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Considering my uni options. What wisdom does the heartland contingent have to offer regarding Leeds?
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Forget the Uni and come here for the drugs ;)

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The Department of Politics was cool. 8)

Great campus too.

And in case you're wondering, you can both get a degree and get stoned. :innocent: :lol:
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:lol:

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for me, leeds these days seems to be more geared towards the trendy "funky house" scene and the retro 70/80s NYC scene - most of the big club nights and most of the groovy bars seem to cater for these crowds, and even the shops seem heavily biased to a very specific type of customer

manchester is large enough to support these scenes, and still have a strong rock & alternative scene

leeds and manchester are both cool cities, its just that these days i'm favouring manchester as its larger and can thus support a more varied night life, and there's more going on generally ;)

depends on what course you're doing too. some unis have better reputations for certain courses.

but i'd deffo consider either leeds or manc...
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Just don't even go near Bradford !!! ;D
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Forget the University - come to the Poly down the road :D

It rules :wink:
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Qb has it right. If i didn't come from MCR, I'd have gone there to 'study'. As it was i came to Leeds, am still here, but MCR is where it's at. 8)
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markfiend wrote:Forget the Uni and come here for the drugs ;)

Worked for me.
ditto. "free yourself"
yeah do it. it is generally very pleasant, reasonable£ and the 'student life' is hard to beat as it has the highest number of students/head of population in the country and they all live in the same place!
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Planet Dave wrote:Qb has it right. If i didn't come from MCR, I'd have gone there to 'study'. As it was i came to Leeds, am still here, but MCR is where it's at. 8)
As a proud Yorkshire man living in Leeds (though I did live in Manchester for 10 years) I have to agree with Quiff & Planet. Manchester is a far better city than Leeds (Don't shoot me Norm... I still hate Man United!!!).

Was there this weekend just gone & I'd forgotten just how huge & varied it was. 8)

But, Leeds is still great so I'd recommend it. No idea about how good the Uni is though as I didn't go.
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King of Byblos wrote:and they all live in the same place!
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ahhh yes, headingly & hyde park... the horror, the horror!!! not to mention the stench ;) :lol:
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anything north of london is a small village and should be avoided
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Rafster wrote:anything north of london is a small village and should be avoided
Away and s**t man!
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Rafster wrote:anything north of london is a small village and should be avoided
If you were French you'd be a bloody arrogant Parisien and I'd hate you. :P
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You could always try Wolverhampton Uni.



I really have no idea why though.Apart from you could get pissed at Hex-in-the-city @The Giffard arms every Saturday night (9pm-2am upstairs) www.hexinthecity.co.uk which is now the West Midlands only weekly G*th night.
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Do NOT try Wolverhampton Uni, unless you're doing Deaf Studies (top university in the country wooooo!), War Studies, Creative Writing or something else that only has a dozen courses in the country. I did (because Leeds wouldn't let me in, bastards), and look what happened to me...
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Leeds University is in close proximity to the hardest-drinking Heartlanders this side of Hadrian's Wall. Get On In.
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Is York close enough?

Interview and Exams permitting, that'll be my base for the ensuing 5 years...
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Eight quid on the train, probably less for a coach. Time to get corrupting, boyo!
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York seems okay. Leeds seems appealling.

Either way, I'm not too fussed where I go, so long as it's [grim] up North.
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*nod* Keep it up here with the rest of us, lads. York is OK, but not astounding. It's redeeming factor is, as mentioned above, transport links to the heart of Heartland.
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<<<< blah, blahs passim -
I had to go to Dundee Art School (they did pure graphic design back then) my flat mate for all 4 years was from Armley.
He came up to Dundee because (he told me) he couldn't do Town Planning ({clap of thunder/beelzebub rises}) anywhere else on the island.
It was the late 70s.

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Purple Light wrote:Manchester is a far better city than Leeds (Don't shoot me Norm... I still hate Man United!!!).
No worries. We're all allowed an opinion - it's just that yours is wrong :wink:
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