as someone from Bradford I'm ashamed it wasn't higher up on the list

Surprised places like Jaywick which have terrible reputations for squalor and poverty were not mentioned.

I’m from Hartlepool and two of the pictures that they used in the video where of our local museum lol made it look a lot fancier than it is. Most of the town is fine but there are some really run down areas there has been a major lack of funding for our police and local hospital just making it a worse place to live than it was when I was younger.

Used to live in Bradford, a lot of my family still do. My parents moved because they wanted to live somewhere safer, better schools and so on.

I live and do KZfaq in Blackpool, it does have lots of bad areas, many unfortunately near the promenade but there’s lots of work going on to improve the town, slowly areas are being redeveloped, more needs to be done to solve many of the social issues Blackpool has in order to become more attractive to visitors but I still feel it’s a fantastic place to visit, plenty to do throughout the year and still has that family friendly atmosphere, very proud of my hometown ❤️ 🗼

I'm from Middlesbrough and its not that its a really bad place to live, it's just lacking in jobs and as a result there is a lot of people out of work. On top of that the whole country is in a housing crisis and we house a large amount of immigrants in the town so getting a house is practically unobtainable for many considering the rise in cost of living.

Oldham is horrible! Once you move in there, you never get out! Oldham, Rochdale, Bradford.. all Indian and Pakistani areas.

i've been to blackpool quite a few time and when you go off the sea front it look like it would benefit from being knocked down

From Bradford. I knew it'd be on the list. My neighbour's house has been raided 4 times in six years. The street next to mine is full of drug dealers and there has been multiple massive gang fights. Just don't go to Bradford, Leeds is right next to it, just go there instead.

Gravesend was called as such from the burials of the Black plague.. they started on Blackheath near Greenwich, London and lined-up miles down the A2 (Roman Road to Dover) to where the Graves Ended.

Many indurstial and agricultural towns that were grubby and run down in the seventies have improved a lot over the decades - Newcastle and Taunton, for example. I went through Middlesborough for the first time in forty years a couple of years ago and, apart from the flyover that has taken a lot of the traffic off the roads, the town appears to have improved little.

I’m from Oldham and I’m disappointed we only made number 9 on the list, I think we should be way higher up!

I live close to Peterborough it doesn't supprise that they're number 1 the town area is good for shopping but outside the centre it's really rough, it has a huge amounts of immigrants due to the passport office being based there. There are streets close to the passport office where you won't even hear the English language being spoken

I lived in Oldham for many years. I was lucky and spent most of that time in the Saddleworth villages. The housing prices were a lot more than Oldham itself but a necessity as Oldham itself was a terrible place to live. My house was burgled whilst we were in bed. We heard their drill and our large dog was trying to get through the living room door to get to them. They still came in despite our bedroom light going on and my dog. We then had our car stolen from our driveway. We also got fed up with sleepless nights due to the Police helicopter and its searchlights. We said that is enough and moved to a smaller house in Saddleworth. After that we moved to Llandudno in North Wales. Having said that the people from Oldham are brilliant and we keep in touch with our Oldham friends. The place is a hotbed of racial problems with some of the countries worse race riots. You stand in the town centre and can hear the call to prayer from the mosques as if you live in the Middle East. I am not racist but changing a town so much that the people who have lived there for generations feel aliens and unwelcome in their own town is taking things too far. Terrible shame for everybody. Wendy

I'm originally from Stevenage until i managed to get out and get far away. I lost two front teeth to 3 thugs who followed me home one night and caught me in a dark alley, didnt even rob me... I was NOT raising my kids there, so I moved to Cornwall 9 years ago and ive only ever driven through Stevenage once since...

Many, but not all, of these town are ex-industrial where the industries have left. They also have a high number of benefit claimers and immigrant populations. All these things added together make them less desirable places to live. Am surprised that Jaywick in Essex didn't feature, it is said to be the most deprived area in England if not the whole UK.

