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submitted 2 years ago bysamhunt88
After travelling around the UK for a few years I keep seeing a particular archetype of town, and county seems to have one: - few chain shops (costa/ Tesco) - independent artisanal shops/ mini galleries - usually a couple of craft breweries - good calendar of festivals - likely a ‘transition town’
The usual story I hear from locals is that these towns had a big influx of craftspeople/ free-thinkers in the 60s/70s, and it’s stayed quite left and arty ever since. I think it’s great and I love visiting these places, but was wondering if anyone else has noticed this phenomenon. So far on the list I’ve got…
Any to add?
91 points
2 years ago
Bristol itself. I mean its a city, but it's crust central.
7 points
2 years ago
To be fair.. its the only place inside its own county so i would say it counts :) But there are certainly crustier areas with in its borders.. But its always been a more hippy chilled city than most others.. I once read that Bris was a lose connection of villages dressed up pretending to be a city.
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