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In 2004, the Idler named Luton the United Kingdom's No. 1 "crap town".
It's even starting to seem like Morecambe's status as a Crap Town could be a thing of the past.
There is no shame in coming from a crap town; the real crime is to remain there.
But that might not give comfort to the aggrieved burghers of the latest "crap town" in the line of a satirist's fire.
The sprawling metropolis has snatched the much-coveted title from former heavywieght Hull, rated number one Crap Town in the UK for the last decade.
Adnan Shroufi (Darlington) stood up to Daniel Defoe, Wendy Keniwell (Castleford) took on her town's grander neighbour, and Gemma Seltzer (Luton) stood up for a Crap Town.
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Sam Jordison is the co-editor of Crap Towns.
Sam Jordison, with Dan Kieran, is the co-author of 'Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places to Live in the UK' and the sequel, 'Crap Towns II: The Nation Decides' (Boxtree) What's become of some of the other Crap Towns?
It sounds like a candidate for Crap Towns.
Click here or on 'view gallery' to see more images Sam Jordison and Dan Kieran will this week unleash Crap Towns Returns, a third enthusiastic compendium of Britain's worst towns as voted for by visitors to the pair's Crap Towns website.
When I revisited the subject this year, while writing Crap Towns Returns, the feedback I got about Hull was overwhelmingly positive.
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