A HARSH video has named Bracknell as one of the worst places to live in the south east.
The video, which has been viewed more than 1.6 million times since it was uploaded in March, features the town in harsh list – alongside the likes of High Wycombe, Dartford, Bury St Edmunds and Sittingbourne.
We don't think Bracknell should even feature on the list - and it looks like our readers disagree too.
We asked our readers what they thought about the town - is it really as bad as its critics say?
A poll we launched on Sunday, April 10, has seen 363 votes cast - 77 per cent people saying they love Bracknell and think it has an unfair reputation, while 23 per cent say they have been to better places.
Bracknell News readers also could not agree.
Lynette Willems said: "I moved back to Brackers… love this town … I was living on the Gold Coast Australia..!!! Bracknell has a lot to offer."
Christine Glendinning: "We moved here 2 years ago and love it. We have met so many friendly people who have made us welcome. The walkways parks and lakes are a bonus but mostly it’s the people."
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Donna Pressland said: "It’s a great place we have a fantastic new town centre, great forests and parks around us."
Clare Spedding: "Nothing ruins a place faster than people saying it's a gem of a place. I'm quite happy if they keep saying it's awful as the trendy folk will keep away and we can keep the secretly fabulous bracknell all to ourselves!"
Jhuma Phago: "It is indeed one of the best places to live as a family. Love the abundant green spaces and children play-parks, could not be luckier."
Mark White: "Lived in Bracknell my whole life. Growing up in the 90s it was rough as hell. But, it’s been transformed in my opinion.
"Personally I’ve travelled around the country and I think Bracknell is one of the best towns to live in with a family now. Bracknell outshines so many “rough” places like Reading, Swindon, Gloucester, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester. And pretty much all of london and, the majority of the north. All of these places and more are rough as hell."
Alicia Jane: "Feel very safe in Bracknell. Been a lovely place to raise a family."
Some people were less polite about the town.
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