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Small Scottish town listed among ‘most boring in UK' defended by locals who call it ‘a wee gem'
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LOCALS living in "Scotland's most boring town" have lept to its defence after it received the scathing title.
Alloa was branded "culturally devoid and one of the most deprived places in Scotland" in the brutal review.
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Alloa residents have defended their home
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Alloa was named Scotland's most boring town
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The Clackmannanshire town was third in the UK list
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Locals have leapt to its defence
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The Clackmannanshire town came third in The Telegraph's most dull places in Britain.
But locals in the town were quick to defend their home, even describing it as a "wee gem".
Former MP John Nicholson blasted the list as "mean-spirited" when it was released.
He told the Alloa Advertiser: "I love Alloa. With its cute wynds, grand merchant houses, and majestic civic architecture, it is a sometimes-overlooked wee gem.
"Like any fine gem, Alloa could benefit from a polish too at the hands of the descendants of the skills craftsmen who built and enhanced it."
The Scottish Sun visited Alloa when it's brutal brand was published, and even then locals were looking on the bright side.
Miko Bylinka told our reporter: "We still have some interesting things going on in town, especially the old brewery, and the nature here is wonderful."
Business owner Robert Marshall reckons the town is also one of Scotland's cheapest.
He said: "We're cheap, and we do things cheaper than most other places.
"We do a lot of promotions. We do a lot of meal deals, and I think Alloa is one of the cheapest towns."
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Another local added: "It's obviously someone who doesn't live here or care about people [who said it's boring], because one great thing about Alloa, and I've lived here since 1976, is it's friendly."
But it could be worse for the Clacks town, as another one further south was branded the WORST in Scotland.
It was hailed as a vision of the future when it was built in the years after the second world war.
But it has repeatedly been handed the title of Scotland's worst eyesore due to its "spirit-sapping" brutalist architecture.
It was voted "most dismal" town centre in the 2001 and 2005 Carbuncle awards, which were scrapped in 2017.
