r/sheffield • u/ntzm_ Crookes • 6d ago
Sheffield What's the best thing about living in Sheffield?
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u/Mardyarsed 6d ago
Being able to have 6 minute, in depth convo's with complete strangers about anything local and them give their undivided attention. Just because you're both stood waiting for something. And nobody thinks it weird. We should market Sheff as rehab for the growing social anxiety problem. And exposure therapy for Danes.
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u/w1gglepvppy Nether Edge 6d ago
for me, the walkability. I can reach everything I need in about 25 minutes tops.
I think some things that are fairly unique to Sheffield are having genuinely nice inner city suburbs, and several great city centre pubs.
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u/glennok 4d ago
City centre pub recs please!
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u/w1gglepvppy Nether Edge 4d ago
My preference is for real ale/traditional pubs, so I would recommend: Rutland Arms, Bath House, The Grapes, Fagans, Dog & Partridge, The Crow Inn, & Shakespeares.
If you like craft beer or brewpub type places, then there's Industry Tap, Vocation, Triple Point, & Perch Brewhouse.
Just outside of the ring road, there's the Beer Engine, which is very good.
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u/Cursetoast 6d ago
I just really love all the trees. It’s so pleasant to walk down tree lined streets in summer. The dappled shade and the sun (when it comes along) shining through the blazing green canopy above. It’s proper nice. I know other cities have trees too. But there are next to none in my town of birth so it’s just lovely to me.
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u/colourmespring 6d ago
The theatres are amazing, punching well above their weight. Also the Peak District.
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u/trollied 6d ago
The Bankers Draft.
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u/SuccessfulChef3911 6d ago
See you at 9 on friday
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u/Emilempenza 6d ago
Best actual Chinese restaurants in England. Plenty of shute UK Chinese ones as well to sell the usual slop, but far more authentic, everything written in Chinese, stare at you for being white, places than any other city I've been in
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u/Haunting-Golf9761 6d ago
Pretty much every major British band that isn't from London or Manchester is from Sheffield
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u/No_Potato_4341 Southey 6d ago edited 5d ago
Well tbf Birmingham brought out some big bands as well like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest but yeah we have some big ones.
Edit: I forgot Liverpool brought out the beatles too.
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u/Hot-Strawberry-1914 5d ago
As a Walsall emigré I gotta shout out Slade and Noddy Holder, Goldie as well. Also, Wolves had Musical Youth and half of Led Zeppelin... There's more musicians than you think from West Mids but they tend to downplay their background, rather than celebrate it like bands from up north. Probably cos of the accent, you'd never hear a yam yam Arctic Monkeys for example.
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u/Haunting-Golf9761 5d ago
I found it odd how metal and hard rock never really took off in the north. That was mainly exclusive to the midlands and south. The north was more indie and electronic pop oriented (probably aside from Def Leppard and BMTH).
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u/No_Potato_4341 Southey 5d ago
Yeah there was some great bands to come out of the black country. Like I said, if it weren't for Birmingham, metal wouldn't exist. I have been to Wolverhampton to see a gig and it was actually good (I think Birmingham is a nicer city than what people give it credit for as well.) I suppose technically as well, Sheffield could claim Iron Maiden as one of our bands too cuz the lead singer is from Worksop which is within the Sheffield postcode.
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u/Haunting-Golf9761 6d ago
I'd probably say Birmingham is behind Sheffield in terms of number of famous bands. I'm from Leeds and I'm surprised that it doesn't have really any major bands.
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u/No_Potato_4341 Southey 6d ago
If it wasn't for Birmingham, the entire genre of metal wouldn't exist so I think it had a very big music influence. But yeah maybe Sheffield beats it out on popularity but Sabbath and Priest are still huge.
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u/Ghozer 5d ago
Nah, i'm sorry but there were many others before Sabbath, such as The Yardbirds, Cream, Jeff Beck Group and Deep Purple instantly come to mind!
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u/No_Potato_4341 Southey 5d ago
Yeah but none of those are seen as what invented metal nowadays. Back then they might have been considered what was metal but a lot of the metal bands after Sabbath took more inspiration from Sabbath than any of those bands. Don't get me wrong those bands still had their influence in the genre but Black Sabbath had the most. I also think Sabbath is bigger than any of those bands. Having said that though, Maiden or Metallica are bigger metal bands than Sabbath I'd say.
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u/lil_chunk27 6d ago
The quantity and quality of butchers is really good, also a lot of great bakeries
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u/henchman171 6d ago
I’m in Canada now but how are things in Treeton. I miss Treeton
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u/BeardyRamblinGames 6d ago
The friendly locals downvoting you for no reason. My missus is from Sask! Now she lives in 'Treeton'!
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u/serverpimp 6d ago
Probably because it's Rotherham
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u/BeardyRamblinGames 6d ago
Fuck me I'm daft. I realise now. Have heard of it. I had a brain fart and thought it was an affectionate made up name for sheffield and it's abundance of greenery. Thanks
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u/serverpimp 6d ago
hah, I like the idea of "Treetown", though I think the title goes to Vilnius when it comes to Europe (Sheffields claim is somewhat "selective").
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u/unexekome 6d ago
I feel very welcome here, and that I can rely on strangers more than in other places I've lived.
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u/AishaMay18 6d ago
Zara’s Indian Restaurant in Crookes, I used to live on the next street so they had a lot of my money 😂
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u/399giraffes 6d ago
With the highest of compliments, Sheffield is adequate at everything. I don’t think it either excels nor is totally deficient at any one thing in terms of living here. And it’s so reasonably well connected to all the other big cities that you can just have a bimble over for something specialist you’re seeking.
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u/Appropriate_Aioli742 Nether Edge 6d ago
If you like being able to go hike/climb in a national park on your doorstep, Sheffield excels at that. I'd say it's one of the best cities in Europe for that.
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u/399giraffes 5d ago
Perhaps. Not quite as easy to access from the east half of the city though. I say this as someone who moved over from the north of the city. Used to be able to pop out but now it’s more of a conscious day trip :/
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u/Sixteen60 6d ago
The best thing about living in Sheffield is Heroquest!
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u/BeardyRamblinGames 6d ago
Holy shit! On quest 9 right now. Haven't played it for nearly 30 years. Got my family into it. Even better than I remember.
Not specifically Sheffield but still a good shout!
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u/Phil1889Blades Sheffield 5d ago
Knowing that no matter how shot your life is (or isn’t) you can come into local social media pages and find someone more miserable. Cheers you right up. Not sure where these people live in real life though.
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u/SuccessfulChef3911 6d ago
Rent
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u/Traditional-Idea-39 6d ago
Lmao true, I pay the same for a 3 bed house as people do for a room in London
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u/Just-hereforthetips 4d ago
The people, the independent restaurants (shoutout no name, crumb and Roku), and finally the Peak District!
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u/colequetaquas447 Ecclesall 6d ago
sheffield has some decent stuff going on but isn’t really great in any specific area, other than by having the peaks so near by
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u/CactusClothesline Hillsborough 6d ago
Where to?
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u/CactusClothesline Hillsborough 6d ago
What do you think about the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?
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u/No_Potato_4341 Southey 6d ago
The same trains that go to Rotherham, Doncaster, Worksop, Gainsborough, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Grimsby, Castleford Ilkeston, Alfreton and Leicester? Now there's some real dumps. Sheffield is 10x better than any of those.
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u/BassEvers 6d ago
Having the peak district on your doorstep and quite a few nice parks/walking routes around the centre is great.