Not really sure he's really been to Wales before
This Dutch internet user has a hilariously exaggerated view of Wales {is it really? I'd say some of it is spot on!} - even going as far as describing it as a "hellhole".
Posting on a Reddit thread the user said the country had "no job prospects, poor people everywhere, poorly educated/less developed people all around you and no future prospects what so ever."
The user - who has only visited Wales once - also said people were "shopping in cloathes (sic) that looked like they were 20 years old" and only visited "because it's cheap and has a nice climate".
He went on to say that many cars looked like they were 20 years or older and "not the classic cars, really ragged down cars", while "centuries old infrastructure was very poorly maintained".
Although he did have at least one positive thing to say - which turned out to be a bit of a backhanded compliment: "The only plus side of Wales were the mountains. Always interesting for me as a Dutch person. Wales, a hellhole to live in."
Asked to justify his post calling Wales a "hellhole", he wrote: "I have been to Wales once and what I saw there was terrible. Unemployed people, people shopping in cloathes (sic) that looked like they were 20 years old and were very worn down. Many cars that were 20 years or older, and not the classic cars, realy (sic) ragged down cars that would be taken off the road anywhere else in north west Europe. Centuries old infrastructure, very porely (sic) maintained, with in contrast, some new developments (subsidised by the EU regional development fund, shockingly not a UK development fund btw).
"People living in poorly maintained houses and I saw also a lot of poorly maintained sidewalks. I was told there that the bus connections were only barely there, and were downsized year after year. I saw not much economic activity at all. The only plus side of Wales were (sic) the mountains. Always interesting for me as a Dutch person.
"Wales, a hellhole to live in."
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People have been quick to correct the obviously misled Internet user, describing his claims as a "massive exaggeration" and "silly".
One person wrote: "Underdeveloped = Lush green land, fields, mountains, nature reserves, stunning clifftop views just a stones throw away from the capital city.
"If that's a hellhole, that's the kind of hellhole I like to live in."
Another said: "Definitely never been to Wales."
"I will not apologise for the continued existence of Offa's Dyke, nor Devil's Bridge, or Cardiff Castle," another wrote.
see-http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/dutch-internet-user-hilariously-exaggerated-11726058
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