Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,294
I see that the Office For National Statistics (presumably with nothing better to do) have compiled a happiness chart for the UK.
Apparently the happiest places are Fermanagh and Omagh, followed by Ribble Valley, Outer Hebrides, West Somerset and the Orkney Islands.
The unhappiest placings are 1 - Bolsover 2 - Cannock Chase 3 - Dundee and 4, wait for it - Dover!
I wonder how they came to these conclusions.
So what makes you unhappy? Possibly at the top of the list are a pair of initials, DDC and DHB, not necessarily in that order.
Perhaps they spoke to the Pearsons!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 713- Registered: 19 Mar 2011
- Posts: 342
I wonder if they think that the people of Dover are unhappy because of all the strikes on the ferries?
What makes me happy is some new music to listen to,& to see other people happy & smiling.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 5,981
This topic is currently being discussed on Radio Kent .Some of the people who phoned in so negative .One chap from Whitfield moaning on about DTIZ .All I can say he hasn't seen all the demolition work that has taken place .The new car park ,the new flats in Castle Street..
DDC are not to blame for shops closing down. So many people shop on line these days .Im guilty as Im off to Canterbury shortly ,why because we no longer have decent dress shops. When the barracks closed, the Hovercraft ceased trading etc.Less people with incomes to support quality shops.
Dover shops provide for everyday needs.
I have lived in worse places than Dover.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
165, 000 out of over 60 million is not a good sample, also some people are happy by nature others dislike everything around them.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,657
I wonder if they went by the continual moans, groans and gripes that I have seen on the internet about some of the most minor things. The problems caused all over Dover by the Calais problems could equally be the reason as Roger says.
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
Sod the Office for National Wild Guesses. Dover is a great place to live and work (even though I'm not a native). The unhappiness is mostly down to the decline of the docks over the years as a source of pride and local employment. The relationship between town and port has become like a bitter, stale marriage in which the parties can't live together yet can't tear themselves apart. Constant historical bickering between DTC and DDC hasn't helped either, and the shocking lack of imagination shown in the design of the DTIZ project means that you really have to be a glass-half-full sort of person to see light at the end of the tunnel. Let's hope the demolition of Burlington House can do something to turn peoples' depression into optimism.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,206
Come now Peter it took over 20yrs to come up with the final unique design (its not a copy of De-Bradelei wharf at all).
Dover is definitely a great place to reside regardless of it's negative points.
Arte et Marte
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,321
Well I'm happy
Life is what you make it and I love to laugh and be happy!
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
hang on a miniute peter,dont tell me some one has put 50p in the leccy meter.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
I have lived in Dover all my life apart from my years in the Army and working away.
It is true to say that I do not like the town or feel the same way about it as in the late 1940s up till about the middle of the 1970s but it is on the way up again but for myself it has to be Scotland now.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
Its now 30 years since I came to Dover on holiday and chose to relocate to here, not for one moment have I ever regretted it. To show what a load of rubbish the survey is is the fact Cannock Chase is ahead of us. The Chase is both beautiful and awe inspiring and much loved by my friends who often spend time there or live there.
Guest 752- Registered: 21 May 2012
- Posts: 25
With more cruise ships coming into Dover there is an opportunity. Whilst some passengers will opt for a shore excursion somewhere many will choose to explore the local town. There is plenty of local heritage. If there were halfway decent shops maybe even spend money. Come on DDC sieze the opportunity.
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,321
I've lived in Dover since 1989 and I love it here. It has character, scenery of all types, friendly people, and many other positive things. We all moan about things sometimes, we are British! How many of us can say we love everything about our best friends? In life you have to accept the bad with the good - that's what life is about. Without the bad bits we wouldn't appreciate the good bits - think about it
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
The Express have suddenly found it and put it on their FB page 100 odd posts in no time mostly damning, why do they not move away?
So many say the town is boring, what do they want? Drive by shootings, endless firework displays, race riots etc.
We had "excitement" on Saturday and the whole town is still up in arms over it.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,206
That's our nations best local paper for you putting the boot in while we're still reeling from the latest beating, gotta love em for the support
Arte et Marte
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
You're blaming Kent's top journal Reg but they are simply reaching out for replies to boost their advertising revenue. To my mind the blame lies with many life long Dovorians that continually moan about anything and everything about their surroundings, most of whom have done little or nothing to contribute to life here. People like me from outside enjoy the relaxed way of life, mostly friendly people, the proximity to the great countryside, the seafront , a selection of delightful towns and villages close by and a very low crime rate. We have enough shops for a town of our size, admittedly one might have to travel afar to get enough in for a candlelight soiree though.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
The writer of post 16 needs to think again on what he wrote.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,206
Agreed Howard many people I grew up with continually moan about the town, without any real understanding of it's problems, but plenty more are proud of it's historic importance, proud to live here and want to see it getting back to it's best.
Those who moan the loudest tend to get heard over the rest.
For a child growing up there's not much more you could want.
Arte et Marte
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,206
You have my wife can I have her back
Arte et Marte