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Vibrancy and excitement.

Watching some tedious travelogue on TV recently, I was struck that every place mentioned was described as being both "vibrant" and "exciting" Some were even "one of the most exciting, vibrant places in " (add country, continent of your choice). Much excited and vibrated (well... bored), I tried Googling for British towns/cities which lack these mysterious qualites. I had to type in some fairly ludicrous candidates before I found any. Indeed, I seem to have spent most of my life surrounded by a degree excitement and vibrancy that I scarcely imagined.
A crate of cyber champagne to anyone who can find a reasonably-sized British urban centre which isn't claimed on the Internet to be both vibrant and exciting.

Phil C.
  

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At 15:12:05 on Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Phil C. [/nq] Well, I'm sorry to say I just googled for -vibrant -exciting (UK only) and came up with 173,000 hits, whereas +(vibrant OR exciting) produced only 17,300 (sometimes I wonder where Google gets its own figures). Population 2001 92,177.

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  • At 15:12:05 on Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Phil C.
  • [/nq] Well, I'm sorry to say I just googled for -vibrant -exciting (UK only) and came up with 173,000 hits, whereas +(vibrant OR exciting) produced only 17,300 (sometimes I wonder where Google gets its own figures).
  • Population 2001 92,177.
  • Molly Mockford I think I've been too long on my own, but the little green goblin that lives under the sink says I'm OK - and he's never wrong, so I must be!
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At 15:12:05 on Fri, 22 Oct 2004, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]A crate of cyber champagne to anyone who can find a reasonably-sized British urban centre which isn't claimed on the Internet to be both vibrant and exciting.[/nq]
Well, I'm sorry to say I just googled for -vibrant -exciting (UK only) and came up with 173,000 hits, whereas +(vibrant OR exciting) prod
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[nq:1]A crate of cyber champagne to anyone who can find a reasonably-sized British urban centre which isn't claimed on the Internet to be both vibrant and exciting.[/nq]
"Birmingham: It's not ***"
http://www.jonbounds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jon/brum/brum.php

Giles.
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[nq:2]A crate of cyber champagne to anyone who can find ... claimed on the Internet to be both vibrant and exciting.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Birmingham: It's not ***" http://www.jonbounds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jon/brum/brum.php[/nq]
Indeed. How can it be *** when (among many)-
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[nq:2]A crate of cyber champagne to anyone who can find ... claimed on the Internet to be both vibrant and exciting.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I'm sorry to say I just googled for -vibrant -exciting (UK only) and came up with 173,000 hits, whereas +(vibrant OR exciting) produced only 17,300 (sometimes I wonder where Google gets its own figures). Population 2001 92,177.[/nq]
In terms of web-page co
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At 14:09:37 on Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]"1.7 We believe that rural East Sussex can be a vibrant, balanced and sustainable society where local people have reason ... and excitement. I didn't realise there were lead mines in East Sussex, by the way, but you live and learn.[/nq]
It can get a bit heavy, I must admit.

Molly Mockford
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At 14:09:04 on Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Phil C. (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]Indeed. How can it be *** when (among many)- http://www.aston.ac.uk/birmingham/ - tells us that "The Aston University Campus is in the centre of the exciting and vibrant city of Birmingham"[/nq]
Phil, are you quite sure tha
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[nq:1]Indeed. How can it be *** when (among many)- http://www.aston.ac.uk/birmingham/ - tells us that "The Aston University Campus is in the centre of the exciting and vibrant city of Birmingham"[/nq]
Curses. Foiled again.
Giles.
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[nq:2]Indeed. How can it be *** when (among many)- http://www.aston.ac.uk/birmingham/ ... the centre of the exciting and vibrant city of Birmingham"[/nq]
[nq:1]Phil, are you quite sure that you have enough to do this weekend?[/nq]
Prob'ly not. I do find the language of travelogues/PR companies etc fascinating.
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[nq:2]A crate of cyber champagne to anyone who can find ... claimed on the Internet to be both vibrant and exciting.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, I'm sorry to say I just googled for -vibrant -exciting (UK only) and came up with 173,000 hits, whereas +(vibrant OR exciting) produced only 17,300 (sometimes I wonder where Google gets its own figures). Population 2001 92,177.[/nq]
"falkirk ", 504 hits.
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At 20:07:00 on Sun, 24 Oct 2004, bogus address (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:2]Well, I'm sorry to say I just googled for ... wonder where Google gets its own figures). Population 2001 92,177.[/nq]
[nq:1]"falkirk ", 504 hits. My ***.[/nq]
Literal LOL. I don't know if you've ever been to Lewes, Jack, but I've been to Falkirk - and I would say that the proportions of hit
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