Hay bro you need to come to cape town (south africa)... on one of your trips I will come with you and you see the car parking lots there all over the place and Cape Town so cheap and beautiful
I had work colleagues that lived there and stayed overnight once, 25 years ago. It was just the same as your video then. All concrete and quite boring. 😂
Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing.
@@EdChapman23 I'm from Essex, not Bedfordshire so I've no idea why I took notice of that when I was in Milton Keynes lol. I'm still laughing that you found a windowless hotel.... With no breakfast 🤣
I'm from a nearby town to MK and I'm a pretty regular visitor. So weird seeing you wandering about haha! Your observations are pretty spot on (as always btw.) The Xscape was always soooooo exciting as a kid; you should have gone on the slopes!! Also highly recommend Willen Lake as there's an inflatable obstacle course on the lake! But you're right, it's a dump 😂
That frog clock is one of my oldest memories of when times were good for me. Every hour it sends a golden ball down the track and then suddenly bubbles!!!
Newcastle upon Tyne has a deserted shopping centre called Eldon garden that is still open to the public if you’re looking for a dystopian dump to go to
I spent a lot of time in MK as a kid, that second shopping centre was opened in 1979 and it didn't look much different than it does today - it was like stepping into the future back then!! Shopping centres were not common at all in the 70s / early 80s. The big open area used to have different exhibitions such as big Lego scuptures at Christmas etc - also not common to see. Some of the suburbs of MK are real shit-holes, thats where the real dystopia is! (Look up Netherfield Milton Keynes)
Apart from passing through many times I stayed in Milton Keynes 24 years ago for a few days, I also found it weird but also great tbh. Shopping centre is massive and the indoor skiing is cool. One thing you seeemed to miss in your vid was and that's the auto shopping delivery carts from Waitrose, Sainsbury's etc, they can be seen trundling along, deliver the shopping and then go back to the relevant supermarket and park themselves!
Leamington Spa’s town centre is also a grid system, built by the Roman’s, I heard. And as for Milton Keynes seeming like an alien invasion has happened, I believe that the film The World’s End was shot there, for that very homogeneous reason. Might be why it seemed familiar.
I grew up in MK, the only issue I had with it was there were no landmarks and all the roads looked the same so it was impossible to know where you were. I dunno why people have such a big problem against it though? Had a fantastic shopping centre and everyone went to Rollers and Dolphin Splashdown! I loved the cinema there too which had a pyramid thing next to it with lots of gambling machines or whatever they were.
@@SilverinWolvesScarletForestSno I appreciate your name is vote reform but let's wind the racism in a bit there Not giving a good rep for your beloved Milton Keynes pal
For people who grew up elsewhere in the country, MK just feels really weird and out of place because it's so different to other British cities. That's my experience anyway, I went there 2 years ago for a concert and the city felt so odd to me!
There was so much to take in with this one....the weird pyramid, the expensive Haribo, the terrible room, the amazing eggs....what can I say to all that? 🤪 Totally in agreement on the Solero by the way 👌💯
Went to Milton Keynes once. Spent 45 minutes looking for the City Centre before realising I had walked through it twice but no one else was around. This was on a Saturday.
It's like a load of mid-90s business parks stuck together with two shopping centre's and the Teletubbies set. Oh and a terrible football team nicked from South London.
Worth noting about this place, I am from Leeds myself and I travel to Milton Keynes and use this cheap hotel for our business when we have events in Silverstone! cheaper alternative and quite close so you'll often see those car parks filled with ALOT of nice cars around event time! :D
Thanks for another Ed treasure. I love watching your videos. You're naturally funny and a genuinely nice guy. Looking forward to seeing where you go next. Cheers Ed. We love you x
Having spent most of my adult life living in another New Town (Stevenage), I find that British people who have only lived in towns that have grown organically tend to zone in on the negative sides of New Towns. Yes the architecture is a bit bland but it is functional. In Milton Keynes, the Redways cycle network is fantastic and the amount of greenery is enormous compared to some of the UK cities that were created during the Industrial Revolution and still have a legacy cramped streets with two-up, two-down terraced houses whose front doors open up directly onto the pavement. The video doesn't cover the residential areas, which have been cleverly designed within the V and H road grid with comparatively limited access and thus are not used as rat runs by drivers.
if you had carried on cycling another 5 min you would have come to Willen Lake which is really nice. We have lots of great places, Furzton Lane is nice with a lovely Italian cafe/restaurant and some good places to eat at the Hub as well. Very easy to get around with all the cycle paths.
