cardiff is shit though. but i wouldn’t say that those scenes would look particuarily out of place in most towns and cities across the UK.
had a weekend in Leeds once. that was an eyeopener. manchester too, or was it liverpool, can’t remember. but that was ‘orrible.
the same can be said for my old town, Chelmsford. nothing pafrticuarily special but it would be full on fridays and saturdays with idiots fighting, being sick and generally acting like grade A penises. surprisingly up town (city) not so much of that behaviour is seen. think it may have a lot to do with drugs. good drugs don’t lead to that kind of behaviour.
i think it is something particular to english speaking lands. you’ll find the same behaviour in australia and NZ, canada and US.
i only ever see that kind of shitty behaviou exhibited during Oktoberfest and then it is generally foriegners. loads of english, aussies and seppos.