter. Canada, Ottawa, mid-winter 1965 and six "exiles' with the Canadian Research Institute huddled together to share homesickness. Five of us Welsh and one English girl from the Midlands who'd graduated from Aberystwyth Uni. Almost 60 years later I remember her cry of anguish.
"Oh God I'm so homesick. I'm so homesick that I miss Aberystwyth. And I HATED Aberystwyth!"
The other five of us were all ex-Swansea Uni so we understood her emotion!
I visited Pembrokeshire (Pembroke, Haverfordwest and Carmarthen) maybe in the mid to late 80s on a family holiday, we were staying near Kidwelly. Wasn't like this back then, usual screwing up by local failed politicians, I mean local councillors and their schemes. I see lots of pedestrianisation at work, because people who walk everywhere always have loads of money to spend in the shops, whilst the car owners with disposable income have no where to stop or park, don't drive past shops any more so go to the out of town retail parks that are owned by the aforementioned councillors.
Did you go to Llanybydder? Thoughts?
It's just the constant overcast cloudy weather that reminds me why I got the heck out of the UK. 35 years has turned a once proud land into the arse-end of the planet Earth. The immigration problem will be solved when all the local councils go bankrupt and the benefit well runs dry - no amount of money could persuade me to even return for a visit.
Has it always been cloudy?
@@Turdtowns I remember one summer in the early '80's when the sun came out for a whole week...
@@martinellis7156 it felt like it was always sunny as a kid. Guess that’s because time moves slower.
Thanks for what you do, your work and presentation are first rate. As you say, we were always outside on the long summer days as a kid and it's only because I'm an old fart now that those memories are over-ridden by the reality you now document. @@Turdtowns
The irony of an immigrant complaining about immigrants.