There was a discussion on the radio this morning, it featured a chap who had come over on a visit from the USA and he said that Nottingham was a really friendly place to be, he asked for directions and was helped, it is something he said you would never do in the States because you wouldn't want folk to know you didn't know the area because it was too dangerous.

 

I find that the further south you go and particularly in the London area the people are just not friendly at all, especially when driving, there is no courtesy of letting someone into a stream of traffic it's every man for himself, I do find that in this area people in general are more courteous and strangers will sometimes talk to you and smile. There are of course exceptions to the rule, younger people I find are less courteous than older people.

 

What do you think? Is Nottingham a friendly place?

I'm a younger 😊I think I'm very friendly indeed except to Mansfield town fans despise them except for Dan our club photographer but serious Nottingham is friendly everyone is polite only few idiots in the pub who are blocking the bar sometimes need a shove

I'm a younger I think I'm very friendly indeed except to Mansfield town fans despise them except for Dan our club photographer but serious Nottingham is friendly everyone is polite only few idiots in the pub who are blocking the bar sometimes need a shove

 

 

Sorry, of course I shouldn't label all young people the same, there are some very rude older people too but obviously I'm not one of them. :angel:

yea I see them in Aldi pushing us out the way with there trolleys at 100mph to reach the milk

I'd go along with that, it's definitely true the further north you go the friendlier people are. Certainly down here you'd think you were in London - dont speak on a bus, dont ask for directions, dont make eye contact. Certainly not like that in Nottingham in my experience. In fact I remember the first tme I went to Swindon Town I was stood in the town centre looking confused, and it was actually a chap in a Forest jacket who had the decency to help me out!

My nephew & his parents came up from from Kingston upon Thames last year for a week. Nephew Alex is only 21 & is a student  somewhere in London, he was truly tripped out at how friendly Nottm. folk are.

I think people are less open to communicating with strangers, though this doesn't mean they're rude or unfriendly.

That said, I do find most random people I come in contact with to be unfriendly. Examples would be shopping (any kind) there's always people who only care about themselves - I don't know. I find people in Derby to be worse - When I have been to Birmingham and Leicester I found the locals to be very warm but places like Newark and other areas of Nottinghamshire can feel a bit unpleasant.

It's weird.

Theres always both types of people everywhere. Certain types of places arn't friendly, usually busy areas where people are also in a rush. I didn't like birmingham for how busy it was, but the people were friendly enough.

I'm not sure i agree on Nottingham being very friendly, but its much better than derby.

People of all ages can be friendly and others not, there doesn't seem to be a big difference in most areas of Nottingham, but i would say people around 40-50 seem to be the rudest around my area. Theres not many friendly parents at my sons school, but theres more friendly people at my daughters school.

 

As for Nottingham in general, i think it depends on the time of day, to if people are friendly or not. Alot are quite pushy and impatient after school hours.

On a recent holiday we found Yorkshire people incredibly friendly. I think it can be a case of how you treat people, if you are friendly with them they will be the same with you.

Now France is not noted for being particularly friendly but we have found just the opposite.

 

When our kids were small we went on a static caravan holiday to France, we couldn't speak the language very well in those days and we lost the keys to the van, it was with a bit of trepidation that we went to reception of the campsite to report that we had lost the keys and couldn't get in the van. We needn't have worried the site owner sent his son off on a bike to get a spare set of keys and then invited us into his home and we ended up drinking wine and eating cheese and getting quite tipsy as he was keen for us to taste all his favourite wine.

 

The son returned later with some more keys and they wouldn't take any money for the new set.

As Grannypie has said before to me, you used to be able to leave your doors open when you went out, when she was little, but nowadays.. people tend to lock them even when they are in the house. Times change. We certainly aren't one of the worst cities for unfriendly people though.

When I have visited the city over the years the friendliness has lessoned but it has everywhere, as a general rule I always always find the older 65+ generation to be the most ignorant arrogant people anywhere within our shores.

When I have visited the city over the years the friendliness has lessoned but it has everywhere, as a general rule I always always find the older 65+ generation to be the most ignorant arrogant people anywhere within our shores.

I'll let you know in a couple of years @[member="Northants Pie"]

Can't think of any examples off the top of my head in terms of unfriendliness in Notts, people are generally polite here.

I'll let you know in a couple of years @[member="Northants Pie"]

Where I live it has always been one of the most friendly places you could come across until the mass influx of londoners & foreign nationals over the last 7 years, there complete ignorance and arrogance has changed the face of our community for the worse and unfortunately it will never come back