I used to travel to Milton Keynes for work regularly. It's such a strange place. I kinda like the idea of a grid system and there's definitely benefits of building new towns and cities on the scale of Milton Keynes, we need more places like it. The biggest lesson to learn from it though is that you need less focus on cars. A grid and segregated roads/paths is good but you need a more human scale, buildings closer together to make everything feel less distant.
I can’t really work out why tbh… but these videos have turned into the best part of my week. And as lovely as you and your videos are, that feels a bit sad.
Love the videos, have you thought about visiting Bath? It's a super unique city, kinda feels like a mini country within itself. Also a world heritage site, so could be a good title.
Giving me flashbacks... I spent 24 hours there, stayed in the EasyHotel and ate at Spoons. I had hours to kill before check-in so spent it wandering around the shopping malls
Cant believe you were in my ends!! One Junction up from Luton and it can be nice haha and yes centre MK is dead in the week as we are working to afford to live here😂❤. Keep up the good work, we love the vids as always.
12:06 "tear to the eye...". Yeah, that'll be all the jarring and friction on the testicles from that bike, Ed. Great vid, MK looks just as soulless as I imagined it would.
Those lime e bikes can be dangerous. Friend of mine got badly injured in nottinghm. The bikes tyres were not good and slid and the heavy frame crushed her knee. Shes got permanent damage. So be careful.
I had no idea Milton Keynes looked like this, actually keen to go see it now. Eurgh the windowless room! Awful! I lived in a horrible flat share once where I didn’t have a window and it was so much more depressing than I could’ve imagined. Never again
Something random but hotel related. I went to Oslo, Norway for a weekend trip with the partner and stayed in a cheap hotel called CityBox. Didn’t expect much being a budget friendly hotel but surprisingly had one of the best bests I’ve ever slept in. Apparently they get rid of room TVs and kettle to spend on better beds… ever in a Scandinavian country search for a CityBox hotel. P.s. if you want a kettle they have shared facilities in the community areas.
I've never been to Milton Keynes but going off this video it doesn't look that bad but then again I'm in rainy Wigan most towns and cities look great in comparison.
Will you ever come to Middlesbrough? You NEED a parmo and it has to be from Manjaros … believe me. You won’t be disappointed. Do your research on a Boro Parmo... the most popular takeaway item in the town.
I stay in Liverpool every few months when a friend fights down there (boxing), I left my brother in charge of the hotel last time around and he booked this exact room - 2 6ft 7 guys in that box... worst night of my life.
My home town! I fully agree. 😂😂😂 so wish I had known you were coming. I’d have given you a proper tour! Message me if you’d like to come back! 😂😂😂 We even have museum!
Lets all be honest... we'd all live there. Quiet streets, modern, good infrastructure. Im going to go just to go in that upsidedown house! Imagine a theme park all to yourself! That's Milton Keynes!
I used to live here in Milton Keynes for a year been in shopping centre a few times and your taking me back of what it was like it’s all roundabouts & traffic lights I used to hang out in where the ski slope is there’s lots of nice walking places around the lakes I used to live near willen lake v nice enjoyed watching this video well all of them Have you been to Durham before please visit & Chester le street please love to see what you think of them
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I'm back checking out some of Britain’s worst towns and cities, this one is supposed to be particularly dystopian, would you live there?
It's giving me G Mod vibes 😁
Hay bro you need to come to cape town (south africa)... on one of your trips I will come with you and you see the car parking lots there all over the place and Cape Town so cheap and beautiful
You should go to Ashton-under-Lyne. It is erm unique.....
Go to leicester west end 😂
I had work colleagues that lived there and stayed overnight once, 25 years ago. It was just the same as your video then. All concrete and quite boring. 😂
Note for Americans and other aliens: Milton Keynes is a new city approximately halfway between London and Birmingham. It was built to be modern, efficient, healthy, and, all in all, a pleasant place to live. Many Britons find this amusing.
Good Omens! :D
MK Ultra...😮
@@user-ep8xd8nd8j MK Dons
Ed's next video, "I spent the day trying out homosexuality" He has already gave us the hint!
