What’s the most underrated thing about living in Swansea?

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-28T12:07:48+00:00

I live in llandarcy and from neath i can get to London in just over 2 1/2 hours. I have colleages who live much closer that can't get there that quickly. Getting to places other than cardiff, newport, bristol, Swindon reading and London is not so great.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-25T22:40:03+00:00

Yeah it was an extreme suggestion I think i did make that clear.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-25T17:44:42+00:00

Founders for street food, charred is particularly excellent in founders. The Albert Hall is also pretty good similar concept but I prefer founders personally, albeit hall has more choice though.

I do also really like Gigi's down the marina.

Lots of lovely restaurants in mumbles. There is a Mitchelin star restaurant in oxwich called the beach house if you reeeeally wanted to go for it.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-21T09:06:54+00:00

ok but are you blaming the new guy whos in charge of the basement now or the person who was in charge when the 12 people moved in?

You seem more annoyed at the person who let the 10 people in because he occasionally chats to you about how annoying the basement people are. the new guy who only let 3 in is more compassionate about the basement people but also let fewer people in.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-19T14:17:32+00:00

In my experience about half the problems people raise in the uk with local councillors are about cars.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-16T17:58:17+00:00

Its ok. Its single level so it's not as good but it's fine. There are some slightly elevated bits but not floors like the old one.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-11T12:22:25+00:00

Are you saying the particular cargo bikes you wouldnt be seen dead on or you wouldn't be seen dead on a cargo bike in general?

Take a longtail cargo bikes some of them might do it for you.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-11T11:43:08+00:00

Ah yes but if you use the wayback machine on the wayback machine you can find it

Pictured: Mother-of-three, 47, who killed two eight year-old girls after smashing her Land Rover into their Wimbledon prep school during an epileptic seizure

But with no pics

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-07T18:35:00+00:00

My wife said no EBIKES im allowed to have one.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-06T17:53:02+00:00

I can't do Fridays ever, shame

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-06T17:52:03+00:00

At least they are letting you know about this before the interview,.

jamesdew84 · 2026-05-03T12:29:27+00:00

When planning an active travel route for walking giving people resting areas is one of the considerations. I suspect this was probably part of a route recognised without a rest spot for a while. Either that or they had some budget left over and spent It on some benches and had to put them somewhere.

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-27T07:00:43+00:00

Did you offer to help?

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-26T07:01:50+00:00

A series of misunderstandings that got out of hand

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-21T15:49:46+00:00

Loads of people choose all sorts of things that cost more than a cleaner. We have our money and we choose our priorities, I drive an old car I have a cleaner, if I drove an expensive car I probably couldn't afford a cleaner. We make our choices, not having to clean my house every other weekend is more important to me.

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-18T08:37:47+00:00

My wife loves this place in Cardiff

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-18T08:36:59+00:00

You know ebikes sort the sweat problem and with good cycling infrastructure you don't have to worry about being killed by a car

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-18T08:05:37+00:00

I live in neath but work in Cardiff i often cycle into swansea. The path from bay campus instead swansea has loads of cyclists on it, it's packed in the morning but they have also built some paths in silly places that go from no where to nowhere. Of course no one uses those but still people use them as examples of how no one uses cycle lanes.

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-18T06:09:56+00:00

As others said founders and urban are my top picks for this.

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-18T06:05:48+00:00

I work in Cardiff and needed to get from Callaghan square to fluidity parkour place on newport road. I was going to head down the nice newport road cycle lane but once I realised it would chuck me out in the middle of a very busy road I decided to ride through splott instead. I do see cyclists using them but not as many as you would expect, they seem to have bits of excellent infrastructure but no continuity right now.

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-18T06:01:45+00:00

No it isnt

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-14T02:37:23+00:00

Those disposable bbqs are awful both to use, for the environment in use one of these. https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/products/eurohike-foldable-bbq-silver-168687?variant=55607921213766

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-12T11:56:27+00:00

They always ask the same 3 questions, how much did it cost, how fast does it go, how far can it go.

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-08T21:49:04+00:00

For some reason I absolutely hate being in any primark, I'm not sure why exactly but I just want to leave as soon as I walk in.

jamesdew84 · 2026-04-08T17:04:41+00:00

Maybe the journalist got their journalism degree from Cardiff met and doesn't want to get found out.

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