Great Yarmouth, Burnley and Middlesbrough are all in the top 10 percentile

for deprivation in England.

To suggest that someone making this comparison is an idiot is weird.

Posted By: norwaay on August 29th 2026 at 10:24:52

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City 3 Place like Middlesborough which isn't Middlesborough 1 (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 07:38:48
- So bad you posted it twice (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Aug 29, 08:43:14
  - Like New York or Lualua (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 09:30:34
  - I still don’t understand it either (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 29, 09:05:43
    - VMT 👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Aug 29, 09:31:51
    - everybody else understands it (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 09:22:09
      - Oh ok, I get it now. Not going to get involved in the discussion though. (n/m) (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Aug 29, 10:43:40
      - Residents of Yarmouth, Lowestoft and surrounding areas (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Aug 29, 09:31:15
        
        Just leave off the title of that post (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 10:25:11
        
        Watching some of the news about Boro in recent days (NCFC) - jamesward, Aug 29, 10:58:35
        
        The news from around the UK these days seems unrelentingly awful (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 29, 11:30:35
        
        White working classes are now the worst performers at GCSE (NCFC) - phrankin, Aug 29, 11:37:59
        
        On the bright side.... (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 29, 14:33:17
        
        They have been for some time (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 12:05:50
        
        I'm in Croatia atm, with family (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 29, 11:45:13
        
        Talk to any cabbie in the UK (NCFC) - phrankin, Aug 29, 12:07:43
        
        if you are implying that ... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 09:49:02
        
        Great Yarmouth, Burnley and Middlesbrough are all in the top 10 percentile (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:24:52
        
        i dont know how they measure something like that ..... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 10:36:00
        
        LOLF (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:39:37
        
        Twat (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 15:53:47
        
        ^^^VMT^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:37:23
        
        Some districts in Norwich are equally deprived (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 10:32:18
        
        I'm not talking about the absence of a 50" plasma TV. I mean genuine poverty (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:36:18
        
        It’s not a competition and comes in different forms (NCFC) - APB, Aug 29, 11:09:38
        
        👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:32:35
        
        You've clearly never been to Middlesborough if you think the two are comparable (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:28:32
        
        Nuance in posting has never been one of your strong points, has it bucks? (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:30:10
        
        Just stating facts. If you want to debate it I'm all ears (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 10:34:48
        
        I've provided statistic (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:41:59
        
        There are clear distinctions between the two areas (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 11:02:42
        
        Probably best you do, yes 👍 (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 11:06:47
        
        Hope you've had time to reflect. (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 18:50:46
        
        Sort it out Burnham (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Aug 29, 11:39:00
        
        I think he was just suggesting they’re shit holes (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 29, 09:58:23
        
        now i'm confused (yes i know easily done ) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Aug 29, 10:05:37
        
        All of them (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 29, 10:12:36
        
        Sadly, I think the basic circumstances of Middlesbrough (NCFC) - paulg, Aug 29, 10:15:00
        
        Agree (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Aug 29, 10:30:46
        
        Not really. Very different level of deprivation and lawlessness (n/m) (NCFC) - MonkeyPuzzle, Aug 29, 09:35:28

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