Thinking of travelling to Liverpool...think again......?

Question

In the UK there is an awful city called Liverpool, it is run down, depressed, crime ridden, filthy and generally avoided by anyone else in the UK.

In Liverpool:

The average age of a female having her first child is 14 years old, and 94% of new mothers are single.

The murder rate is 5x the national average.

The average male life expectancy is 52 years old, Vs 76 for the rest of the UK.

A car is stolen and set on fire every 3 minutes.

It is estimated that 40% of the population use either crack or heroin, with 20% of the population using both.

The average income is just £65 per week, with 76% of the population living in 'state housing'.

84% of the adult population do their regular weekly shop at Aldi, Netto or the other one no-one can ever remember.

So how does this hell hole compare with the worst city in your state / country?

Answer 1

WOW and its the European city of culture. Liverpool has problems and was extremely underfunded but in the last few years has gone through a regeneration project. Lots of the bad areas have been cleaned up and most areas people visit are extremely safe. Albert dock, with its museums is extremely safe. I've never seen any trouble in Mathew street, the night club and bar area (where the cavern is), I can't say this about any other place I've been.

Liverpool contains over 2,500 listed buildings (of which 26 are Grade I listed and 85 are Grade II* listed). It is the inheritance of high-minded public spirit since the late 18th century, largely with Dissenter impetus, resulting in more public sculpture than in any UK city aside from Westminster, more listed buildings than any city apart from London and, surprisingly, more Georgian houses than the city of Bath. Well-known architects are represented in Liverpool, including Peter Ellis, Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, John Foster, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Frederick Gibberd.

In 2004 Liverpool's waterfront was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site, reflecting the city's importance in the development of the world's trading system and dock technology.

The docks are central to Liverpool's history, with the best-known being Albert Dock: the first enclosed, non-combustible dock warehouse system in the world and is built in cast iron, brick and stone. It was designed by Jesse Hartley. Restored in the 1980s, the Albert Dock is the largest collection of Grade I listed buildings in Britain. Part of the old dock complex is now the home to the Merseyside Maritime Museum (an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage), Museum of Liverpool Life and the Tate Liverpool. Other relics of the dock system include the Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse, which at the time of its construction in 1901, was the world's largest building in terms of area, and is still the worlds largest brick-work building.

The Pier Head is the most famous image of Liverpool, the location of the Three Graces (a fairly recent phrase), three of Liverpool's most recognisable buildings. The first is the Royal Liver Building, built in the early 1900s and surmounted by two bronze domes with a Liver Bird (the symbol of Liverpool) on each. The second is the Cunard Building, the headquarters of the former Cunard shipping company. The third is the Port of Liverpool Building, the home of the former Mersey Docks and Harbour Board which regulated the city's docks. Kings Dock immediately to the South of the Albert dock is the site of the Kings Dock Arena and conference centre currently under construction due to open in January 2008.

In front of these buildings at the waters edge are the memorials to the men of the merchant navy who sailed out of the port during both World Wars. Memorials to the British mariners, Norwegian, Dutch and to the thousands of Chinese seamen who manned Britain's ships cluster together here. Perhaps most interesting is the Chinese memorial to the men forcibly deported from the city after World War Two and to the families they left behind.

Liverpool's wealth as a port city enabled the construction of two enormous cathedrals, both dating from the 20th century. The Anglican Cathedral, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, has one of the longest naves, largest organs and heaviest and highest peals of bells in the world. The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral was initially planned to be even larger; of Sir Edwin Lutyens' design, only the crypt was completed. The cathedral was eventually built to a simpler design by Sir Frederick Gibberd; while this is on a smaller scale than Lutyens' original design, it still manages to incorporate the largest panel of stained glass in the world. Appropriately enough, the road running between the two cathedrals is called Hope Street.

Liverpool contains synagogues, of which the Grade II* listed Moorish-revival Princes Road Synagogue is perhaps most notable. Liverpool has a thriving Jewish community with a further 2 Synagogues, one in the Greenbank Park area of L17 and a second in the Childwall district of the city where a significant Jewish community reside.

The city had one of the earliest mosques in Britain, founded in 1887 by William Abdullah Quilliam, a lawyer who had converted to Islam. This Mosque however, no longer exists. Plans have been ongoing to re-convert the building where the Mosque once stood into a museum. Currently there are two mosques in Liverpool the Al-Rahma mosque in the Toxteth area of the city and a Mosque recently opened in the Mossley Hill district of the city.

Toxteth and old swan are very rough and most crime is limited to these area.

Answer 2

are u sure u were in liverpool?! i agree with most of the above answers. did u make this up or what?! it wouldn't have been awarded capital of culture if all this was true. i have lived in liverpool all my life, and have never known anyone that has had children younger than 18 years old, i've never had my car stolen, nor have any of my friends or family. average income, well my first job at 18 years old was £200 per week, and where I am in liverpool, there are no Aldi or Nettos. We have Tesco, Waitrose and M&S as our local supermarkets. Dont be so ridiculous!!

Answer 3

I grew up near Liverpool - it isn't bad and certainly no worse than many other British cities. We're used to getting abuse, but frankly, we don't care. We love our city - we're friendly and have a great sense of humour.

Your statisitics are wrong too (or at least outdated).

You also seemed to miss that we're European Capital of Culture for 08 and have some of the best soccer teams in the world.

So whatever your problem with Liverpool - go and vent it elsewhere ;-)

Answer 4

Wow matey, you must of really been crawling the gutters to come up with that, what a load of rubbish. I suggest you mix in better circles. Its not the Liverpool i know, how about it being the "european capital of culture" with fantastic heritage sites, superb museums, brilliant universities, exclusive shopping, exquisite reteraunts, beautiful parks and halls, tourist attractions, waterfont attractions, helpful, caring people who hold good well paid jobs and live in some very nice areas. (ps. I dont live there either and thats my opinion)

Answer 5

What about all the great music that has come out of Liverpool? I'm not sure what the worst city in California is, but I'm sure its just as bad. We have some very dodgy cities that Anglos best not walk the street of sadly.

Answer 6

so you don't like Liverpool then i take it??? but where did you get your info from?? i must admit i think some of the area are depressing but the centre of Liverpool has been cleaned up a bit, i was born there and it was a lot nicer when i was a kid, but i dont know my way around it now,its all changed.

Answer 7

We get it - you don't like Liverpool.

But London has far more areas of deprivation. It also has areas with much worse crime, and a much worse murder rate in areas.

And Merseyside overall is probably no worse than much of the rest of the country.

Answer 8

Sorry i think you meant Manchester!