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Sundae · 11-01-2010, 03:53 PM

You've seen my environs.
The neighbourhood don't fit any of the above, being 50+ years old and a bit cheap.

Unless you mean the town.
In which case it's ages old but mostly destroyed in the 60's.
And a lot of what was replaced is Grim.

We're a smallish town, despite being the County Seat.
We are reasonably diverse culturally, but this is suspected, not celebrated (I see the difference from living in Leicester).
The vast majority of people here are 1st or 2nd generation - and I don't just mean overseas immigrants, my parents came here from London.

We're deep in the Conservative (party) heartlands, and share our county with millionaires; both noveau riche (Ozzy Osbourne) and landed gentry. But the vast majority of people don't live this way.

We have some lovely place names. I lived in Quainton, which is close to Marsh Gibbon. My trip to college took me past Little Missendon. We used to go and picnic at the windmill in Brill.

I don't love this town, but I don't like outsiders criticising it.
I do love this County - I love the landscape, the history, the houses. When I win the Lottery I will have a house in one of the beautiful villages or towns hereabouts. And I will raise a whole troupe of cats to hold the same values I do.

11-01-2010, 03:53 PM	#9
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You've seen my environs. The neighbourhood don't fit any of the above, being 50+ years old and a bit cheap. Unless you mean the town. In which case it's ages old but mostly destroyed in the 60's. And a lot of what was replaced is Grim. We're a smallish town, despite being the County Seat. We are reasonably diverse culturally, but this is suspected, not celebrated (I see the difference from living in Leicester). The vast majority of people here are 1st or 2nd generation - and I don't just mean overseas immigrants, my parents came here from London. We're deep in the Conservative (party) heartlands, and share our county with millionaires; both noveau riche (Ozzy Osbourne) and landed gentry. But the vast majority of people don't live this way. We have some lovely place names. I lived in Quainton, which is close to Marsh Gibbon. My trip to college took me past Little Missendon. We used to go and picnic at the windmill in Brill. I don't love this town, but I don't like outsiders criticising it. I do love this County - I love the landscape, the history, the houses. When I win the Lottery I will have a house in one of the beautiful villages or towns hereabouts. And I will raise a whole troupe of cats to hold the same values I do.