The amount of house building going on , in all directions of the town, is rapidly destroying the 'quaintness' of this town. Traffic has increased beyond measure and it is not unusual to witness gridlocked traffic queues. As the population expands, the infrastructure struggles to keep pace and it is becoming harder ( as in most places) to see a GP. There are vacant shop premises in the town centre, the loss of Debenhams has resulted in a huge empty building falling into disrepair. As you walk through the town, the whiff of cannabis can assault your nostrils, something unheard of in bygone times. The Police no longer have a station in the town and it is very rare to see policemen patrolling. Of course many people, especially newcomers, may well be happy to live in Harrogate but others may not be so pleased with the changes and the direction the town is going in.
@@stephfoxwell4620 both have the same problem empty shops and drug problems. Try visiting Ripon bus station after the shops close, you can pick up anything illegal you want. You see what you want to see rather than what's actually going on.
@@stephfoxwell4620 I went to a classic car meet at Ripon racecourse a couple of weeks ago and i have NEVER, Ever been subject to so much cannabis smoke in my life. It was constant. Police probably on the bypass persecuting motorists.. again.
people have always smoked weed here so idk what you missed, my parents have lived here 40+ years each and they'd agree too, it's just a smell it's not gonna harm you so i'd rather that than us having crackheads in the street, altho smoking it in the middle of town centre isn't something i'd do myself. I agree i am siiick of the housing over here, we have landlords buying up our old gorgeous houses turning them into houseshares milking our locals, then we have ugly new house schemes the further you drive out. 🤦🏻♀️ i really miss the harrogate from my childhood.
All by design. Bankers own Britain. And they are responsible for the lending to build, for profits. Councils don't care about the citizens, they care about collecting tax to pay their staff. So they are in cahoots destroying the nation and making debtslaves out of everyone
The reason is simple: no modern architecture whatsoever, and plenty of parks. The Victorians knew how to build towns that are nice to live in. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Never heard such rubbish. I lived there for 10 years. It has its horrible areas just like any other town. It's so congested that the drivers are all rude and aggressive. The Police are fixated with catching people speeding on the bypass. 10 years ago the HBC Local Plan was rejected by the Planning Inspectorate, confirming what we all knew - HBC planning dept are clueless - resulting in unfettered development in and around the town whilst the Town centre goes to ruin. Currently, it is being swamped by hundreds of new houses being built on its outskirts. Not that the increase in revenue from the already exorbitant council tax has anything to do with that. Best news I've heard in ages is that the insular and inept Council is being scrapped at the end of this month.
I was in Harrogate in December 2022 for a training and from the train from Leeds itself an elderly gentleman and his wife were so kind enough to help me with my luggage and also helped me locate the cab and since then on for 1 month I had such a lovely time at this place. The architecture and the grandiose was class apart .Would definitely want to come over and spend sometime in summers as well.
What a weird reach to pick and choose the information you want. You're picking a massively affluent majority white area, noticing that it has low crime stats relative to a deprived low income area that happens to have high populations of ethnic groups and using that as an argument for white people being inherently less likely to commit crime. You'll be astonished to learn there's a wide range of factors that affect these things.
You can be sure that those rich aholes are all refugees welcome people, but not on their doorstep. The epidemic of imported raypests is a problem that only affects the poor.
Well architecture plays a huge role. Imagine Sheffield for instance. Deliberately built to be ugly and depressive. Poverty and depression is bred through bad planning and design
Last time I visited the Potato Fair and stayed at The Victoria Hotel our bar consumption were put on the room tab. On departure day we learned that the hotel computer system had crashed and they were unable to charge . That made some of us happy!
I think it depends who you are in this town, if you're anything thats not the norm or even slightly off from that, you get treated differently. - (someone who was born here)
I used to live here, it has a lot of beautiful victorian architecture and green space, especially the stray and Valley Gardens, however I just felt a sense of social isolation and loneliness whilst I was there which I didnt even feel as much when I lived in London, Im not a Southener really either, was born in London but raised in Sheffield and Manchester from the age of 6 onwards.
Census 2021 Local Authority Districts Harrogate - 1.8% ONE POINT EIGHT asian, 0.6% black, 95.4% white. Bradford - 32.1% asian, 2% black 61% white (As a local authority district, this covers surrounding rural areas and smaller towns as well, so the actual city of Bradford will be higher than 32% asian.) Distance between the two centres - 20 miles.
