yeah, just right about rugby, fact is there are some quite nice areas of it, villiges, parts of the town centre, and the countryside around it is great, however it is blighted by being populated to a large extent by fucking trogladites who manage to fuck up what could be a decent place to live . u scrath beneath the surface and all that is there is a festering shithole of a town in crisis, drugs, violence, nasty but so are most places now . anyway, u said u were off to leicester uni? let me just say its fucking AWESOME! Spent 3 years there doing my BA and loved it- beer, women, fun! word of advice though first about going out in leicester, stay out of the following areas at night:
Victoria Park- Mugging
New Walk- nasty place at night
parts of city centre- place for townie twats

Having said that- its a cool place- best area is oadby- best rock nights are at the uni itself, The Fan Club and Oxygen on a Friday night- place for live gigs are the Princess Charlotte- for example, Nile about 2 years ago! anyway good luck and have a great time!