I can vouch for this
I live in Norwich, and I STAY in Norwich (which is bad enough).

Bowthorpe is one of the reasons* I do not travel outside of the city centre.

* The others being Earlham, Larkman and Mile Cross
(porkinator is a Rock n Roll nerd!, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 14:55, 2 replies)

earlham
thats just the frontal invasion force.. the only reason they don't get any further is due to the UEA being an effective barrier.
(RobbJ, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 14:58, closed)

The main roundabout in Earlham has some awesome graffiti on the side of one of the shops.
In massive white capital letters.... "WEST EARLHAM".

As if you could be anywhere else.

Even the library has safety shutters.
( The Baroness The Harlot Pimpernel, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 16:31, closed)

Hahaha
Yes I saw this a couple of weeks ago.

I grew up in West Earlham and moved away nearer the city about 10 years ago.

As I said, I went back to the area a couple of weeks ago for a dentist appointment. It was scary how little had changed, it was like the area was stuck in time.
(porkinator is a Rock n Roll nerd!, Fri 30 Oct 2009, 9:28, closed)

Larkman
twinned with Dresden, I believe
/lives on the coast but ventures into Norwich several times a week for work
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Thu 29 Oct 2009, 15:20, closed)