Is Birmingham a dump?

[talkativesprout]

In fairness Tipton isnt in Birmingham but it is a major shithole, ill give you that ha

9 mile to Birmingham City Centre close enough for me mate. Dukinfield is 7 mile from Manchester I'd say it is a relatively safe comparison.

 

[staffsblue]

I worked in Birmingham from 2002 to 2008 & again from 2018 to 2020. It's improved a lot in that time, but the city centre still lacks a large number of decent pubs.
There are, however, decent places to visit in the outskirts including the Jewellery Quarter, Moseley, and especially the Black Country which is home to some of the best pubs & beer in the country.

 

[blueinsa]

Dump is rather strong but I’ve never got the second city tag.

 

[crublue1]

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I get to visit all these places to write about the Beer Guide pubs. The Red Lion in Shirley is flat roof heaven.

SHIRLEY SEES BETTER DAYS

“Of course, the whole point of this day (in Shirley) was to beat Martin, SI and Duncan to a GBG entry and I think I might just have done it on this occasion.”. Thus spake Zarathustra Li…

retiredmartin.com

I've spent far too many hours in that pub. Feet stuck to the floor, colourful locals, great memories

 

[Eccles Blue]

It’s not a patch on Manchester (or even Eccles!) but it’s a friendly welcoming city.
And as has already been said it is before London as second city! ;-)

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Its not as much as a dump as liverpool.

 

[mat]

Dump is rather strong but I’ve never got the second city tag.

Winds Brummies up when I tell them Manchester should be capital city and Birmingham is below Coventry in the list.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

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I get to visit all these places to write about the Beer Guide pubs. The Red Lion in Shirley is flat roof heaven.

SHIRLEY SEES BETTER DAYS

“Of course, the whole point of this day (in Shirley) was to beat Martin, SI and Duncan to a GBG entry and I think I might just have done it on this occasion.”. Thus spake Zarathustra Li…

retiredmartin.com

Ansells! Used to taste like putrid sweat.
Although they could have marketed it as "Not as vile as M and B" ...

 

[urban genie]

Not sure about the food part. Manchester has one restaurant with a Michelin star. Birmingham has six.

Michelin stars are a nonsense tbf, plenty of restaraunts don't have them but are top class for the food offer and ambience.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Probably no more than Greater Manchester. I’ve been doing a journey on the tram recently starting from Eccles and ending up in Ashton. Away from the city centre, nice places in Greater Manchester are in short supply.

It can’t have been that recently as the tram from Eccles has not been running for quite a while. :-)
Plus Greater Manchester has lots of very pleasant areas. I guess beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. :-)