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Not hard to spot the Which? members, is it?😉
Seriously, there's some major pearl-clutching going on with some people. I couldn't argue that the city centre hasn't been badly neglected in recent years (thank you, Austerity George) or that the City Council of whatever hue are responsible for some awful planning decisions since WW2, but to describe the place as "feral" is utter hyperbole. 
I still go out in the city centre at night both with mates and with the missus and the 'threat' is marginal compared to central London at midnight or somewhere like Canning Town any time of day.

I'd say Derby is no worse than many other small cities. 
The Museum of Making is an internationally award-winning museum.
The Pickford collection is world-renowned for being hosted in the city.
Our engineering past and present is awe-inspiring.
Festivals like Format and Feste attract thousands to the city.
Derbion, not to everyone's tastes, but is an excellent shopping destination.
Darley, Markeaton and Allestree parks all in walking distance, Peaks and Dales a short drive.
Yes, St Peters St had a drug problem, but has improved from 5-10yrs ago. It still needs help, lots of empty shops but no different to any other city.
Huge numbers of homes are being built in the city centre, the Goods Yard is being rebuilt, a new performance venue is imminent, as is a new business school.
It's not perfect, but efforts are being made to improve it and if you are linked to the city, it would be better served by not running it down all the time.
Articles like the Which one are lazy, reductive and usually written by sneering journalists who haven't left London in a decade. So yes, Derby isn't as easy to get around as the capital, and it doesn't have the same level of cultural facilities, perhaps investment in our region that matches what other regions receive would help.
And it's a far better place than Stoke at the very least!

The decline of so many cities in the UK is heartbreaking to see.
Derby isn't particularly worse than any city of a similar profile or heritage in the UK.
 

filthy swine.
 
(its over 65's) 
allegedly

I'm 6 months sober today, and apart from a couple of hiccups, I have drank very little in the time since my board meltdown 18 months or so ago (I'm guessing).
I'm sick of people in recovery circles saying alcohol is evil.
Alcohol isn't evil, I've had some of the best times of my life in its company.
It's just not right for some people, and too many people are uneducated about how it is/can affect them, but demonising something doesn't help. It just makes people with good intentions look evangelical and hysterical. 

Just because I can't drink responsibly doesn't mean I'm a miserable ducker and expect the world to abstain.

 

I will be extremely disappointed if i dont see a Rams shirt, towel or flag in the programme.

I may have mentioned this before but we were filmed for ‘A Place in the Sun’ last June and have now been told of our airing date. 
 
It’ll be on Channel 4 at 3pm on Thursday June 6th and on catch up too of course. 
 
I realise this will mean me giving up my anonymity on here but though it might be of interest to any travel buffs out there!

It gives me great pleasure, when the username and the post are in perfect balance. 

I'm asking this genuinely - surely you must feel a bit weird about the fact that your owner makes Mel Morris look like Mother Theresa? I don't think I could ever support him if he owned Derby.

Beat Stoke twice, solid mid table.

I just thought it was a Derby think, what with our proximity to the sea!  👀
 
#local fish for local people

And Belper Goes Green and Belper Bustler Market.
Ffs
 

Beat Stoke twice, solid mid table.

Drink Bass or Pedigree and go home when you've had enough.

Massive clash.
The same weekend is the Uttoxeter Beer Festival, Party on the Pitch event.

What was that all about? Blokes walking round crowded pubs with trays of seafood snacks? I remember it being around late 1970's early 1980's?

'Ive banned people for less than that.

Beat Stoke twice, solid mid table.

What was that all about? Blokes walking round crowded pubs with trays of seafood snacks? I remember it being around late 1970's early 1980's?

'Ive banned people for less than that.

The Greg Wallace one was more controversial.

'Ive banned people for less than that.

'Ive banned people for less than that.