Crap Towns

[5] In June 2012, the editors announced that they were gathering nominations for a third edition of Crap Towns (published 2013).

"[citation needed] Some thought the selection process and/or subsequent portrayals to be inherently biased, "random", subjective, inconsistent and/or unscientific.

[8] The editors of the book wrote to "local worthies"[9] in each of the nominated towns to gain their responses and views.

[10] Conversely, some former residents have tended to agree with the assessments, such as Sarfraz Manzoor, writing about Luton in The Guardian (2006).

[11] However, Manzoor also concluded that there was "of course, an unmistakable air of snobbery around the people behind such a book; the stench of rich kids having fun at the expense of those less able to afford to be professionally idle" and added that "rather than sneering at towns such as Luton, we should be applauding the contribution that crap towns have made to all our lives."