That opening shot for Gravesend! I’ve been in that pub, it’s fantastic!! Right on the river with wonderful views, including outdoor seating. Whatever it’s like to live there I can recommend lunch in that pub. 😊

I live in a small town between Rochdale and Oldham, it’s like being stuck between Iraq and Iran

Unemployment stats aren't accurate. During the early 80's, with Thatcher in charge, the way unemployment was measured changed repeatedly to make it seem like less and less people were unemployed. The youngest age at which you can be classed as unemployed was raised, anyone engaged in education to a certain level was no longer deemed to be unemployed, the level of disability/illness was lowered, and many other measures. Also mothers with babies weren't deemed to be unemployed, but they steadily increased the age (mother with a baby under 6 months, then under 9 months, then under 12 months etc) the child was at which you were deemed to be unemployed... It was all done to appear like more people were employed even though the number of jobs was falling. So, when looking at unemployment figures like "5 million unemployed" that doesn't mean there's like 60 million people with jobs.

most of these are poor with bad prospects and high crime. the city centres they showed are NOT what an estate looks like with 35% unemployment.

Unfortunately there R some good ppl that live there but the government doesn't help good ppl 😢

The sandcastle water park is amazing, and behind the scenes they support all the defibrillators all along the sea front, amazing place!

Peterborough.... recently had a poke around there on Google Streetview to see what it's like. Seemed a case of lots of old school British stuff like in the pictures, but has lots of modernised stuff, sort of like navigating an American city like Lexington KY or Nashville TN (but without the skyscrapers). Lots of new-build housing estates packed closely together, with short stubby driveways barely just long enough to fit a car on, so nothing like properties built around 1920's through to 1990's/2000's that often had enough driveway space in the front garden and down the side to fit 2 or 3 cars with room to spare.

growing up on the outskirts of bradford, i can confirm is it awful. despite this, you travel about 20 minutes outside it and suddenly it changes to some of the most beautiful places ever (such as haworth)

I grew up in Gravesend, it's just a normal working-class town. It has high unemployment but has some of the best schools in the country. Hope you can visit one day, take care buddy!!

I'm from Rochdale - it has gone down hill but it is a stunning surrounding area on edge of the Pennines

Blackpool may be run down but I still have this love for it!! The rollercoaster you saw in the background is the famous Big One at the pleasure beach, one of my favorites. Its your typical, tacky, British seaside resort and I love it!!

JT! Love your videos been watching you since the last Christmas. Can't believe jaywick hasn't made the list, you should watch the documentary on it that should definitely be making the list

The thumbnail is not any of the towns you mentioned, but is a photo of Jaywick near Clacton On Sea in North Essex.

There was a series on the tele called "Benefits Street", it was a good watch, one of the series was based in Stockton down in Teeside, anyway, I watched the series, and, aye, the usual "We don't get enough, jobs are tight etc etc"... But one day, I was working on a building site around the corner from where the show was filmed... So, I decided to have a bit of a drive through. I pulled around the corner and the first thing I clocked was... A Rintons Teaman... Yes, we can have tea delivered special, and it's not cheap for the pleasure... And there it was, the little tea van, pulled up and the tea man out and about! :D I just chuckled... For all the "We're skint" in the show, they could still afford a good old fancy tea down in Benefits Street! :D hehehe

I’m from Peterborough. Born and bread! Hit me with your questions! Is it that bad? Well the high street is lacking filled with empty stores and the shopping centre “queens gate” has lost its contacts with its big department stores which makes it pretty disappointing. The town centre is now filled with pubs and chain restaurants. The housing… so many new houses being built left right and centre. The have recently taken away our “east of England show ground’ - home of the speedway. And many big events. To be turned into a new housing estate. The houses are expensive and this due to the easy commute into London only taking 45 minutes via train. I live in a small market town on the edge of Peterborough called crowland home to some pretty historic sites. Included crowland abbey and the triangle bridge built in 1390.

I live around a 30 minute drive away from Middlesbrough. I used to go there a lot when I studied at the uni, but tend to avoid the place now. Like most post-industrial areas of the UK, years of financial hardship and neglect have taken their toll.

Big keys! LMAO. It does look like that. Imagine if somebody was planning to break in. Just walk through the keyhole.

I live in Chatham Kent and can confirm that it is a wonderful place to live... if you ignore the crippling poverty, crime, huge drug problem, alcohol problem, the streets covered in litter and Dog poo, all of the shops closing down, unemployment and the lack of help and support for people in need. apart from that it's great and at least the public transport is fab, apart from when the trains are on strike of course...

I live in Peterborough and agree. I recently saw another video and wandered why Peterborough wasn't in it.

as someone from Peterborough that is literally the biggest load of rubbish ive ever heard. the reason it was voted worst place to live is because it had become a trend to simply to that here. it is nowhere NEAR the worst. we literally have one of the best connected train stations in the country, heading to every corner of the country. we are the biggest city in east anglia (the east of england), just got a new university, getting our station rebuilt, and we are the fastest growing city in the UK by population and economy. crime rate is lower than other similar cities such as leicester or birmingham. it isnt the worst and everyone knows that.

