Let's put some positive spin on Mansfield

Yes, since the council had their market refit there are still some empty stalls in the market place. But think about it - that's just a business opportunity waiting to be filled.

So maybe all the lights on the ring-road are a little annoying, but they serve a purpose and traffic keeps flowing without any drama - mostly. Try getting out of Chesterfield at 5pm and you'll count yourself lucky.

Those hipsters in Nottingham can eat our nicotine-laced dust. Mansfield is streets ahead when it comes to adopting the new age of vaping, according to one of our readers who praised the wealth of e-cig shops in the town centre. (Image: Wikimedia commons)

We have a high proportion of parking spaces in the town and because some car parks are 'extortionate', according to one reader, you can always find a space. I'd call that a silver lining. (Image: Google)

Something to be proud of is our abundance of period buildings, with many from the controversial 'brutalism' period that gives the town an authentic vintage feel. (Image: Chad Archive, Sutton Road 1973)

Never forget that no matter how far you run, wherever you go, you'll always be from Mansfield. Love your home town, and do everything you can to make it better.