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Nottingham has been named the eighth worst place to live in England on the website ilivehere.co.uk.

The city and the surrounding areas have come under attack for the people, the accents and the nightlife, among others, in posts written by ordinary members of the public.

The website, populated by mostly negative reviews of towns all over the country, counted up the number of reviews for each place, which resulted in the a list of the top 10 worst places to live in England.

Hull takes the top spot, while Middlesborough and Bradford take spots two and three.

Nottingham comes just above Stoke-on-Trent and Barking & Dagenham and its entry in the top 10 is accompanied by a quote from user Jaded Agoraphobic, who has written: "I’ve lived there all my life and I don’t think I’ve ever been into town, day or night, without seeing someone being attacked or harassed, or some dregs of society having it out in the street."

Further entries on the site reveal more criticisms of Nottingham.

One entry, entitled 'Nottingham...with special mention for Clifton' reads: "Well, I’ve been living in Nottingham for four months now and it is easily the least friendly, intolerant city I have ever had the displeasure of inhabiting.

"Most of the inhabitants are extremely intolerant of anyone coming from outside the area- which is weird when you consider that Nottingham considers itself a modern cosmopolitan city!

"The general species of people in the area is especially aggressive and I genuinely struggle to understand what they’re saying."

The poster adds: "Nottingham in general is actually alright but there exists a sewer rat minority that is bringing it down. Maybe it’s time that the authorities did something about this, until they take over."

A response to the article, from 'Grace', spoke in defence of the city: "I'm from Nottingham, I'm not a typical chav. Yes we aren't posh like people from London and all that but it's not a complete dump. It's not a crap place. We have a strong community. I don't see that there's a problem with our accent. We can all understand each other so that's alright. Aye?"

Another poster on the site, in an entry entitled 'Nottingham: A jaded resident's honest opinion', said: "Come on people, is anyone seriously gonna defend Notts? I’ve lived there all my life and I don’t think I’ve ever been into town, day or night, without seeing someone being attacked or harassed, or some dregs of society having it out in the street.

"The worst thing is that Notts has the capacity to be awesome. There are loads of great people there and so much creativity and uniqueness.

"It’s a hole, but not because of the city. Because of the people."

Other towns in Nottinghamshire including Mansfield, Worksop, Newark and Retford are also given similar treatment by users of the website.

What do you think of the entries on the site? Too harsh? Or fair enough? Let us know by leaving a comment below.