A massive city that doesn't get the attention it deserves always being in the shadow of its smaller neighbours like Manchester, liverpool and Cardiff. Birmingham is a modern city as most of the city was bombed in ww2 it's a great time to start a new by knocking down the mistakes of the 60s and building a new. Write your thoughts down below
@@sarahfemi9862 Not attractive, I think you need to look again. Birmingham has been totally rebuilt and is now a beautiful modern city, you should come and look at t some time and stop guessing.
Exactly London will always remain the first city and most attractive city . Yes London is expensive but it's a very multicultural and busy buslin city has loads of cultures and history which Birmingham lacks .
I came to the UK as a tourist to see Birmingham it's probably important to note that this is not an English city. If you'd like to experience British culture I'd recommend Canterbury or Bath for tourists.
Loooool then don't visit london, manchester, leeds loool as they are no english cities too looool who gives a fuck about bath or cantenbury where OAP retires
Fact is that Birmingham IS the Largest City in the UK. City of London has population of under 3,000. City Of Westminster is larger, and is NOT in the City of London. The energy of Birmingham is unique. HS 2 is for cockneys to have a day out in a decent City,
@sarah jones Bless ! u are not the Brightest are you? Check facts before making ass or of yourself? City of London has population of less than 6,000 - is smaller than City of Westminster ... City of Birmingham is UKs largest city. Where do you think City of Westminster is? In London? u r not that daft are you? You are obviously confused with the Metropolitan area of "greater London" which is NOT a City. Sadly there are many dopes out there, but maybe you could do with educating yourself BEFORE posting daft lies . So if City of Birmingham is a "small" city, what is City of London? a tiny hamlet? DOPE
My wife comes from Birmingham she left in 1967 a few years ago we took the train so she could see her old teenage haunts. She was shocked she thought she'd arrived in a foreign country.
@@johnclark7065 If it is depressing Grey City, try looking at the City Centre and oh my god Birmingham has the largest amount of parks and green areas than any other City in Europe.
I am a Brummie born and bred. Birmingham is the best city in the land, in my estimation at least. With HSBC relocating to Birmingham, what does that tell you? HSBC are saving on the costs, of What it costs to Live and work in London.
@@noorur Why is it a Shit Hole, actually HSBC moving back to Birmingham is it coming home as one oof the Banks HSBC took over was the Midland Bank that started in Birmingham
I'll just be glad when the majority of the construction is complete. I just find having to circumvent a giant building site every morning quite depressing
Thank you Des, good to know; lots happening, but hopefully it will be quieter next time I visit. I should have known Christmas time would be mega busy. I'll visit in summer time.
We had a beautiful fountain in Birmingham. And then; the Birmingham City Council killed it by sticking plants in it by turning it into a type of flower display.
@@StevePhillips Yes; It was even more beautiful in the evening when it was all lit up. And; the lights used to change colour. This fountain was the most beautiful thing the Birmingham City Council ever gave to the people of Birmingham.
@@iankirkpatrick3280 Yes I never forgot how beautiful it was. I wish I would have seen it in the evening. I was not able to find any pictures of it. But spoke about it with Katie Melua, as she remembered the place as well. Long story...
I was born in yardley birmingham in 1954 left in 1981to canada i came back 4 or5 times until 1998 i came back in 2015 its not birmingham its a waste of space where did all the birmingham people go
@sarah jones It actually is Sam Mark, also isn't London a chav city or do you have selective sight like you normally do. Oh yeah is this your new troll name
I spent most of my childhood, youth and young adulthood living near to Birmingham and back then, it was an absolute shithole. I hated going there and everything about the 'Brummie mentality'. But one of the main reasons why I loathed the place was because of the utterly abhorrent attitude of the city's leaders who more resembled villains from a Dickensian novel. They eschewed forward-thinking, kow-towed to 'vested interests' and considered entertainment and facilities for the people as some kind of moral scourge. As a result and when faced with growing discontent - particularly amongst Birmingham's youth - they handed these entities over to criminals to run. [thereby abiding with the Cadbury/Quaker edict that only scum would want to enjoy themselves - so give it to other scum to provide it!] For decades, Birmingham had the strictest and most draconian licensing laws in the UK, and following the pub bombings of 1974 - completely banned 'basement' bars, restaurants and cafes etc. It's reputation as a run-down, decrepit and tasteless dump inhabited by a near-moronic population was deservedly earned. With limited arts, music, fashion and culture on offer and a thoroughly disorganised and disconnected strategy of how a city should look and present itself to people. Thankfully, I turned my back on it much preferring cities such as Nottingham, Manchester, Bath, Cheltenham and of course London instead. How refreshing it is therefore to see that Birmingham finally has leaders who are clearly educated and far more progressive in their vision of how a modern city should look and feel. Better late than never I guess - but judging from this short video, Birmingham is at last getting its act together.
