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08 Nov 2016, 11:59 am

Hello everyone

Don't worry, I don't mean to indulge myself in my lifelong obsession with a largely dull and uninteresting (at least to the general public!) west midlands city. What I am interested to know though, is this type of interest relatively uncommon?

I am in love with the name of the city, it's soccer side especially the period of 94-99 squad wise, the cathedral, the train station, the history surrounding the city and its
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Does anyone else have this specific type of obsession for a place?

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08 Nov 2016, 12:05 pm

York, for me.

I almost went to university in Coventry, and I did really like it to the point where I could have seen that becoming a similar obsession if I'd stayed a bit longer, but I only visited for a day and the 'mini obsession' quickly faded again.

To be fair, though, I've only been to York twice and only for two days each time, and the impact has been much stronger.



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08 Nov 2016, 12:10 pm

I like Coventry train station and cathedral, but I always found the city centre so depressing. Something about the overhanging post-war concrete buildings just got me down every time I went there... I haven't been there for a while though.

I haven't had a special interest in a place, but special interests can be anything! I can see why you could develop such an interest, after all there is so much you can learn and experience about cities :) .



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08 Nov 2016, 12:11 pm

Hey

Thanks for the reply! I actually live relatively near to York. It's a stunning place, so much history and soul. Haven't been for a while, but I really shod go back.

Coventry is a strange one, if I'm honest it has far less going for it than York and yet it consumes me!



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08 Nov 2016, 12:14 pm

racheypie666 wrote:
I like Coventry train station and cathedral, but I always found the city centre so depressing. Something about the overhanging post-war concrete buildings just got me down every time I went there... I haven't been there for a while though.

I haven't had a special interest in a place, but special interests can be anything! I can see why you could develop such an interest, after all there is so much you can learn and experience about cities :) .


I totally get what you mean about the concrete buildings, it has something of a Soviet cold war era feel about it. For me though it is all part of the charm.



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08 Nov 2016, 12:27 pm

WestHam83 wrote:
racheypie666 wrote:
I like Coventry train station and cathedral, but I always found the city centre so depressing. Something about the overhanging post-war concrete buildings just got me down every time I went there... I haven't been there for a while though.

I haven't had a special interest in a place, but special interests can be anything! I can see why you could develop such an interest, after all there is so much you can learn and experience about cities :) .


I totally get what you mean about the concrete buildings, it has something of a Soviet cold war era feel about it. For me though it is all part of the charm.


Haha, I was there in heavy snow one time and Soviet is exactly how I described it lol!

Coventry has a lot going for it, though, in terms of history, industry etc.



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08 Nov 2016, 12:45 pm

It's not the same intensity as you describe, but I do like to poke around Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, on Google maps and searches. It's my ancestral home. I'm in USA and will probably never visit the UK, yet I look for rents on self-catering cottages at different times of year.


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08 Nov 2016, 12:55 pm

BeaArthur wrote:
It's not the same intensity as you describe, but I do like to poke around Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, on Google maps and searches. It's my ancestral home. I'm in USA and will probably never visit the UK, yet I look for rents on self-catering cottages at different times of year.


I like your style! I do that with Coventry and compare hotel prices, locations and ratings. If I don't visit at least once a year I feel plain wrong. It's not many people's idea of a holiday destination, but hey how!

Funnily enough I have some ancestral ties to Utah and got quite obsessed with planning trips to Salt Lake although I doubt i'll ever get there.



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08 Nov 2016, 7:56 pm

ive been to coventry, pretty run down looking and a bit sketchy, but each to their own (whatever that means haha)


i like NYC alot haha, i love everything about it


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