“We are all in the gutter…”

“…but some of us are looking at the stars.”

Leaving work to one side, what do I think about Sheffield as a place to live?

Things I like

• Proximity to the Pennines.
• Markets at Christmas.
• Good choice of ales at most pubs.
• Cheap cinema
• Shops being on m.y doorstep

Things I will miss:

• Piccolo’s restaurant
• My 5 minute walk commute to work

Things I don’t like:

• The amount of rough sleepers/beggars – how are there so many in such a small city?
• The people – it sounds harsh, but I have found people mostly to be parochial and narrow minded who don’t like  ‘outsiders’ or anyone different and are resistant to any sort of change
• Lack of nice, non-chain restaurants 
• Old man pubs – but not in a good way, in a urine-soaked-sixties-dive kinda way
• The Town Hall bells every 15 minutes  (drives me mad)
• Promotion of anything local, even when it’s significantly worse than non-local versions

Things I won’t miss:

• The loud cathedral bells all Sunday
• Being scared of ‘Spice Zombies’
• THE NOISE - why does everyone feel the need to shout all the time?

*Quote from Oscar Wilde