I live just outside of Peterborough. Totally agree.

I'm from Blackpool and I absolutely love my town yeah like you said got a waterpark that's one of the best in the country, the pleasure beach with it's 235ft roller coaster that you pointed out. 3 piers and beach, 518ft tower and the illumination. The town does have its run down areas but recently it had a lot of funding and there is a lot of work happening. My friend that grew up here came back recently and thought he got off at the wrong stop because the town centre looks completely different. The major issue tho is its a holiday resort town and thousands of tourists used to come all summer and autumn for the illumination. Because of the bad press not many come anymore.

I used to live a little ways out from Blackpool. It is very poor there, with many social problems. Like all towns, it had its "nice bits" though, and I wish I could drive through this Christmas and see the Blackpool Illuminations again this year. They're pretty good. Having said this, the city next to the town I grew up in in the US was well known for gang warfare, while at the same time also being known for many positive aspects. Depended on what part of town you were talking about. These things are almost too subjective. Also, they can change very fast. Expect this list to change VERY fast now as home buyers are forced to buy in "cheaper" locations and gentrify them swiftly.

I’m from Rochdale, an old mill town like our neighbours Oldham. Both towns on the side of the Pennines are surrounded by the most beautiful countryside for hiking and camping, however, In the 60s and 70s there was a massive increase of people from the Indian continent to work in the mills. Unfortunately by the 80 s the mills were shutting and they became marginalised. They did struggle to merge with the English way of life. Unfortunately towns like Rochdale and Oldham have had terrible press about young Aisian gangs being involved child grooming and organised gangs. On saying all that young English males are also disadvantaged through lack of opportunities leading to their anti- social activities. I don’t agree that all immigrants are bad the Asian community have opened corner shops, drive our taxis and have brought their food to our towns, making them a big part of our community

I live 10 minutes outside blackpool and haven't been to the town for over 10 years. It's full of people begging, homeless, drunks. All you have to do is go one street back from the seafront (bond street) and it looks like a shanty town the council only cares about the seafront and bringing in the tourists Sad really it used to be nice 30 years ago

Ok both videos now I have seen that say "worst" shows clips of my city at the start, Cambridge LOL

Lived just outside here all of my lives and love it !!! I’m just 3 miles from the some of the best countryside in the country, and 3 miles from the coast with an okay beach our town centre needs some work but that’s happening.

The first time I went to Bradford just as I crossed from Leeds there was a police tent up where someone had been stabbed to death.

I live in Blackpool & I love it here, we have plenty to do & the people are mostly friendly & caring 🥰

My hometown always makes it to the top of these lists - the only real achievement it has is being the worst place. It also has a really bad smell overall which you notice getting off the train. That’s if you choose to visit for some reason. It’s not all bad, some good parts but they are definitely rare. It’s just dirty, full of potholes, drugs and crimes. A lot of people’s dream is just to have kids and get benefits. It does have a lot of good transport links though which makes it useful to escape for a while before being sucked back in 😂

Whoever is doing these videos needs to put London on these lists for all the things that he points out for the different places all apply to London at the same time, but we must not put down the capital city must we even though the mayor of London is the most hated man in London if not the country

No one knows what a place is like till you actually live there for a time

JT I’m from Stockton which is in between Middlesbrough and Hartlepool, these 2 towns are literally 10 minutes apart in the car, the closest on the list by far

Unfortunately, Middlesbrough is absolutely abysmal 😢😂 I have the pleasure of living 10 minutes away!

I lived in Blackpool for ten years it was a great place to live the longest season for a seaside town February to October

One advantage for non-UK residents watching videos like this, is that it at least gives you information on how to pronounce British place names, but don't take the content seriously, because it's 100% opinionated crap! (On second thoughts, don't take the commentator's skills of pronunciation for granted either! Anyone notice when he said "Hone Homership"?)

🤣🤣 I moved to Oldham 3 years ago from Bury. I can honsetly say it isn't great. Barelly any shops, traffic is horrendous and nothing to do for entertainment.

I used to live 5-ish miles from rochdale. Even the good bits looked a bit shit.

