Slough: the vibe
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The verdict
Wary · 35Commenters mostly mock Slough's architecture and decline, with some locals defending it as no worse than many UK towns. Few say they'd want to live there.
- local defenders
- shops on high street and Farnham Road
- proximity to London
- park nostalgia
- decent amenities for a town
- ugly concrete and chain architecture
- derelict buildings
- lack of trees and greenery
- council financial trouble
- decline since the 1980s
- Slough is not much worse than many English towns
- Regeneration and tree-lined streets would help a lot
- Old buildings were better than the current replacements
- The Office reputation sticks and still shapes perceptions
- Locals feel the town gets an unfairly bad reputation
Read from 7 videos, 30 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
Is Slough still miserable, 24 years after The Office?
Chris Spargo · 495K views · 2025
What viewers said
“Great video! I think I may have found the missing location at 1:09! The intersection in the background appears to be Farnham Road (A355) at Buckingham Ave (51.520148, -0.615135). The sign is gone as of at least 2008 (oldest street view imag”
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“"Shiney new modern hellscape" really sums that up!”
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“The old concrete buildings weren't the prettiest in the world or anything but, damn, they were a lot better than a fuckin' carpark”
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“It's hard to get past the name. Even something called "The Heart of Slough" sounds like a fantasy novel about killing a dragon with clinical depression.”
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“The Office (UK) would still be filmed in Slough because its shows a modern dreary workplace. The Costa is the finishing touch”
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“Somehow, a Costa & Premier Inn is much more depressing than the previous buildings. Dull & dreary really encapsulated the spirit of Slough.”
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“God, i think it is somehow even worse?”
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“In the 1980s, the meme was that job adverts never mentioned Slough by name; they always cited "a desirable Thames Valley location".”
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“Honestly the old Slough would have had a charm to it now if they kept it, shame nobody just thought of power washing and painting it in some simple aesthetically pleasing colours. People don't like looking at bare concrete”
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“Is it me or does the old roundabout look so much better than the new crossroads?”
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Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-08; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.