God you think a lot about your dozy morals mate and talk a load of crap about Birmingham, were you around to witness the 1974 pub bombs by the IRA, the only pub out of the two that was underground or in a basement was the Tavern in the Town which is now a McDonald's I believe and still underground, the other pub the Mulbribush was a normal pub under the Rotunda which is still there being used as a retail out let now, I was 17 at the time and remember the News Bulletins in the evening reporting it, it was cowardly IRA that put the bombs there with out warning against the orders of the IRA leaders which caused a load of deaths and life threatening injuries, it nearly killed people on a Bus passing at the time and caused a lot of resentment between the Birmingham Irish Community and normal Brummies which was very friendly to each other at the time and one friendly Irish Bus Driver who used to drive the Center Bus around Birmingham City Center who was a very friendly person to commit suicide and to add insult to injury morons started singing " Hear we go around the Mulbribush" but because Brummies are a friendly resilient lot we rallied around the Irish Community to keep the friendly bond between us that the IRA could not break.
Nothing will change. If a country can go through thousands of years of growth, war, destruction, and rebirth. Brexit will have limited medium-term impact and zero long term impact. Get a grip. WWII didn't stop us, why would Brexit?
@@Sam-qn4ep WW2 destroyed us. USA bent us over a barrel and took everything from us, over the barrel we still remain. If brexit happens we will end up inside the barrel.
They've already started work it was suppose to be 2026, but now it's been but back to between 2028-2031 for phase 1 London to Birmingham & phase 2a to Manchester is due to start 2026 and a estimated completion date of 2036, but the new HS2 Curzon st Birmingham as just been approved & it looks fantastic!! www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2020/04/23/impressive-landmark-hs2-station-approved/
I agree with @sanjay, Birmingham is dull, boring with run down buildings. They need to demolish alot of the old ugly buildings and rebuild. They need to incorporate Black Country into the City, so Birmingham can actually grow or look like a world class city instead of a titchy town of just over a residents
@Jeremy Brookes ……..I posted this above - but think it's an appropriate response to your comment. I spent most of my childhood, youth and young adulthood living near to Birmingham and back then, it was an absolute shithole. I hated going there and everything about the 'Brummie mentality'. But one of the main reasons why I loathed the place was because of the utterly abhorrent attitude of the city's leaders who more resembled villains from a Dickensian novel. They eschewed forward-thinking, kow-towed to 'vested interests' and considered entertainment and facilities for the people as some kind of moral scourge. As a result and when faced with growing discontent - particularly amongst Birmingham's youth - they handed these entities over to criminals to run. [thereby abiding with the Cadbury/Quaker edict that only scum would want to enjoy themselves - so give it to other scum to provide it!] For decades, Birmingham had the strictest and most draconian licensing laws in the UK, and following the pub bombings of 1974 - completely banned 'basement' bars, restaurants and cafes etc. It's reputation as a run-down, decrepit and tasteless dump inhabited by a near-moronic population was deservedly earned. With limited arts, music, fashion and culture on offer and a thoroughly disorganised and disconnected strategy of how a city should look and present itself to people. Thankfully, I turned my back on it much preferring cities such as Nottingham, Manchester, Bath, Cheltenham and of course London instead. How refreshing it is therefore to see that Birmingham finally has leaders who are clearly educated and far more progressive in their vision of how a modern city should look and feel. Better late than never I guess - but judging from this short video, Birmingham is at last getting its act together.
Liverpool and Manchester more populer than Birmingham??? Manchester Air Port is the BIGGEST airport outside London in UK ????? Manchester University is the best and Biggest outside London in UK ????
