Leicester 3rd unhappiest place in Britain

According to Alan Birchenall, it's a load of rubbish, and that the survey has probably been carried out from people in Nottingham or Derby, but apparently Leicester is the 3rd unhappiest place to live in the UK.

Ok, generally speaking yes, tables are rubbish and a bit of a waste of time. So let's look at some of the issues that might make Leicester a candidate for being labelled "3rd unhappiest place". Birchenall's right in that sports can help, but that's not the be all and end all. Musically, most new ands that we see coming through are from Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, London, not Leicester. For some reason, Leicester's music scene has never quite rivaled some of the bigger cities, and it's not just down to scale. Places like Edinburgh, Nottingham, York etc have a lot of historical buildings so those into their bit of "culture" have those right on hand. Theatre wise, The Curve is excellent, but personally, don't think it's in the right part of town. On top of that Leicester used to be one of the wealthiest cities in Europe, and over the years it's had it's clothing / manufacturing heart ripped out. Economically, worldwide, things aren't great. People have lost faith in politicians and banks.

If you really want to get a sense of perspective, visit any other city abroad. Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Stockholm, Ljubljana, you can really feel the difference.

Ignore the tables, but don't ignore the fact that right now, people in Leicester are facing hard times.

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicester-unhappiest-place-Britain/story-12082964-detail/story.html

Bristol is on the coast though, so it has that going for it. Nottingham has music and castle etc, Leicester has......

Not a fan of the City at all, but love the County.

Oh I've seen that sort of thing going on in Leicester too. The bigger the city, generally, the bigger the problems.