I used to live in Oldham, and moved after 8 years. Mainly to get my children out and raise them in a much smaller village without the amount of crime and racism Oldham is known for.

The truth is there are good and bad areas in the majority of British towns due to the amount of mixed income brackets and age of housing stock. Some towns are more run down than other due to being closer to out of town shopping malls that attract the more affluent which has a knock on effect to the towns smaller business. Gravesend for instance grew up to a large size because the amount of Thames docks that have subsequently closed and the amount of people that worked on the river declined. Gravesend got its name from where the black death plague was eventually stopped as it spread from London as quarantines eventually worked. Eventually it became a Victorian day trip from London destination for the large gardens and tea rooms it had. It has suffered a decline but I would say no more than a lot of other Kent towns.

To be fair we don’t have anywhere in the UK that looks like Kensington Avenue Philadelphia

6:58 gravesend! I’m from just outside, it’s not that bad 😂

blackpool is a brilliant place to visit, but thats the problem, its brilliant for tourism, the pleasure beach and tower and illuminations are amazing to visit, and the heritage trams(streetcars) they run sometimes are a brilliant attraction, but once you leave the touristy areas or if your not a tourist its a problem

Blackpool Vegas of the north rough as chuff but cracking day out.

I've never lived in any of these places but I was born in Peterborough. Apparently two queens were buried in Peterborough Cathedral Mary, Queen of Scots (before she was moved) and Catherine of Aragon (Henry the VIII's first wife).

pretty "old times," that was an image of a museum! HMS Trincomalee

As someone from Hertfordshire, Stevenage is not London commuter belt.

Hahaha! I live in Gravesend! 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣 it’s just a B&B for London 🤣

My sister in law lives in Oldham. It's not all that bad. Though the best part is that it's a short tram journey into central Manchester. 😅

At least we aren't shooting at each other in the streets, supermarkets and schools .....

Hiya JT, I'm suprised Whitehaven isn't on this list, Whitehaven does have it's rough parts.

According to The Spectator (a political magazine), the UK is poorer than 49 of the 50 US States except Mississippi. The average pay in the UK is £34,953 (roughly $44,500) a year. The average pay in the US is $50,000-$100,000 (roughly £39,250-£78,500 depending on state. On average, Americans work harder for their money - 2 weeks’ paid holiday a year (4 weeks in the UK), no maternity pay but depends on employer, (in the UK it’s 39 weeks 90% of your average weekly earnings), increased healthcare charges in the USA & college education is cheaper. The main reasons for the gap are that housing costs are much higher, British workers’ pay has been savaged by globalisation, particularly in rust belt towns shown here & advances in tech not yet experienced by the USA (although you are catching up) & the UK’s North/South divide. The South, particularly London, is more affluent & most of the jobs are there but housing is unaffordable especially for young people as it is overcrowded. Another issue in Britain is the railway transport links & the complete lack of interest by any political party in driving business to the North of England. Both main parties are all talk and no action on this issue and don’t have a clue about transport.

I live near Middlesbrough, and like many other towns, it has its good and bad areas more good than bad

I live in between Stevenage and Peterborough and it's bad here aswell

JT, if you take 90% of the town and places names, look at them on the map they are nearlly all north, This is dues to the north south devide, and no government investment in these areas, or the north to be exact

Im from Hartlepool too. Like most places, some run down but also some areas with million pound homes. The job scene is dire though. near 3 thousand unemployed and about 400 jobs available. Sadly not uncommon in England for ex mining and industrial areas to be left behind.

Loving the video. Personally Corby In the UK is a crazy place to live. Not only that, the accent is one of UK’s most unique accents 😁👍

I’m from Stevenage! It’s legit just a commuter town to London! All the shops are shutting down. There’s nothing to do for you get people and the price of housing is a joke.! 🤣😅 x

Yep live in luton and it's true only good thing is its close to M1 ,A5 and A6 so u can get out of town quickly 😂

Just to add to the middlebrough one we werent pressured to cut 5000 steel jobs just the company tht owned it tata at the time stripped it took the coil mills to port talbot and many other things yes it is a dump but there is defos worse out there and also there is a middlesboro in ky

I was born in Bradford. A massive housing estate called Holmewood was were I was brought up.