Very interesting report, great to see places of the UK spotlighted! I live on the Wirral, which is gorge, and our city of Liverpool is hosting Eurovision this year just as Harrogate did all those years ago. What a lovely spa town, I hope to visit again soon. Nearby Skipton and Ilkely are beauts too xx
That's what I thought it's not had the rubbish dumped on it clearly, we're as we're I live as massively, it's created such a angry, unhappy city, it's basically a mess, I want some happiness 😊
@@shaguftaiqbal745 We can share some of our mess with you if you want lol 😆 It's just cheap housing basically, harsh poverty so it's treated like rubbish by our Government.
@@uniquevideosUk I’m from the Wirral, so a northerner too aha, we don’t have it as bad with migrants here, a few in Birkenhead and Ellesmere Port but no where near the levels in some towns and cities up north xx
rich folk and normal folk like me and my family in jennys of which the rich arseholes look down on😂 they act like it's a part of london for crying out loud
The amount of house building going on , in all directions of the town, is rapidly destroying the 'quaintness' of this town. Traffic has increased beyond measure and it is not unusual to witness gridlocked traffic queues. As the population expands, the infrastructure struggles to keep pace and it is becoming harder ( as in most places) to see a GP. There are vacant shop premises in the town centre, the loss of Debenhams has resulted in a huge empty building falling into disrepair. As you walk through the town, the whiff of cannabis can assault your nostrils, something unheard of in bygone times. The Police no longer have a station in the town and it is very rare to see policemen patrolling. Of course many people, especially newcomers, may well be happy to live in Harrogate but others may not be so pleased with the changes and the direction the town is going in.
I prefer Knaresborough or Ripon.
😔
@@stephfoxwell4620 both have the same problem empty shops and drug problems. Try visiting Ripon bus station after the shops close, you can pick up anything illegal you want. You see what you want to see rather than what's actually going on.
@@stephfoxwell4620 I went to a classic car meet at Ripon racecourse a couple of weeks ago and i have NEVER, Ever been subject to so much cannabis smoke in my life. It was constant. Police probably on the bypass persecuting motorists.. again.
people have always smoked weed here so idk what you missed, my parents have lived here 40+ years each and they'd agree too, it's just a smell it's not gonna harm you so i'd rather that than us having crackheads in the street, altho smoking it in the middle of town centre isn't something i'd do myself.
I agree i am siiick of the housing over here, we have landlords buying up our old gorgeous houses turning them into houseshares milking our locals, then we have ugly new house schemes the further you drive out. 🤦🏻♀️ i really miss the harrogate from my childhood.
"most happiest"? Seriously?
Happiest is a superlative.
They really need some Albanians celebrating their independence day to add to the ambience
There are an increasing number of Turkish barber shops in the town, adding to the diversity!
Heavens forbid😢
@@chathamdogend4461 just don't use them. They are money laundering and just fronts for drug dealing etc.
I’d welcome it!
Victorian architeture is the best, what a shame so much has and is being destroyed for ugly modern developments
All by design. Bankers own Britain. And they are responsible for the lending to build, for profits. Councils don't care about the citizens, they care about collecting tax to pay their staff. So they are in cahoots destroying the nation and making debtslaves out of everyone
I prefer Restoration,William and Mary and Queen Anne architecture.
@@stephfoxwell4620 I'd take either one over modern cr*p. Ugly as sin, and makes for apathy and despair.
The reason is simple: no modern architecture whatsoever, and plenty of parks. The Victorians knew how to build towns that are nice to live in. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
To live in Harrogate in the most you need to be quite wealthy. The council keep the town looking good and very few if any undesirables
The title was written by Del boy
How many illegal immigrants reside in Hotels in Harrogate?
None.
Never heard such rubbish. I lived there for 10 years. It has its horrible areas just like any other town. It's so congested that the drivers are all rude and aggressive. The Police are fixated with catching people speeding on the bypass. 10 years ago the HBC Local Plan was rejected by the Planning Inspectorate, confirming what we all knew - HBC planning dept are clueless - resulting in unfettered development in and around the town whilst the Town centre goes to ruin. Currently, it is being swamped by hundreds of new houses being built on its outskirts. Not that the increase in revenue from the already exorbitant council tax has anything to do with that. Best news I've heard in ages is that the insular and inept Council is being scrapped at the end of this month.
Spot on Skip, far too many houses being thrown up on greenbelt land, destroying habitat and arable land.
@@chathamdogend4461 Totally agree. My considered opinion is that we need less people, not more ticky tacky houses.
I was in Harrogate in December 2022 for a training and from the train from Leeds itself an elderly gentleman and his wife were so kind enough to help me with my luggage and also helped me locate the cab and since then on for 1 month I had such a lovely time at this place. The architecture and the grandiose was class apart .Would definitely want to come over and spend sometime in summers as well.
Happiest or most happy.
