I do wish people would give Birmingham more love, rather than assuming nobody in the world would come here unless forced. If the people from here go on about it being crap, what hope do we have?
As UK cities go, Birmingham is right up there with the best of them.* The majority of people who take the piss are people who either haven't been here at all, or haven't been in decades.
*. And the only one where people talk proper.
Strongly agree here. Visit Brum - even just counting non-Villa related trips - more often than Liverpool & Manchester put together, despite those being closer to us. Birmingham is IMO one of the best cities in the UK to visit.