@@mariogumanty6599 I live in Brum and steer clear of the city centre as much as possible. Yeah, there's nice areas like Brindley etc but it's not for everyone
@@criticclips1560 I KNOW THAT, BUT LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER MORE POPULER IN THE WORLD THAN BIRMINGHAM. MANCHESTER AIRPORT IS THE BIGGES AND THE BUSSY AIR PORT IN UK OUTSIDE LONDON. UNIVERISTY OF MANCHESTER IS THE BEST AND THE BIGGEST UNIVERSITY IN UK OUTSIDE LONDON. Do you know that ????
A massive city that doesn't get the attention it deserves always being in the shadow of its smaller neighbours like Manchester, liverpool and Cardiff.
Birmingham is a modern city as most of the city was bombed in ww2 it's a great time to start a new by knocking down the mistakes of the 60s and building a new.
Write your thoughts down below
No cares about Birmingham it's not a attractive city no character or sense of community care.
@@sarahfemi9862 Not attractive, I think you need to look again. Birmingham has been totally rebuilt and is now a beautiful modern city, you should come and look at t some time and stop guessing.
There are a few nice sides of Birmingham. I have made some videos showing top photo locations in Birmingham.
Great city. I moved from London in 2015, to get into the property ladder, and no regrets whatsoever.
@john sam Where the fuck do you live you mug then ?
Birmingham is a shithole
You degraded yourself, moving to Birmingham from London
@@noorur Why is it a Shit Hole try explaining you ideas, I can think of other places worse than Birmingham
@@criticclips1560 Why his he a mug.
Birmingham is a great shopping experience.i been going to Brum for forty nine years.its getting better & better.
Exactly London will always remain the first city and most attractive city . Yes London is expensive but it's a very multicultural and busy buslin city has loads of cultures and history which Birmingham lacks .
I came to the UK as a tourist to see Birmingham it's probably important to note that this is not an English city. If you'd like to experience British culture I'd recommend Canterbury or Bath for tourists.
It's an ok place though, the Mailbox area is very fancy.
"If you'd like to experience -British- English culture"
John Smith lol
@john sam
Your a shithole. And over 41 million visitors a year rising by 10 per cent annually tells a different story. Where are you from?
Loooool then don't visit london, manchester, leeds loool as they are no english cities too looool who gives a fuck about bath or cantenbury where OAP retires
Can't wait until 2030 when we won't see so much construction in every corner
It'll be nice to have a second powerhouse city alongside London. I hope all the investment draws in business.
incredibly green too, the city of millions of trees
love to come to my parents birth place see villa and study the canals
Fact is that Birmingham IS the Largest City in the UK. City of London has population of under 3,000. City Of Westminster is larger, and is NOT in the City of London. The energy of Birmingham is unique. HS 2 is for cockneys to have a day out in a decent City,
i understood the City of London is one square mile aka the financial mile
@sarah jones
Zzzzzzzzzz. Have you ever been to Brum? It's buzzing. Don't judge a city on shithole areas. Every major city has those.
@sarah jones Bless ! u are not the Brightest are you?
Check facts before making ass or of yourself?
City of London has population of less than 6,000 - is smaller than City of Westminster ...
City of Birmingham is UKs largest city.
Where do you think City of Westminster is? In London? u r not that daft are you?
You are obviously confused with the Metropolitan area of "greater London" which is NOT a City.
Sadly there are many dopes out there, but maybe you could do with educating yourself BEFORE posting daft lies .
So if City of Birmingham is a "small" city, what is City of London? a tiny hamlet? DOPE
@sanjay j Are you serious? London has the highest crime levels in the UK.
@sanjay j Manchester is worse than Birmingham in crime
London is the best place to live
hahahaha true
I was meant to say Pakistan
Why compare them? Both very different.
My wife comes from Birmingham she left in 1967 a few years ago we took the train so she could see her old teenage haunts. She was shocked she thought she'd arrived in a foreign country.
Shock horror! Take her home! Birmingham is doing perfectly fine without her!
Birmingham is horrible depressing grey city.
@@johnclark7065 If it is depressing Grey City, try looking at the City Centre and oh my god Birmingham has the largest amount of parks and green areas than any other City in Europe.
