Monopoly Here & Now UK Edition
GaZ posted on the Birmingham metroblog about the vote Hasbro are holding for the Monopoly Here & Now UK Edition judging by the results so far I’d say the vote is a pretty poor idea and here is a list of places (based on census data - and some fudging for Northern Ireland and Wales) I’d like to see instead:
- Belfast
- Birmingham
- Bradford
- Bristol
- Cardiff
- Coventry
- Derry
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Greater London
- Kingston upon Hull
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- Nottingham
- Plymouth
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Swansea
- Wolverhampton
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:36 pm
I must disagree: I’ve been to Stoke-on-Trent and think it’s more deserving of 22nd place (Old Kent Road). Bizarrely, I see that that place is currently occupied by Bath.
Oh, hang on, your list’s in alphabetical order.
May 4th, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Well I didn’t exactly want to decide the positions. If you look at a map of the positions of London Monopoly properties they are definitely grouped. Having thought about it, on size grounds I’d have Birmingham and London in the Park Lane and Mayfair positions, Belfast and Derry in the Whitechapel and Old Kent Road positions, I’d throw in another Scottish (Aberdeen?) and Welsh (Bangor?) town/city and group the rest into threes - doing away with a couple of English towns.
May 4th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
I think I’d go for something a bit like this - the order and colouring don’t mean anything.
May 5th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Hmmm… Liverpool, Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent. The streets in Monopoly are grouped not only geographically but also by prosperity, hence East London not doing so well. Now, Stoke-on-Trent really doesn’t seem to fit with those two other fine cities.
May 8th, 2007 at 8:25 am
Yes, that dawned on me soon after posting, but seeing as I’m never going to get the chance to play this version (unless I resort to the Blue Peter option) I didn’t want to put in too much effort. Anyway I’ve done some shuffling now: