Not what it once was (Burnley)

Member Name: wmb85

Product:	Burnley
Date:	07/06/02 (87 review reads)
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Advantages: Scenery on the outskirts

Disadvantages: Everything else

When many people hear 'Burnley' now, the first thing many of them think about is Riots, but more on that later.

Burnley itself is a pleasant place to be, depending on where you go. When you come off the M65 into Burnley, you are met with run-down housing, litter in the streets and what looks like a run-down town! However, when you get past 'run down bit' you will see that there are modern, clean parts of the town.

There are many businesses in the town too, ranging from Clothe shops to computer shops. There is a Burger King at one end of the Town Centre and a Mc Donalds at the other, with plenty of café's between.

The roads are below average, with potholes all over the place, and plenty of Speed Cameras. It makes you wonder where all the speed fine money goes.

Burnley has it's own local radio station too - 2BR (99.8fm) which I have written an Op for.

Most of the Asian community really let the town down. As well as getting all of their houses done up (drive through Stoneyholme [Asian Area] and then through somewhere like Duke Bar [More of a white area] and you'll see the difference). The council don't like listning to the white community, and we are all racist if we mention the amount of money spent of Asians. Many of which don't even appreciate what has been done for them. That is one of the main reasons why the riots started in the summer of 2001. Asians didn't like it when whites started to get there own way, althogh, as per usual, it is the white community that started it all off.

If you are coming to Burnley for a night out, be very careful about the taxi you choose. Many are uninsured and unsafe. In recent spot checks by the police, 70% of all taxi's were unsafe, with serious faults with the brakes, steering and other major systems. If you want a guarenteed safe ride, give Brittons Taxis a ring. The cars are usually less than two years old, (Y-Reg VW Passat, and
a '51' Reg Citroen Xsara Picasso) and are all clean and well maintained. Although they are slightly more expensive than the other Taxi companies, it is worth paying that little bit extra to be sure you will get a safe ride.

Come to Burnley, but watch your back. Make sure you don't go into Thompsons Park either. Which has been deemed an 'Asian Park'. Whcih generally means that if a white person goes into it you end up in Burnley General hospital or your pushing up daisys.

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