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Zara Pereira

38 reasons Cardiff is the worst place you could ever live

Its hard to narrow down just 38 reasons why Cardiff is such a horrible, boring and waste of a city.

There are no green spaces, unique shops, history or delicious food here. It really isn't a place worth even mentioning or writing a article about, but here are just 3 things which make this city so incredibly awful. I'd stick to Swansea if I were you.

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1) It cost billions to transform Cardiff Bay - and it still looks awful

Cardiff Bay (Matthew Horwood)

2) It looks even worse at night

Mermaid Quay at night (South Wales Echo)

3) The city centre isn't much livelier either

St Mary's Street (Mark Lewis)

4) There are barely any unique shops there

Morgan Arcade (WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

5) The food is even more bland

Smoke Burger at Spit & Sawdust (Ed Gilbert)

6) Seriously, there's barely any choice

Don Don Yatai in Ely (WalesOnline)

7) If you like independent Welsh food, you won't like Cardiff

The Potted Pig on High Street (Media Wales Ltd.)

8) It's full of grey, boring buildings

The exterior of the Senedd is created with steel, wood and glass. (Getty Images)

9) None of them have character at all

Castell Coch in Tongwynlais (Matthew Horwood)

10) There's no colour to this concrete wasteland at all

Street art on Millennium Walkway (South Wales Echo)

11) There's hardly any green space

Roath Park's clock tower (WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

12) Like literally none

Cefn Onn Park (South Wales Echo)

13) Where can I go for a picnic in this urban dump?

Taff Trail (Richard Swingler)

11) It's hard getting around with a bike in this anti-cycling city

Wellfield Road's cycle lane (WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

14) Not that you would need to leave your house as there's never anything going on

Race For Life (Mark Lewis)

15) There are barely any festivals or music events happening here

The sunset over Cardiff Bay Barrage at the first day of a host of music events (Media Wales)

16) The nightlife is awful

Coyote Ugly bar, St Mary's Street (Wales News Service)

17) It's just your bog-standard boring bars

The new retro arcade gaming bar, NQ64 at St Mary's Street (WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

18) And there's barely any choice

Mill Lane (Richard Williams/WalesOnline)

19) It's an absolute ghost town when there is sport on.

Wales football fans (Mark Lewis)

20) It's even more quiet when the rugby is on

You can hear a pin drop on the streets when the rugby is on (Mark Lewis)

21) There's no point watching it at the horrible, tiny stadium we have anyway

22) There is no history anywhere in Cardiff

Cardiff Castle is in the city centre (Getty)

23) There is honestly no where to learn about Welsh history at all here

St Fagans National History Museum (South Wales Echo)

24) It's almost like Cardiff is trying to hide it all!

The new Betty Campbell statue, Wales' first black headteacher, in Central Square (WalesOnline/ Rob Browne)

25) The people of Cardiff are Scrooges when it comes to Christmas

You wouldn't be able to tell if it was Christmas in Cardiff (Western Mail & Echo)

26) There's nothing festive to ever do

Cardiff Winter Wonderland's ice rink (Richard Swingler)

27) No one here bothers to celebrate anything

Halloween decorations at a house in Llandaff (PA)

28) People here are so boring

(Richard Swingler)

29) Just like their city

(PA)

30) The streets match the city's dullness

Elm Street in Adamsdown (WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

31) No celebrities dare step a foot here

Tom Hardy spotted in Cardiff (Media Wales)

32) Probably because there's no opportunities here for filming

Film set for Netflix film, Havoc (WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

33) Even the Royal Family ignore this part of the UK

(Gareth Everett/Huw Evans Agency/Senedd Cymru)

34) When it comes to singing, dancing and acting - it's even worse

Wales Millennium Centre (Mark Lewis)

35) The arena is rubbish for concerts, you may as well watch Youtube in bed

Stereophonics at the Motorpoint Arena (WireImage)

36) There is no where to relax in Cardiff

Victoria Park (Western Mail)

37) Avoid this city where there is absolutely nothing to see

Dippy the Diplodocus dinosaur at the National Museum Cardiff (Richard Williams/WalesOnline)

38) With even less to do

Cardiff White Water rafting centre, Cardiff Bay (Mirrorpix)

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