Johnnyweetabix
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Just following on the thread about the recent problems over the past week I often ponder the statement that Middlesbrough is rough and it always leads me to think that whilst I might have been part of this town for all my life and try to think of myself as streetwise , maybe life has sheltered me. I grew up in hemlington but my parents lived in the private estate so at my school I was seen as posh even though most of my friends were from the council estate . I’ve lived in acklam and marton and honestly Never really thought of any of those places as rough. Nunthorpe and coulby seem ok so where is this rough? Think I’m answering the question I write this but it really winds me up when my out of town mates say Boro is a sh&t hole as I’m guessing 50% or so live in marton, coulby etc. Is it just the town centre, whinny banks etc that gives Middlesbrough this generalisation and there’s are much good as bad or as a whole is the town the size of Middlesbrough disproportionately “rough”.