Google Jaywick in Essex uk then you will see something 😟

Blackpool.... is kinda like the English equivalent of going to Las Vegas, haven't been there since the 1980's, but had a poke around on Google Streetview occasionally in recent years. Seen a few KZfaqrs have a snoop around there recently, including * "Bald and Bankrupt" = This Is Britain! 🇬🇧 ( Nation of Madlads ) * "A Walk on the Wild Side"

I'm surprised Stoke on Trent isn't on this list, I'm from there.. and it was that bad that 5 years ago I got in my car and drove to Mainland Europe and never came back to the country 🤣

Damn a fellow Smoggie disheartened seeing Middlesbrough no.10, the town used to be sooo much better when it was expanding and booming, with Royal visits to famous celebrities visiting. A historic town very much being left

I live in Peterborough, born and raised here and as much as I like my home city it's definitely getting worse , homelessness is crazy high , violent crimes on the rise as well as drug/gang related incidents on the rise too . plus there is nothing to do in this city it's boring for all ages 😂😂

That rollercoaster you saw in the background is called the Pepsi max or the big one which I have been on in the 1990s when it got built I went it on during the day and then I went on it when it dark which u get a bit nervous cos u do not know if u are going into other rollercoasters I really enjoyed it and my dad got the photos of me and my mum on it in Blackpool that is when u could go on Blackpool pleasure Beach for free to get in and that is where the rollercoasters are and there are child friendly rides, a monorail and circus and uncoukd see the animals from the monorail as it goes round

I'm jus down rd from Middlesbrough and to me it's always seemed rough, but not bad

Ive been living in Blackpool since i was 4 im 20 now and everything that's said about it is all true it's only a nice place if your not from there. Btw watched your videos for about a 2ish years now loved them all❤

Rochdale is just down the road from me. Funny seeing it here, but not surprised.

I was born in Hartlepool. As someone has previously stated, some of those photos were of the The Historic Quay Naval Museum. Hartlepool used to have Blast furnesses, Steel Smelting, rolling & forming, along with ship building. Hartlepool was the primary shipping port for the export of coal from the local coal mines in County Durham. Oil/Gas Deep sea Platform production. Steel production Industries Gone Ship Building Gone. Coal Mining in the surrounding area Gone. Hartlepool was until 1974 part of county Durham. Then with formation of a new district area designated as Cleveland. When the district of Cleveland was dissolved. Other parts of that district went back to being part of their previous districts/areas. Hartlepool did not. This has cut off a lot of funding & regeneration help. Hartlepool would have gone back under the jurisdiction of County Durham. the Borough Councillors of Hartlepool didn't want give up it's little theifdom. This has also screwed up the NHS in the area so funds for the Hospital went to nearby towns.

Ther's good and bad everywhere.... I live in Brighton which is a hub for music, arts, digital tech etc. Thousands of students, great night life and atmosphere, but venture on to some of estates and it's as deprived as any place on this list.

Oi, Oi!!! Bradford in the house! American in Bradford, no less. 😂 Chicagoian, though... so maybe I'm just homesick! LOL! But really, though. Bradford extends to some smaller areas like Baildon, Shipley, Ilkley and Skipton. And while in Bradford City Centre, you might see it all kick off... to be fair, the surrounding areas are quiet, quaint and lovely. I LOVE living here. Safest I've felt ever. 💗

I live in Brighton, I consider myself lucky but even here the situation is getting out of hands.

Just came from a 2 day holiday in blackpool. Even the main areas are run down. Its a shittip

The nice old time street in hartlepool is a street in the museum

Try watching some videos from the channel Turd Towns. He does top 10 videos of the worst places in each region and actually travels to each one

B;lackpool is my home town,,, its not as bad as they say, and yes thats a Roller coaster known as the Big one,,,, at one point it was the tallest and steapest in Europe, Sandcastle is a large indoor Water park, its actully a fun place to live, i love it, google it, its amazing this time of year, its also classed as the Las Vegas of the UK ;)

i dont live in blackpool but i go nearly a few times a year n its well nice at the main bits but the rest aint that bad

Greavesend was named that because its where burials ended from the great plague of london

Im from Bradford knew it would be quite high up rough as sand paper in some areas

People ain’t been to Mablethorpe the. As that is horrendous! I grew up there . Now I work in Gravesend and live near Chatham the home of the chav and that is a dive!!

I live in oldham and yes i can say its terrible at times 😂 at 3:17 is where i work 😂

I was waiting for Bradford to show up, a lot of the “gang” activity is people between the age of 10 and 30 wearing balaclavas on stolen bikes waving knives around