When I arrived in Harpenden (from New Zealand I'm afraid old chap) - I ended up sleeping on a friends floor on Cravells Road.
So - without a car - well I ended up staying here - and now I've bought - in the poor part of town Southdown.
However, with the "big smoke of St Albans" down the road - should I have bought there instead?
To be honest - the shops of Harpenden are full of buzz... a moneyed buzz... a spoilt "haven't we discovered the best place to live in England buzz".... St Albans... is a bit drab . A lick of paint... and some new shops and St Albans could be great!
Sometimes though in Harpenden - you do feel trapped by the loveliness of it all. People in Southdown are so dam pleasant - the housewives are so dam nice.
I've driven through St Albans three times - once in search of a second hand bed, I got lost - and the Police ended up pulling me over. On one of the streets I saw - some white trash - praying on the footpath - surrounded by rubbish - I'm sure over the road from him was a "tinny house".
St Albans does have something called a Verulamium.. essentially a park - with a small bleak water feature - I guess a water park (the Condo in Singapore I stayed at - had a bigger and nicer one. On a hot day - it is packed - kids - and huge fat Englishmen covered in tattoos.
So yeh... I prefer Harpenden.
So - without a car - well I ended up staying here - and now I've bought - in the poor part of town Southdown.
However, with the "big smoke of St Albans" down the road - should I have bought there instead?
To be honest - the shops of Harpenden are full of buzz... a moneyed buzz... a spoilt "haven't we discovered the best place to live in England buzz".... St Albans... is a bit drab . A lick of paint... and some new shops and St Albans could be great!
Sometimes though in Harpenden - you do feel trapped by the loveliness of it all. People in Southdown are so dam pleasant - the housewives are so dam nice.
I've driven through St Albans three times - once in search of a second hand bed, I got lost - and the Police ended up pulling me over. On one of the streets I saw - some white trash - praying on the footpath - surrounded by rubbish - I'm sure over the road from him was a "tinny house".
St Albans does have something called a Verulamium.. essentially a park - with a small bleak water feature - I guess a water park (the Condo in Singapore I stayed at - had a bigger and nicer one. On a hot day - it is packed - kids - and huge fat Englishmen covered in tattoos.
So yeh... I prefer Harpenden.
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