Nottinghams A Dump

I used to think nottingham was a good place to study, however, after viewing some recent posts and watching crimebusters (or whatever its called) on my occasional friday nights in, it seems as though its not the same place as i had innitially thought.

N E ways it dont effect me coz i did not apply to nottingham, i applied to leicester (fairly close to notts) and after a recent UCAS visit day it seemed fairly good and is probably one of my top two choices.

Reply 3

andyreid

anyone else agree nottnghams a overated dump

Nope. I agree that it's wonderfullness has been overexaggerated slightly on this forum...but I still love living here.

ive been mugged twice now,im in my first year at nottingham(raleigh campus),my m8s been mugged.

Raleigh Park is not in a safe area of Nottingham, simple as that. It's close to where a lot of the second years live, and they have similar problems. I'm living in Broadgate Park (in Beeston rather than Lenton) and haven't had any problems with crime.

people have been shot dead very near by student accomadation

But that was nothing to do with the students. And it wasn't that close to main campus. And people get shot in other cities too...

the shoping is very ovverated,the broadmarsh shopping centre is just one big pound shop

As someone else has already said, Broadmarsh isn't great. The Victoria centre is good though, and there are so many independent shops in Nottingham that there's loads of places to go.

the nightlife does not compare with newcastle for example.

I wouldn't know about this, I haven't been out in Newcastle.

i went to faces in hockley,they shut the night down cos hardly anyone urned up

I don't like Faces. But in Nottingham it's not necessarily a problem - most of the clubs are close to the city centre. Hockley isn't that far away. If you don't want to walk you can always get a taxi, or if it's still early enough, a bus to another club.

same happened at works one night

Then walk around the corner to Jumping Jacks (they're in the same building...) or down the road to Media. Or across the road to Mode.

ocean nightclub is a seedy club full of local scallies

Agreed, but that only seems to be on Friday and Saturday nights. The student nights are, surprisingly, mostly students.

theres no real reason why to stay in nottingham for a well payed job as london offers better

You could say this about a lot of places! It's cheaper to live in Nottingham and I'd rather work here to be honest - I'd find London too big to have to travel around.

and this "most applied for uni" is rubbish,nottingham uni has big oversees applications,much higher than most over unis

if it was the most applied for "in britain uni" it would surely be leeds

That's why Leeds is the most applied for UK uni this year...

Nottingham's been really popular in the past - it's definitely had the most oversubscribed courses in some subjects. I can dig up some stats if anyone wants them.

Reply 4

andyreid

girls on tuesday night mode are fit though

That would be me :biggrin:

ps dont use that "thers crime every where youve just been unlucky" and "nottinghams a big city" rubbish

But there is crime everywhere and Nottingham is a big city... :rolleyes:

I've had more problems with crime in Peterborough than I have in Nottingham - Peterborough's a lot smaller.

plus nottinghams only got a population of 270 000

It's more like 400,000.

And only? Even 270,000 quite a lot of people...

anyone else agree its a very overated violent place

Nope. Some areas are violent, yes, but that's the same in all cities. As I said to start with, some people have very high expectations of the city, imagining it as some kind of perfect place. Obviously it's not, but that's not the fault of the city, just people's false perceptions of it.

Reply 5

Unregistered

when i went to open day, there were hawwwwwwwt girlzzzzzz

Reply 6

In regards to shopping, they have a DNA. Lovely shop. Never been to the Nottingham branch but Bristol has one and it's just lovely. So one bonus point to Nottingham methinks.

Reply 7

hams

Did ypu get rejected????????????????????

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hams

Did ypu get rejected????????????????????

If you're referring to the original poster, no, he's in his first year here. If you're referring to me, no, I'm in my first year too. I have no idea about the others...

Reply 9

I did not get rejected either. I am considering Nottingham as my insurance offer.

Reply 10

covered farm wa

I did not get rejected either. I am considering Nottingham as my insurance offer.

For what subject and what will your first choice be?

Reply 11

acisejica

covered farm wa

In regards to shopping, they have a DNA. Lovely shop. Never been to the Nottingham branch but Bristol has one and it's just lovely. So one bonus point to Nottingham methinks.

i went to the nottingham one last week and its just as good as the one in Btol, and the one in Oxford!

Reply 12

.NK

For what subject and what will your first choice be?

For philosophy! My first choice is Warwick, although I want to visit both places before choosing. Durham is also in the running but the shared rooms and cateredness freak me out.

Reply 13

acisejica

i went to the nottingham one last week and its just as good as the one in Btol, and the one in Oxford!

Wow. You are a woman far better travelled than me. But I am pleased that they are good shops too, because whenever I am sad or badly dressed, DNA can fix me.

Reply 14

covered farm wa

For philosophy! My first choice is Warwick, although I want to visit both places before choosing. Durham is also in the running but the shared rooms and cateredness freak me out.

I've done four philosophy modules this year - it's really interesting but hard :frown:

I haven't visit Warwick so I can't really compare...but the philosophy building for Notts (Trent building) is really really really nice. The Vice-Chancellor has his office in it.

On my open day I didn't get a chance to look around self-catered accommodation, so if you want to look round Broadgate on a Notts open day, let me know :smile:

Reply 15

.NK

I've done four philosophy modules this year - it's really interesting but hard :frown:

I haven't visit Warwick so I can't really compare...but the philosophy building for Notts (Trent building) is really really really nice. The Vice-Chancellor has his office in it.

On my open day I didn't get a chance to look around self-catered accommodation, so if you want to look round Broadgate on a Notts open day, let me know :smile:

Brilliant! I haven't applied to go to a Nottingham open day and I have a nasty feeling I have missed them, because they changed my offer to something much more attractive so I wasn't going to go but now I might be... But I will try to visit now. Where abouts is the self catered accomodation? I was having a look on the website but I got a bit confused.

Reply 16

andyreid

OP

.NK

city...

I've had more problems with crime in Peterborough than I have in Nottingham .

.

lmao

ont even dare debate peterborough got more crime than nottingham

lmao
ahaha peterborough
lol ive been there and it aint got more crime than nottingham,you ve made that one up

compare peterborough to nottingham on upmystreet.com and youll find that your statement is complete rubbish

Reply 17

sisyphus

andyreid

lmao

ont even dare debate peterborough got more crime than nottingham

lmao
ahaha peterborough
lol ive been there and it aint got more crime than nottingham,you ve made that one up

compare peterborough to nottingham on upmystreet.com and youll find that your statement is complete rubbish

From those figures, crime and burglary is quite a lot higher in Nottingham, but violent crime is slightly higher in Peterborough.

Reply 18

andyreid

OP

sisyphus

From those figures, crime and burglary is quite a lot higher in Nottingham, but violent crime is slightly higher in Peterborough.

lmao
thats wrong

nottingham is the 4th most vioent
is peterborough more violent than manc and brum

i dont think so

stop making stats up

27.00 per 1000 in nottingham
much higher than peterborough

Reply 19

acisejica