Milton Keynes is one of the UK's weirdest, and most controversial cities. Its grid layout and car-centric construction is often mocked, but is it all bad?
It certainly is a strange town compared to most of the UK. Reminds me of DC: lots of offices, but not many people on the streets where those offices are.
Good video. I lived in MK for 6 years. I enjoyed my time there, but you are right to describe it as artificial (the football club being an example of this). Functional is another word I would use. Fine if you live there for a few years for work as you progress in your career or whatever, but something about MK makes it hard for new residents to adopt any loyalty or sense of pride in the place. It's like a motorway service station of a town - convenient at a certain point in your life, but when you leave the overriding emotion is 'meh'. My other main takeaway from MK is how different its suburbs or 'estates' are. There can't be many places in the UK outside of London where the gulf between the affluent and downtrodden areas is so stark. The centre of MK has also become horribly grim IMO. Grey, soulless, and yes, the high street is a big grey building.
