Hi all,

Is anyone a student at Hull uni? im in the middle of applying for a PhD there, and i was just wandering what the city of Hull is like. is there much of a music seen there (e.g. open mic nights etc...)?

I have been to Hull, and I can't say its the nicest place in the world, and it was voted either 1st or 2nd (can't remember now) worst place in britain to live.

Saying that, each time I have been there it seems to get better. The council ae obviously tidying the place up, and the city centre looks ok.

I used to live in Nottingham (which was 1st or 2nd in the worst place thing i mentioned before), and Nottingham wasn't that bad, it was a really good night out, just a little rough. So Hull can't be that bad

DanB- I know you are new to Nottingham, so I'll warn you now, stay away from st anns, radford, hyson green and if possible the meadows. The trouble in nottingham is indeed contained in these areas (in fact the only really nice area in nottingham is west bridgford). The north part of the city is very rough, and the shootings and drug busts are always in these areas. I'm assuming that you live in Beeston or lenton since you are at Nottingham Uni?

I used to live in Castle Marina, which is quite near lenton

The north sounds lovely! ta

I would agree that Hull is certainly safer than Nottingham.

I lived in Nottingham for 4 years, and it was a warzone in some parts. There is so much gun crime in Nottingham it makes Iraq look safe sometimes

Nigeria rocks!

Cheers Unibabe!