29 reasons everyone hates the Valleys

1. It's incredibly ugly

Cyfarthfa Castle (Crown Copyright/Visit Wales)

2. Seriously, it's horrible

Cefn Coed Viaduct (Dean Merry)

3. In winter it's even worse

Ponsticill Reservoir (Barrie McConnell)

4. Don't ever come here in winter

Looking down on Treorchy (Richard Swingler)

5. The towns are famous for being hideous

The Old Bridge, Pontypridd (Arfonfab/Flickr)

6. So are the parks

Ynysangharad Park (Rhys Griffiths)

7. It's just a bunch of boring terraced houses

Stanleytown Farm and the spur of the Rhondda (Wayne Carter)

8. Which all look the same

Tylorstown (Alamy)

9. And are all crammed together

Dare Valley Country Park (Gill Jones)

10. Sunsets are rubbish

The Bwlch (Dean Merry)

11. So are the views

The view from the top of the Bwlch (Dean Merry)

12. Nothing interesting ever happens

The Milky Way over Tonypandy (Keith Jones)

13. Nothing at all

The Northern Lights above the Rhigos (Allan Trow)

14. There's nowhere to eat

The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd (Bunch of Grapes)

15. Nothing to see

The Penallta Pit Pony (Phil Matthews)

16. And nothing to do

Bike Park Wales (Andy Lloyd)

17. So you'll probably die of boredom

Fireworks above Cyfarthfa Park (Richard Jones MLA Photography)

18. There's no history

Rhondda Heritage Park (Mark Pont)

19. It's not like anything important ever happened here

(Jonathan Davies/Flickr)

20. There are no hidden gems to discover

Heritage Cottage, Cwmdare, which dates back to 1854 (Cadw/Crown Copyright)

21. It's just loads of boring streets

The Virgin Mary statue at Penrhys (Creative Commons)

22. Which make up one big concrete jungle

Ynyshir (Dean Merry)

23. And there's no escape from it all

Glyncorrwg (Rosane Miller)

24. Honestly, it's a nightmare

The Pontypridd Monument (Dean Merry)

25. Everything is really stressful all the time

The Brecon Beacons as seen from the Rhigos (Susan Williams)

26. All the important buildings have been allowed to rot

Redhouse Cymru, Merthyr (Robin Drayton/Creative Commons)

27. And there's no culture left

The Parc and Dare Theatre in Treorchy (Mirrorpix)

28. No, there's nothing good about the Valleys at all

Cwmparc (Ian Price)

29. It's just not for you

The view from the head of the Rhondda (Ryan/Creative Commons)