Give homosexuality a chance 😂
Please drop a list of the homosexual places in Milton Keynes. Asking for a friend! LOL
I’d watch that 😂
@@soundman601 Campbell park 😉
I don't know why, but this had such Partridge vibes 😂
Serious Partridge influence - must be a fan
@@JoseWhon He's not a fan. He's Fernando Partridge.
shitty zombies
@@modernhorticulture😂😂
“Die, Die, Oooh two out of two, Die” 😂😂
I’m from MK and the frog clock is not a tourist attraction 😂 and that’s all one shopping centre
Bruh give Lowestoft, the worst seaside town a go... absolute shambles
Nope, Great Yarmouth might just beat Lowestoft.
Best personality on the internet by far.
Mate this would be the most pedestrian friendly city in the USA
If you notice, the roads have a V and a H before their street names. For the grid formation they were designed on. Vertical and Horizontal.
@@100tallpaul ohhhh
@@EdChapman23 I'm from Essex, not Bedfordshire so I've no idea why I took notice of that when I was in Milton Keynes lol. I'm still laughing that you found a windowless hotel.... With no breakfast 🤣
Ed "Two sandwiches" Chapman
you in the arcade on your own is 100% Allan partridge vibes
💯 Agree 😁 shouting “Die” at the clown 🤡 game 😂
Killing zombies with a boy in care.
She thought you serious about renting 😂
Apparently some 'influencers' rent the place out for 3 hours+ so they can take pictures of themselves etc, so that's what she thought I was on about 😅
Ed come to Grimsby. I'll buy you a kit kat from one of our many poundshops.
Nothing more sad than 25 year old at an arcade. Ooohhh the shame I'm 38 and I sometimes go to the arcade on my own
I'm from a nearby town to MK and I'm a pretty regular visitor. So weird seeing you wandering about haha! Your observations are pretty spot on (as always btw.) The Xscape was always soooooo exciting as a kid; you should have gone on the slopes!! Also highly recommend Willen Lake as there's an inflatable obstacle course on the lake! But you're right, it's a dump 😂
Next video - a tour of the top 10 dogging spots in the UK.
That frog clock is one of my oldest memories of when times were good for me.
Every hour it sends a golden ball down the track and then suddenly bubbles!!!
Newcastle upon Tyne has a deserted shopping centre called Eldon garden that is still open to the public if you’re looking for a dystopian dump to go to
The Frog clock has a brother..... Telford Town Centre :) - you should take a trip that way Ed. Keep up the good content
When everyone plays Cities Skylines they always start by building Milton Keynes
pretty much 🤣
I spent a lot of time in MK as a kid, that second shopping centre was opened in 1979 and it didn't look much different than it does today - it was like stepping into the future back then!! Shopping centres were not common at all in the 70s / early 80s. The big open area used to have different exhibitions such as big Lego scuptures at Christmas etc - also not common to see. Some of the suburbs of MK are real shit-holes, thats where the real dystopia is! (Look up Netherfield Milton Keynes)
You just became even more Alan Partridge than ever by yourself at the amusements 😂😂😂
Apart from passing through many times I stayed in Milton Keynes 24 years ago for a few days, I also found it weird but also great tbh. Shopping centre is massive and the indoor skiing is cool. One thing you seeemed to miss in your vid was and that's the auto shopping delivery carts from Waitrose, Sainsbury's etc, they can be seen trundling along, deliver the shopping and then go back to the relevant supermarket and park themselves!
Leamington Spa’s town centre is also a grid system, built by the Roman’s, I heard.
And as for Milton Keynes seeming like an alien invasion has happened, I believe that the film The World’s End was shot there, for that very homogeneous reason. Might be why it seemed familiar.
I grew up in MK, the only issue I had with it was there were no landmarks and all the roads looked the same so it was impossible to know where you were. I dunno why people have such a big problem against it though? Had a fantastic shopping centre and everyone went to Rollers and Dolphin Splashdown! I loved the cinema there too which had a pyramid thing next to it with lots of gambling machines or whatever they were.
I think the issue people have with it is because it's SO artificial
Like a British Dubai 😂
@@yellowcornet Well look at every town now and it's a run down Islamic shit hole, so maybe 40 years ago, but now most places are worse.
@@SilverinWolvesScarletForestSno I appreciate your name is vote reform but let's wind the racism in a bit there
Not giving a good rep for your beloved Milton Keynes pal
For people who grew up elsewhere in the country, MK just feels really weird and out of place because it's so different to other British cities. That's my experience anyway, I went there 2 years ago for a concert and the city felt so odd to me!
