The only thing I really like about this place is that it has both road and rail links leading away from it, and that it is not especially secluded by natural barriers such as water or mountains, making my eventual escape easier.

That said, the actual town center of Leicester is tolerable. There's a fair selection of stores, and they're massively upgrading [strike]The Shires[/strike] the Highcross Quarter, so if I'm inside the bounds of the A594 I'm not too bothered, except for the packs of drunken louts who roam the area after dark.