What's it like up north anyway?

[snaw]

Less chance of being stabbed after 8pm at night on the way to local shops.

Especially sarf of the river, in the warzone. Every day is like Baghdad. Except worse.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

.......... It never ceases to amase me that there are some people living down south who know this country and it's history so poorly i.e. never been to the lakes, never been to historic cities like York. Yet the same people are only too willing to dismiss anything north of Watford.

Agreed - but they also seem to expect me to have heard of whatever souless commuter town or manky area of London they are trying to pretend is a village in it's own right. Went to stand up comedy once in London where 90% of their "material" was about which bit of London they were (or claimed to be) from.

I worked in Sutton Coldfield for a while in the 80s - some visitors from the
South said they were genuinely suprised to see people driving upmarket cars with vanity plates - dunno what they thought it was going to be like.

Anyway, don't go dispelling the myth that anywhere North of Watford ain't worth a carrot, or you know what'll happen.

[lilelvis2000]

Where I am sucks. Gosh the place was on Panorama again last night. Dunno how many time the BBC needs to say Lancashire sucks. Alright, enough already!

What I really hate is subsidising the London Transport system...and then being told there ain't no cash to help sort our transport problems out.

Oh yeah. Stay away from the kebab houses. And you can't get a cup of coffee in town centre after 5pm. I tried with a visting friend from Canada once - we had to go to ASDA. It was only 5:30pm! Whhaaat a country!

[Diver]

What's it like up north anyway?

Full of Northerners. Oh! and Southerners who have gone there to gain a little culture.

[SueEllen]

Especially sarf of the river, in the warzone. Every day is like Baghdad. Except worse.

Did realise you used to lived in a Council Estate in Peckham.

[shoes]

It's rougher with more people with chips on their shoulders up north. Strangers talk to you but it's not because they are friendly it's because it simply hasn't occurred to them that they might be bothering you. Empathy and manners are less common and the mouthy chavs are mouthier. It appears that the welfare state provides for more northerners than it does southerners. Fights seem to break out more often, I guess because of the macho/pride/chip on shoulder issues that seem to be more common. And it's colder.

[DimPrawn]

I find it helps when a northener speaks to you to reply "I'm sorry, I don't speak unemployed" (in a plummy voice) and simply walk off.

[chris79]

I find all this talk about north v south, regional superiority, stereotyping and boundary marking quite primitive to say the least.

Obviously people are going to be bias with regard to defending their home county/area, unless of course they really despise of it, but in general terms the north and south both have good and bad attributes which suit peoples own needs. Everyone is going to have their own personal preference as to what constitutes a good place/area, so really nobody's opinion really matters except to the person saying it.

[Bagpuss]

It's rougher with more people with chips on their shoulders up north. Strangers talk to you but it's not because they are friendly it's because it simply hasn't occurred to them that they might be bothering you. Empathy and manners are less common and the mouthy chavs are mouthier. It appears that the welfare state provides for more northerners than it does southerners. Fights seem to break out more often, I guess because of the macho/pride/chip on shoulder issues that seem to be more common. And it's colder.

I deduce from the above

a/ you don't make friends easily

b/ you confuse being polite with being cold and unapproachable

c/ you should visit provincial towns around the south east before you stereotype the rest of the country as worse, have a look at Harlow or High Wycombe for example


and most importantly

d/ you have no clue what you are talking about and need to get out more


HTH

[shoes]

I deduce from the above

a/ you don't make friends easily

b/ you confuse being polite with being cold and unapproachable

c/ you should visit provincial towns around the south east before you stereotype the rest of the country as worse, have a look at Harlow or High Wycombe for example


and most importantly

d/ you have no clue what you are talking about and need to get out more


HTH

Yeah well, so's your face!