Always a good day when Ed uploads.
2.50 a pack of haribos 😂😂
Absolute bargain!
@@EdChapman23 City Haribos one step up from simple town ones I suppose
There was so much to take in with this one....the weird pyramid, the expensive Haribo, the terrible room, the amazing eggs....what can I say to all that? 🤪 Totally in agreement on the Solero by the way 👌💯
Went to Milton Keynes once. Spent 45 minutes looking for the City Centre before realising I had walked through it twice but no one else was around. This was on a Saturday.
The most diabolical looking poached eggs ive seen lol, but for 3 quid and you said they tasted nice fair play 🤷♂️😂
Agreed. Looked snottery 😀
It's like a load of mid-90s business parks stuck together with two shopping centre's and the Teletubbies set. Oh and a terrible football team nicked from South London.
The Upside Down house (and photos) was hilarious.
It’s a great evening when we get an upload from Ed 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
My favourite TH-camr walking past my office, not something I thought I'd be watching today!
Worth noting about this place, I am from Leeds myself and I travel to Milton Keynes and use this cheap hotel for our business when we have events in Silverstone! cheaper alternative and quite close so you'll often see those car parks filled with ALOT of nice cars around event time! :D
Thanks for another Ed treasure. I love watching your videos. You're naturally funny and a genuinely nice guy.
Looking forward to seeing where you go next.
Cheers Ed. We love you x
Having spent most of my adult life living in another New Town (Stevenage), I find that British people who have only lived in towns that have grown organically tend to zone in on the negative sides of New Towns. Yes the architecture is a bit bland but it is functional. In Milton Keynes, the Redways cycle network is fantastic and the amount of greenery is enormous compared to some of the UK cities that were created during the Industrial Revolution and still have a legacy cramped streets with two-up, two-down terraced houses whose front doors open up directly onto the pavement. The video doesn't cover the residential areas, which have been cleverly designed within the V and H road grid with comparatively limited access and thus are not used as rat runs by drivers.
if you had carried on cycling another 5 min you would have come to Willen Lake which is really nice. We have lots of great places, Furzton Lane is nice with a lovely Italian cafe/restaurant and some good places to eat at the Hub as well. Very easy to get around with all the cycle paths.
Always a good day when Ed uploads another banger
Go to Jaywick next haha
I can’t believe you didn’t eat your ice lolly with a knife and fork 🤪
I used to travel to Milton Keynes for work regularly. It's such a strange place. I kinda like the idea of a grid system and there's definitely benefits of building new towns and cities on the scale of Milton Keynes, we need more places like it.
The biggest lesson to learn from it though is that you need less focus on cars. A grid and segregated roads/paths is good but you need a more human scale, buildings closer together to make everything feel less distant.
You didn't go to the nice parts, bean hill, fishermead, Springfield, coffee hall majestic areas
And conniburrrow. No crime happens there.
The big open space by John Lewis is where we have our indoor Christmas exhibit!
“You’ve got great eggs, thank you for letting me swallow” 💀😂
You nailed it again Ed, your delivery is piss funny mate, informative with just the right amount of sarcasm. Brilliant 👍.
Walks through a closed market looks like a call of duty map what a perfect way to describe it 😂👌
the arcade part had a real alan partridge going crazy feel to it
Partridge personified. I love it.
I can’t really work out why tbh… but these videos have turned into the best part of my week. And as lovely as you and your videos are, that feels a bit sad.
The giant area outside John Lewis is used for a huge Christmas Market. It's incredible there!
That upside down house looked like the bees knees.
I was genuinely impressed 😂
Ambled around milton keynes saying dystopia for the day and didn't go to the scifi museum
The Christmas Exhibit goes in that open space by John Lewis
They have the Reggae Land Festival at the start of August with lots of classic bands. Tickets are cheap too. lol
Here I was thinking Telford was unique having a frog clock, makes both towns even less impressive
Love the videos, have you thought about visiting Bath? It's a super unique city, kinda feels like a mini country within itself. Also a world heritage site, so could be a good title.
Giving me flashbacks... I spent 24 hours there, stayed in the EasyHotel and ate at Spoons. I had hours to kill before check-in so spent it wandering around the shopping malls
Cant believe you were in my ends!! One Junction up from Luton and it can be nice haha and yes centre MK is dead in the week as we are working to afford to live here😂❤. Keep up the good work, we love the vids as always.
