North Essex seems to be a bit more “rural” and mellower but even then I’ve been warned off going out in Colchester as its full of “squaddies (probably suffering mental illness because of what they experienced in the war) and cokeheads on steroids” (which hardly surprises me)
the thing is i have never really lived any where other then essex and london .. so can’t really compare it to other places .. london is comleatly diferante to essex alltho you still get alot of shady chars .. then tend to be not of the “wide” boy type and more shady in london … but i tell you when i moved to toque briefly .. i didn’t see any of that crap gonig on .. but i was only there for a month or so .. i prefered it by miles tho to london or essex .. so its no onder every one want to leave essex .. i for one do:bounce_fl