Living In The UK Is Depressing, And Middlesbrough Is The Worst Place By Far!
I live in the UK, and at times it’s bloody depressing. It DOES rain all the time, we don’t seem to belong anywhere in the world, kind of being European, but not, having a friendship with America, but disagreeing fundamentally on some policies, crime is rising, immigration is continuing at a pace that our island is struggling with etc etc.
And it seems that I’m not the only one getting a bit down on the whole thing, as anti depression tablets are now being prescribed at a massive rate.
A News of the World study found that over 32 million anti depressant prescriptions are issued each year in Britain, which roughly translates to one every SECOND.
Middlesbrough, a town in the north east of England has it worse than anywhere else, with people fromt he area taking £7.58 worth of the drugs each per year.
The whole of the north east of England does badly, with neighbours Gateshead, Redcar, Cleveland, and Newcastle coming next on the list of the saddest places in the country.
At the other end of the scale is Newham in London, where residents spend just £1.83 a head. In fact, the top ten for each shws quite a clear trend towards a North South divide when it comes to being struck down by depression.
10 Saddest Areas:
1. Middlesbrough £7.58
2. Gateshead, Tyne & Wear £7.29
3. Redcar & Cleveland £7.11
4. Newcastle £7.04
5. Suffolk £6.90
6. North Tyneside £6.81
7. Heywood, Middleton, Rochdale £6.73
8=Blackpool £6.71
8=Hastings & Rother £6.71
10. Norfolk £6.64
10 Happiest Areas:
1. Newham, London £1.83
2. Brent, London £2.14
3. Heart of Birmingham £2.44
4. Lambeth, London £2.59
5. Southwark, London £2.64
6. Ealing, London £2.66
7. Wandsworth, London £2.68
8. Croydon, London £2.86
9. City and Hackney, London £2.91
10.Harrow, Middlesex £2.92
It’s not all bad here though. First we have the best music scene in the world, with bands that kick the arses of anyone from anywhere. Okay, some of them are druggies (Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty to name but 2) but the rest of them produce some of the best songs and albums ever made.
Then there is the television, which while maybe not as good as a couple of decades ago, still produces shows such as Dr. Who, The Office, and some others that I can’t think of right now.
I was then going to talk about the British film industry being great to, but it’s not so scrub that one.
Cheer up Britain, pray for some good weather, and keep reading Pop Buzz UK for the good news as well as the bad.
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