I am a Brummie born and bred. Birmingham is the best city in the land, in my estimation at least. With HSBC relocating to Birmingham, what does that tell you? HSBC are saving on the costs, of What it costs to Live and work in London.
HSBC shifting to Birmingham because it is CHEAP, and why is it cheap ?? Because its a shithole
@@noorur Why is it a Shit Hole, actually HSBC moving back to Birmingham is it coming home as one oof the Banks HSBC took over was the Midland Bank that started in Birmingham
The bullring is in town
I'll just be glad when the majority of the construction is complete. I just find having to circumvent a giant building site every morning quite depressing
where by are the fountains are they still there?
Thank you Des, good to know; lots happening, but hopefully it will be quieter next time I visit. I should have known Christmas time would be mega busy. I'll visit in summer time.
We had a beautiful fountain in Birmingham. And then; the Birmingham City Council killed it by sticking plants in it by turning it into a type of flower display.
@@iankirkpatrick3280 That was crazy thing to do. I loved seeing those fountains.
@@StevePhillips Yes; It was even more beautiful in the evening when it was all lit up. And; the lights used to change colour. This fountain was the most beautiful thing the Birmingham City Council ever gave to the people of Birmingham.
@@iankirkpatrick3280 Yes I never forgot how beautiful it was. I wish I would have seen it in the evening. I was not able to find any pictures of it. But spoke about it with Katie Melua, as she remembered the place as well. Long story...
I live in Birmingham
I was born in yardley birmingham in 1954 left in 1981to canada i came back 4 or5 times until 1998 i came back in 2015 its not birmingham its a waste of space where did all the birmingham people go
We're still here and we are proud that the city has moved towards the future, instead of the outdated concrete crap that made the city a joke.
no longer English
@@dv8760
We're a international city, and we are proud of that
@sarah jones
It actually is Sam Mark, also isn't London a chav city or do you have selective sight like you normally do. Oh yeah is this your new troll name
You sound like a racist
I spent most of my childhood, youth and young adulthood living near to Birmingham and back then, it was an absolute shithole. I hated going there and everything about the 'Brummie mentality'. But one of the main reasons why I loathed the place was because of the utterly abhorrent attitude of the city's leaders who more resembled villains from a Dickensian novel. They eschewed forward-thinking, kow-towed to 'vested interests' and considered entertainment and facilities for the people as some kind of moral scourge. As a result and when faced with growing discontent - particularly amongst Birmingham's youth - they handed these entities over to criminals to run. [thereby abiding with the Cadbury/Quaker edict that only scum would want to enjoy themselves - so give it to other scum to provide it!]
For decades, Birmingham had the strictest and most draconian licensing laws in the UK, and following the pub bombings of 1974 - completely banned 'basement' bars, restaurants and cafes etc. It's reputation as a run-down, decrepit and tasteless dump inhabited by a near-moronic population was deservedly earned. With limited arts, music, fashion and culture on offer and a thoroughly disorganised and disconnected strategy of how a city should look and present itself to people. Thankfully, I turned my back on it much preferring cities such as Nottingham, Manchester, Bath, Cheltenham and of course London instead.
How refreshing it is therefore to see that Birmingham finally has leaders who are clearly educated and far more progressive in their vision of how a modern city should look and feel. Better late than never I guess - but judging from this short video, Birmingham is at last getting its act together.
God you think a lot about your dozy morals mate and talk a load of crap about Birmingham, were you around to witness the 1974 pub bombs by the IRA, the only pub out of the two that was underground or in a basement was the Tavern in the Town which is now a McDonald's I believe and still underground, the other pub the Mulbribush was a normal pub under the Rotunda which is still there being used as a retail out let now, I was 17 at the time and remember the News Bulletins in the evening reporting it, it was cowardly IRA that put the bombs there with out warning against the orders of the IRA leaders which caused a load of deaths and life threatening injuries, it nearly killed people on a Bus passing at the time and caused a lot of resentment between the Birmingham Irish Community and normal Brummies which was very friendly to each other at the time and one friendly Irish Bus Driver who used to drive the Center Bus around Birmingham City Center who was a very friendly person to commit suicide and to add insult to injury morons started singing " Hear we go around the Mulbribush" but because Brummies are a friendly resilient lot we rallied around the Irish Community to keep the friendly bond between us that the IRA could not break.