That upside down house is nicer then my flat 😂
@@MANIC3420 same 😂
ed i fucking love your fucking videos, fav youtuber and personality, love your raw humor and lovely voiceovers, such a king.
“We don’t do per month” whoosh that joke went over her head like Concorde 😆.
12:06 "tear to the eye...". Yeah, that'll be all the jarring and friction on the testicles from that bike, Ed. Great vid, MK looks just as soulless as I imagined it would.
Ed in a hard bed, loving eggs, giving biking a go, expensive Haribo, all you need to know!!
Those lime e bikes can be dangerous. Friend of mine got badly injured in nottinghm. The bikes tyres were not good and slid and the heavy frame crushed her knee. Shes got permanent damage. So be careful.
I was impressed with the haribo haul, it at least beats a pen.
I had no idea Milton Keynes looked like this, actually keen to go see it now.
Eurgh the windowless room! Awful! I lived in a horrible flat share once where I didn’t have a window and it was so much more depressing than I could’ve imagined. Never again
Great video and content. That breakfast was amazing value. Can we decide where you go next?
Something random but hotel related. I went to Oslo, Norway for a weekend trip with the partner and stayed in a cheap hotel called CityBox. Didn’t expect much being a budget friendly hotel but surprisingly had one of the best bests I’ve ever slept in. Apparently they get rid of room TVs and kettle to spend on better beds… ever in a Scandinavian country search for a CityBox hotel.
P.s. if you want a kettle they have shared facilities in the community areas.
The solo filming in the arcade was so impressive 😅
Another Banger Thanks Ed 🎉🎉
The big open space in shopping centre was Middleton hall. They have events and stuff in there. Comic con recently
7:18 “Die!” I found that hilarious 😂
‘Fruity like me’ 😂
Come to Doel, Belgium, that place is weird as shit and you will love it
Good old MK depressing since 1950
this is the uk version of "THE TRUMAN SHOW". ed is jim Carey 😮
Dallas Texas would impress you, come visit us!
Good video. I lived and worked there for a while and I have to say I really enjoyed it 👍
2 sarnie's from Pret ???? Ed living that good life now.
I've never been to Milton Keynes but going off this video it doesn't look that bad but then again I'm in rainy Wigan most towns and cities look great in comparison.
Its a nice place to grow up, youve got everything you need quite close
Just in time for my jacket potato, cheers Ed
You need to review the breakfast on google “thank you for letting me swallow your eggs” 😂.
Haven’t got through the whole video yet but hopefully you saw some of the robots on wheels delivering food / shopping
Will you ever come to Middlesbrough? You NEED a parmo and it has to be from Manjaros … believe me. You won’t be disappointed. Do your research on a Boro Parmo... the most popular takeaway item in the town.
It honestly looks better than almost all of Britain, and I'd rather live here than in a small flat in a 'walkable paradise'.
Ed is the one to spend £10 and come out with haribos and still be happy 😂 another great video 👍
Live here and nice thing about place that you can cycle everywhere through parks and paths.
You crack me and my hubbie up😂😂😂😂😂
you can feel the dystopian prison being built around us, cbdc and digital is will be switched off if you think for yourself
I stay in Liverpool every few months when a friend fights down there (boxing), I left my brother in charge of the hotel last time around and he booked this exact room - 2 6ft 7 guys in that box... worst night of my life.
Sourdough. The big bucks are rolling in
My home town! I fully agree. 😂😂😂 so wish I had known you were coming. I’d have given you a proper tour! Message me if you’d like to come back! 😂😂😂 We even have museum!
Lets all be honest... we'd all live there. Quiet streets, modern, good infrastructure. Im going to go just to go in that upsidedown house! Imagine a theme park all to yourself! That's Milton Keynes!
I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if they built a beach!
What weird place, Trafford Centre has trees
You remind me of a young Alan partridge😂
I live nearby MK, and driving around is fucking great, very rarely do I ever feel stuck in traffic. I'll admit though I always need a sat nav lol.
Omg I stayed in that hotel for a wedding in MK in 2019! £25 a night and a wetherspoons outside, what more can we ask for?
I used to live here in Milton Keynes for a year been in shopping centre a few times and your taking me back of what it was like it’s all roundabouts & traffic lights I used to hang out in where the ski slope is there’s lots of nice walking places around the lakes I used to live near willen lake v nice enjoyed watching this video well all of them
Have you been to Durham before please visit & Chester le street please love to see what you think of them