allan tracy wrote:

Well if (big if) you can ignore the fact that the whole place looks as
if it was planned by some Eastern European Communist Government then
actually it's not a bad place to live.

First time I ever stepped out of MK Central I thought the whole big
"Bahnhofsvorplatz" affair with a clock as the centrepiece (which rarely
shows the correct time, but hey) and bus services right by the station
felt very German. That many German cities and MK have both been
(re-)built since the war is probably relevant.

If you stay out of the "straight roads" areas, most of the rest of it
looks like a giant Barratt's housing estate, really, IOW extremely
practical but lacking in the character of an older town - but there are
some completely unspoilt old villages hidden among all the newness, and
they are real gems as the grid system takes away all their traffic,
giving them the feel of many years ago but the amenities of a large
town nearby.

When I first moved there I really didn't like the place, but it has
grown on me a lot.

Neil