You cannot be most happiest.
Who writes these headlines, the work experience?
it's almost as if... the team behind GB news are complete morons who have no idea what they're doing 😮🤔
Almost certainly, yes.
And, coincidently im sure, one of the least diverse towns in the UK.
I recall the owners of a large restaurant being jailed for running a people smuggling operation a couple of years ago.
What a weird reach to pick and choose the information you want. You're picking a massively affluent majority white area, noticing that it has low crime stats relative to a deprived low income area that happens to have high populations of ethnic groups and using that as an argument for white people being inherently less likely to commit crime. You'll be astonished to learn there's a wide range of factors that affect these things.
@@splaffyduck5787 Im not saying that at all. But i am saying that the crime rates for affluent blacks is higher than poor whites. All over the world.
You can be sure that those rich aholes are all refugees welcome people, but not on their doorstep. The epidemic of imported raypests is a problem that only affects the poor.
@@skipmole612 This is true, it was the Khan family, they ended up in prison.
Well architecture plays a huge role. Imagine Sheffield for instance. Deliberately built to be ugly and depressive. Poverty and depression is bred through bad planning and design
What's with the double superlative in the video title?
Last time I visited the Potato Fair and stayed at The Victoria Hotel our bar consumption were put on the room tab. On departure day we learned that the hotel computer system had crashed and they were unable to charge . That made some of us happy!
not a lot of northern accents in the mix or locals being interviewed
English southerners moving to where housing is cheap...
@@Joshdyisdifh cheap for southerners
@@Joshdyisdifhdid you just say housing is cheape in Harrogate? This is one of the wealthiest and most expensive towns to live. You must be mad.
@@ozzmundo5095not at all. Cheap if you are from London but that's about it
I think it depends who you are in this town, if you're anything thats not the norm or even slightly off from that, you get treated differently. - (someone who was born here)
What do you mean?? Please explain a bit.
I used to live here, it has a lot of beautiful victorian architecture and green space, especially the stray and Valley Gardens, however I just felt a sense of social isolation and loneliness whilst I was there which I didnt even feel as much when I lived in London, Im not a Southener really either, was born in London but raised in Sheffield and Manchester from the age of 6 onwards.
Census 2021 Local Authority Districts
Harrogate - 1.8% ONE POINT EIGHT asian, 0.6% black, 95.4% white.
Bradford - 32.1% asian, 2% black 61% white (As a local authority district, this covers surrounding rural areas and smaller towns as well, so the actual city of Bradford will be higher than 32% asian.)
Distance between the two centres - 20 miles.
The Government needs to send some illegal immigrants there to fix the problem lol
Very interesting report, great to see places of the UK spotlighted! I live on the Wirral, which is gorge, and our city of Liverpool is hosting Eurovision this year just as Harrogate did all those years ago. What a lovely spa town, I hope to visit again soon. Nearby Skipton and Ilkely are beauts too xx
The Wirral is a peninsula twixt Dee and Mersey estuaries.
It is not a Gorge.
@@stephfoxwell4620 aha 😂😂
@@stephfoxwell4620 where are youse from lad? Xx
@@stephfoxwell4620 Methinks the lady is using an abbreviated version of 'gorgeous' ☺️
Devon.
A small country between England and Cornwall.
It's a local town for local people.
Harrogate is lovely,
Don't tell the government!
best happiest!!!!
They wouldn't be if there were migrant hotels and certain parts down south
That's what I thought it's not had the rubbish dumped on it clearly, we're as we're I live as massively, it's created such a angry, unhappy city, it's basically a mess, I want some happiness 😊
@@uniquevideosUk where abouts are youse from like?
@@shaguftaiqbal745 Northern England
@@shaguftaiqbal745 We can share some of our mess with you if you want lol 😆
It's just cheap housing basically, harsh poverty so it's treated like rubbish by our Government.
@@uniquevideosUk I’m from the Wirral, so a northerner too aha, we don’t have it as bad with migrants here, a few in Birkenhead and Ellesmere Port but no where near the levels in some towns and cities up north xx
Looks very white.🤫
There's a happy place in this country?
Lots in the countryside. It hasn't been diversified yet!
@@nedrain9044 it will
Its a richie rich town. The average British family cannot afford to live there.
@@DakeZak forgot about this post
I would like to live here, but the MP does not have a plummy accent.
why wouldn't it be its the capital of the golden triangle of Yorkshire where all the rich folk live
rich folk and normal folk like me and my family in jennys of which the rich arseholes look down on😂 they act like it's a part of london for crying out loud
Pippa ❤
My Home 🏡 always
Very diverse demographic... not!
That's the main reason why they're happy!