Is the city only good for students? (Wolverhampton)

Member Name: oddgal

Product:	Wolverhampton
Date:	29/03/01 (514 review reads)
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Advantages: Nice town

Disadvantages: I guess...the weather?

Wolverhampton then. What is there apart from smog, a football ground and a load of students?

Well quite a lot I would say. I came to Wolverhampton to go to university. Well, I transferred here from a far, far worse place than this!

So what is there then. I'll begin with the obvious, Shopping!

The city's centre is relatively large. There are two shopping centres, the Wulfrun and the Mander centre. They are joined together at some point, but still each have their own names!

There's enough for the average shopper to be happy coming into the centre every Saturday. Shops such as New Look, Boots, BHS and Marks and Spencers are all present. There are also a couple of alternative stores, "Penny Farthing" and "Rowfers", which sell incense, candles and clothes for the non-topshoppers among us. There are a couple of comic stores aswell. The biggest being "Another World".

There is a market which I think is on most weekdays bar one and then on a Saturday. It sells the usual; fruit, cheap clothes, electrical appliances and so on. In the week I think they have specialist days, but I rarely visit the market, so I'm not sure.

Next then, Food and drink! Well, there ae quite a lot of pubs here. There is The Varsity, Hogs Head, Royal London (part of the Its a Scream chain) Wetherspoons, Tap House, The Litten Tree and a few others.

Wetherspoons and the Royal London do food, Wetherspoons is the cheapest, although the service has sometimes been a tad poor. The food is your basic burgers and chips etc.

There are also quite a lot of cultural restaurants within the city. Indian, mexican and italian restaurants are spread about the place, not all in the main centre but not too far from it itself.

There is also the obvious McDonalds and Burger King, but my favourite place to go to is Subway. I have never stumbled across these before, but I'm glad I did. They ma
ke sandwiches and they are nice! They might seema bit expensive at £3.49 for a meal, but you get a drink and crisps and a delicous sandwich, and compared to MaccyD's and BK, its not that bad.

Football. The Molineux is the home of the Wolverhampton wanderers. I hate football so I can't really comment on the stadium etc. but it does have a bar and a shop.

So places to boogie then. Atlantis is for those who like dance and stuff, as is the Canal club. Never been to either of these myself, but apparantely it does the business for those who do. For the more alternative stuff...there isn't anywhere really!! On Wednesday nights there is an alternative thing at the Terrace Bar in the Molineux Stadium. It has only just started up after ebing gone for a few months. Don't know how long it'll last this time!!

The civic centre has a couple of nights on on a Friday and Saturday. They also have gigs and shows on here.

There is of course the student union too. Only for students though normally, but there are a couple of thngs that go on that they allow the public into. These are more acts like hypnotists and stuff.

Places to stay. There are a few B&B's around the place. You wouldn't really come here for a holiday. Probably more to see a band or a show or even maybe the football. Apparantely some of them are quite well priced too.

I wouldn't really want to live here for the rest of my life, but that's not because its a bad city. It has all the amenities and its only a short metro ride into Birmingham!

Who knows. I could still be here in a few years, but for now, its fine for me as a student!

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