Luton...

[Mojooo]

I can already feel the love for Luton coming....

I am in Stevenage at the moment until the end of the month. It is a bit quiet here so I am thinking of trying out Luton (even possibly just for a month in an AirBnB/serviced apartment).

My general reasoning is that Stevenage has a population of about 90,000 and is dead. Luton and surrounding areas is closer to 280,000 so it must have a bit more going on facilities wise (not necessarily just pubs/restaurants/theatres) but just activities like sports venues etc


Is a large part affected by airport noise?

[Turn7]

Im going to say that the airport is the least of Lutons worries....

[Scabutz]

Im in MK, not far from Luton. Round here Luton is in generally considered a bit of a st hole

[Monkeylegend]

They are in the playoffs.

[Vasco]

Luton......

I guess somebody is on a wind-up, or has never lived there.

[KernowSid]

Voted the worst place to live in England as recently as Feb on the ILiveHere website.

Probably better alternative places to live

[Dblue]

Not sure what extra facilities you'd find in Luton. Stevenage has pretty much all you'd want in terms of retail and leisure - Several retail parks a leisure park, mainline station (East coast mainline) 50m Swimming centre, even a recently promoted pro football club.
Its got a big hospital and no massive muslim ghetto , unlike Luton.
Its hardly the last word in charm but the old town is lively and Hitchin and Letchworth a couple of miles away.

[bucksmanuk]

There must be somewhere better than Luton – come on man….

[Spindoctor]

The only way to experience Luton

[Mojooo]

Dblue said:

Not sure what extra facilities you'd find in Luton. Stevenage has pretty much all you'd want in terms of retail and leisure - Several retail parks a leisure park, mainline station (East coast mainline) 50m Swimming centre, even a recently promoted pro football club.
Its got a big hospital and no massive muslim ghetto , unlike Luton.
Its hardly the last word in charm but the old town is lively and Hitchin and Letchworth a couple of miles away.

I just find Stevenage a bit lacking - was wondering if Luton was a bit livelier - I can live with a BIT of extra crappiness but not too much - dig difference in living costs as well.

[Collectingbrass]

You can be in London in 30 minutes from Stevenage, while the same is true of Luton it is absolute sthole, and I live in Hemel.

[Dblue]

Mojooo said:

Dblue said:

Not sure what extra facilities you'd find in Luton. Stevenage has pretty much all you'd want in terms of retail and leisure - Several retail parks a leisure park, mainline station (East coast mainline) 50m Swimming centre, even a recently promoted pro football club.
Its got a big hospital and no massive muslim ghetto , unlike Luton.
Its hardly the last word in charm but the old town is lively and Hitchin and Letchworth a couple of miles away.

I just find Stevenage a bit lacking - was wondering if Luton was a bit livelier - I can live with a BIT of extra crappiness but not too much - dig difference in living costs as well.

Luton is not the answer. Yes its cheaper but there's a good reason for that.

[Vasco]

Dblue said:

Mojooo said:

Dblue said:

Not sure what extra facilities you'd find in Luton. Stevenage has pretty much all you'd want in terms of retail and leisure - Several retail parks a leisure park, mainline station (East coast mainline) 50m Swimming centre, even a recently promoted pro football club.
Its got a big hospital and no massive muslim ghetto , unlike Luton.
Its hardly the last word in charm but the old town is lively and Hitchin and Letchworth a couple of miles away.

I just find Stevenage a bit lacking - was wondering if Luton was a bit livelier - I can live with a BIT of extra crappiness but not too much - dig difference in living costs as well.

Luton is not the answer. Yes its cheaper but there's a good reason for that.

Luton is never the answer.

[Spindoctor]

Vasco said:

Luton is never the answer.

Depends on the question…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wE4sN3BhTQ

[Don1]

Best of Luton is in the rear view mirror. Just say no.

[Bri957]

Hitchin.

End of thread.

[Mojooo]

Bri957 said:

Hitchin.

End of thread.

I've been to Hitchin a few times.

Although its nicer than Stevenage I don't think it would fulfil what is missing for me.

[markiii]

Luton is the Bradford of the South East, says it all really

[RichFN2]

Luton is fairly local to me and somewhere I know quite well, I live in a similar town to Stevenage (Aylesbury) and I think Milton Keynes would be a much better choice for what your after.

I don't hate Luton as much as other people but I would never live there, most of the town is just residential areas with the occasional corner shop,kebab shop etc. It offers nothing more when compared to somewhere like Aylesbury, Hemel, Stevenage etc apart from the airport.

All the serious investment goes into Milton Keynes, for shopping, activities,nightlife, restaurants etc.

[redrabbit29]

I was a Police Officer for 16 years. Around 10 of these based in Slough which has its own bleak reputation (it's pretty violent and hostile but that's from a cop perspective)

Anyway around 2010 I spent 2-3 days in Luton on a big joint operation.

What I saw made Slough look like Florence or Paris on a warm summer's evening. Luton was a horrendous cesspit, horrible, dirty, intimidating and just a terrible place to be

I also spent a night there before an early flight. Walked about 10 minutes into town to eat and it was terrible then too