On The Up (Middlesbrough in General)

Member Name: miss_shh

Product:	Middlesbrough in General
Date:	24/01/09 (123 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: It's getting better

Disadvantages: It still needs work

I lived in Middlesbrough for a year or so when my (now ex) boyfriend was studying at the University there. It's not a bad town, contrary to popular opinion - it just has a bad reputation.

They've done a lot to try and turn it around in the last few years with the additon of the MIMA gallery and the free music festival they now host in the city centre every year, which is great fun.

There are plenty of restaurants and shops, with two main shopping centres and plenty of little local owned and run shops to give it a nice student vibe. The travel links could perhaps be better improved, but there is a train station, regular buses and coaches and is accessible from Durham Airport.

The quality of houses in middlesbrough is slowly being regenerated by the council, knocking down the old terraces and starting again, and I for one think it all deserves a round of applause for the efforts :)

[Originally posted on www.helphound.com]

Summary: Not bad for a Northern Town