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At last,someone agrees with me;Sheffield is a s"£t place to live.
I have been slated in the past for saying so,I should know,I have to live here!
Nina in cold,wet,very windy,miserable,filthy,stinking Sheffield.
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Don't know about cities Liz, but I would put Blaenau Ffestiniog up there with them, because of the mountains and slate heaps round it the sun doesn't hit it much and it rains...a lot!
Nice scenery on the way to it mindyou, but i wouldn't want to live there :)
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Who agrees?
I wouldn't mind living in Edinburgh.
The most miserable places to live in the UK
Sarah Coles
Nov 1st 2010 at 5:00AM
Filed under: House and Home
Today is officially the most miserable day of the year. It's not just the fact that it's Monday morning and it's cold and grey, researchers have also found that the clocks going back and the spending cuts add to the mix to create the highest level of misery all year. Some 66% of people will feel depressed today.
And apparently some places are worse for it than others. So where are the most miserable places in the UK?
Most miserable
The survey by the Canary Islands tourist board found that top of the leader-board in Glasgow, which faces shorter days than many other parts of the UK, and as a cold grey city really comes into its own in this weather.
This is followed by Newcastle. Given that Newcastle has garnered a reputation for being the home of incredibly short skirts in impossibly cold winters, perhaps the locals are finally starting to feel the chill.
The rest of the top five is made up of Sheffield, Cardiff, and London.
Of course, London-haters will be delighted to see the famously unwelcoming and rude inhabitants of Britain's most over-populated city are suffering from seasonal misery. Some may say it couldn't happen to a nicer city.
Least miserable
At the other end of the scale Southampton is the most cheerful place, presumably benefiting from slightly longer days, and more open skies to draw every last ounce of sunlight from the winter.
This was followed by Nottingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Leeds.
Winter misery
But everywhere, there's a pervading air of gloom. Some 47% of us say we hate this time of year - despite all the excitement of Halloween and Bonfire Night, and the impending Christmas festivities.
And we're not doing anything to help ourselves. Apparently 51% of us park ourselves in front of the TV for the duration, while 51% spend longer at the computer, 41% spend more time on Facebook, almost 50% say we feel tired all the time, and 13% are less productive at work.
Housing market
There are two morals to this tale: one for those selling up to move home, and one for those buying a property.
When you're buying, you do need to take everything into consideration when you're choosing a location. Many of us are forced into a location, but if you're relatively footloose and fancy free, consider lifestyle factors, such as how long the days are, the weather, and the nightlife on these cold, dark days, before you consign yourself to a miserable winter.
And if you're selling at the moment, maybe it's time to seriously reconsider.
If everyone is feeling so down and staying at home, maybe now is not the time to find that energetic and optimistic buyer who is willing to pay sensible money for the joy of living in your location - especially if it's one of the top five most miserable places in the country!
Britain's most miserable cities
1 Glasgow
2 Newcastle
3 Sheffield
4 Cardiff
5 London
Britain's least miserable cities
1 Southampton
2 Nottingham
3 Edinburgh
4 Liverpool
5 Leeds
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