Im living in Nottingham, its not as bad as they say, but brace yourself :) I guess the areas you should avoid are St Anns, the Medows, Sneinton. Crytek is pretty centrally located so a good place to look at if you fancy central living is The Lace Market / Hockley area. Outside center, West Bridgeford and Willford Village…
Nottingham's not so bad. The city centre can feel a little rough on a Friday/Saturday night, but there are some great places to go out. Hockley/LAce MArket area is really nice (broadway cinema is great) and there a couple of gems elsewhere like the Malt Cross pub just off the square. There was a real surplus of apartment…
Nice places in Nottingham inlcude Beeston( fairly studenty), Sherwood, West Bridgford. Avoid St.Anns at all costs:0 I am actually moving up there myself shortly, London just became too dear of late. Rents in nottingham are pretty cheap. I used to rent a 3 bed house with a garden for about 550 pounds per month. Driving up…