If Brexit happens, hmmm
Nothing will change. If a country can go through thousands of years of growth, war, destruction, and rebirth. Brexit will have limited medium-term impact and zero long term impact. Get a grip. WWII didn't stop us, why would Brexit?
@@Sam-qn4ep WW2 destroyed us. USA bent us over a barrel and took everything from us, over the barrel we still remain. If brexit happens we will end up inside the barrel.
Just because you say it's beautiful......
When is that 40 mins train coming to life ?
They've already began work but it's 2026 projected.
I think maybe it was so fast people missed it
@sam mark I care about birmingham
@@StevePhillips hehe lol
They've already started work it was suppose to be 2026, but now it's been but back to between 2028-2031 for phase 1 London to Birmingham & phase 2a to Manchester is due to start 2026 and a estimated completion date of 2036, but the new HS2 Curzon st Birmingham as just been approved & it looks fantastic!!
www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2020/04/23/impressive-landmark-hs2-station-approved/
Birmingham is dull. I know... I live here.
well it is if you don't leave beyond your front door
Leave then 🤔🤔 simple
@sanjay j knob !
I agree with @sanjay, Birmingham is dull, boring with run down buildings. They need to demolish alot of the old ugly buildings and rebuild. They need to incorporate Black Country into the City, so Birmingham can actually grow or look like a world class city instead of a titchy town of just over a residents
@Jeremy Brookes ……..I posted this above - but think it's an appropriate response to your comment.
I spent most of my childhood, youth and young adulthood living near to Birmingham and back then, it was an absolute shithole. I hated going there and everything about the 'Brummie mentality'. But one of the main reasons why I loathed the place was because of the utterly abhorrent attitude of the city's leaders who more resembled villains from a Dickensian novel. They eschewed forward-thinking, kow-towed to 'vested interests' and considered entertainment and facilities for the people as some kind of moral scourge. As a result and when faced with growing discontent - particularly amongst Birmingham's youth - they handed these entities over to criminals to run. [thereby abiding with the Cadbury/Quaker edict that only scum would want to enjoy themselves - so give it to other scum to provide it!]
For decades, Birmingham had the strictest and most draconian licensing laws in the UK, and following the pub bombings of 1974 - completely banned 'basement' bars, restaurants and cafes etc. It's reputation as a run-down, decrepit and tasteless dump inhabited by a near-moronic population was deservedly earned. With limited arts, music, fashion and culture on offer and a thoroughly disorganised and disconnected strategy of how a city should look and present itself to people. Thankfully, I turned my back on it much preferring cities such as Nottingham, Manchester, Bath, Cheltenham and of course London instead.
How refreshing it is therefore to see that Birmingham finally has leaders who are clearly educated and far more progressive in their vision of how a modern city should look and feel. Better late than never I guess - but judging from this short video, Birmingham is at last getting its act together.
birmingham is gud bt weather is very bad
Don’t believe the hype...
That can be said of most big city’s in the great uk,so really your making a generalisation ..
Liverpool and Manchester more populer than Birmingham??? Manchester Air Port is the BIGGEST airport outside London in UK ????? Manchester University is the best and Biggest outside London in UK ????
1 question mark is sufficient
@@El_Smeghead NOT enough
for me. Becouse i dont Like all about Manchester. Why Birmingham cant show itself as the second city in UK ?
@@mariogumanty6599 I live in Brum and steer clear of the city centre as much as possible. Yeah, there's nice areas like Brindley etc but it's not for everyone
@@mariogumanty6599 Looooool birmingham is the second city mate
@@criticclips1560 I KNOW THAT, BUT LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER MORE POPULER IN THE WORLD THAN BIRMINGHAM. MANCHESTER AIRPORT IS THE BIGGES AND THE BUSSY AIR PORT IN UK OUTSIDE LONDON. UNIVERISTY OF MANCHESTER IS THE BEST AND THE BIGGEST UNIVERSITY IN UK OUTSIDE LONDON. Do you know that ????
they should build a huge nightclub next to the bullring.
The bullring is next to China Town and digbeth which have night clubs
Why?
They will build some insane nightlife in Smithfield I believe