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have you been to Bournemouth or Portsmouth I live in Slough but if I moved there I would drink!
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Bournemouth.Originally posted by scooterscot View PostThe ten worst areas for ESA claimants due to alcohol misuse are:
(Area and the number of people claiming due to alcohol misuse (% of all ESA claimants)
Bournemouth 410 (4.57 per cent)
Edinburgh 930 (4.55 per cent - (suburb of England really)
Aberdeen 390 (4.5 per cent) - (oil workers, you know what they're like.)
Glasgow 2,280 (4.49 per cent)
Blackpool 480 (4.29 per cent)
Portsmouth 340 (4.12 per cent)
Lancaster 240 (4.01 per cent)
N Somerset 310 (3.94 per cent)
W Dunbartonshire 240 (3.82 per cent)
Renfrewshire 370 (3.67 per cent) - not surprised
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/79...k-addiction-UK
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The ten worst areas for ESA claimants due to alcohol misuse are:
(Area and the number of people claiming due to alcohol misuse (% of all ESA claimants)
Bournemouth 410 (4.57 per cent)
Edinburgh 930 (4.55 per cent - (suburb of England really)
Aberdeen 390 (4.5 per cent) - (oil workers, you know what they're like.)
Glasgow 2,280 (4.49 per cent)
Blackpool 480 (4.29 per cent)
Portsmouth 340 (4.12 per cent)
Lancaster 240 (4.01 per cent)
N Somerset 310 (3.94 per cent)
W Dunbartonshire 240 (3.82 per cent)
Renfrewshire 370 (3.67 per cent) - not surprised
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/79...k-addiction-UK
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