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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Those paths are called redways and are super convenient for bikes and scooters you can pretty much get anywhere in MK via them
fair play lad its like im watching the news
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
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.
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.
My lovely city
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
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.
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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.
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.
Here at 50 views 🗿 but seriously, this was really interesting
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.
born and bred 😤.
i guess being raised there makes it seem less weird to me.
Nice, well documented
U look blazed cuz