Certain people, who shall remain nameless, have informed me that there are plenty of good things about Harpenden. So, I apologise, and in response to their request I am going to include some of the things I really like about Harpenden, rather than only the silly pretentious stuff i talked about last time.
So, Harpenden is actually quite nice. It is a pretty town (though i refer to it as a village) with lots of trees. It is about a 30minute train journey from central london, which is why lots of commuters live there. Driving to town is not advisable in the morning as there are several bottle necks on both sides due to the station, and the three secondary schools all within about 10 minutes of each other. The schools, according to statistics (and the local parents) are pretty good. I went to Roundwood Park (clearly the best!) for 7 years, even though it was the furthest away from my house. The other two schools were nearer to me, one only 5 mins walk and the other about 10minutes. But Roundwood had the best uniform by far - none of this bottle green and tweed blaser nonsense! We wore black and grey....and red occasionally.
The people there are rather nice too I suppose. I have to say i prefer food shopping in Harpenden; everyone in Leeds seems to either plow at you with a trolley, stop in the middle of an aisle so no one else can move, or think they're out for a walk in the park and strol around so slowly you want to jump up and down behind them and scream.
There seems to be a general concensus that people are friendlier "up north". I personally don't agree; granted no one in London speaks to each other, even if you're strap hanging on the tube and squashed into someone elses arm pit. At home its not too bad, though granted I do know a lot more people in Harpenden than I do in Leeds, which is possible why I haven't noticed the difference yet.
If you're still not convinced these links are to websites proving how nice Harpenden really is, so feel free to explore and tell if I'm wrong about anything else!
http://www.harpenden.gov.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpenden
http://www.harpendenvillage.com/
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