North / South divide - your view

SexyGreyFox said:
For years I worked with two blokes from Dudley and every time I got chips & gravy from the canteen they would make puking noises. Just before the factory closed down I made them have one each and they went straight down the canteen and bought their own. I'd been telling them for years it was just like potatoes and gravy.
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Lies!!!!


No one from Dudley has ever had a job.
 
Being a Norterner who is currently a refugee in the South, I would say:
  • The people of the North are generally far more friendly and trustworthy than the South. I've never been in a fight in Liverpool over five years, whereas I've been started on several times in Reading over the same period.
  • The North has the best night outs in the UK. They are far better than anything London has to offer.
  • The South has had a lot more investment and is generally a nicer place to live.
  • I could buy a mansion in the North for my two bed in the South.
  • Rugby League > Rugby Union (RU fans of the North are just plastic Southerners)
  • Pay is way better in the South for the same job.
  • I will be moving back up North to raise my kids when I have them.
  • Food in the North is way better than food in the South, unless we're talking about expensive restaurants, then I'm treated to four 1 and 2 Michelin star restaurants within 5 miles of my house.
I once went into Greggs in Reading and asked for a meat and potato pie. I was looked at like I was speaking German.
Security followed me around Henley-on-Thames Waitrose. Must have heard my accent.
 
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Kemik said:
Being a Norterner who is currently a refugee in the South, I would say:
  • The people of the North are generally far more friendly and trustworthy than the South. I've never been in a fight in Liverpool over five years, whereas I've been started on several times in Reading over the same period.
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  • That's my home town and where I live. Reading and proud but yea, for some reason it is a very fighty place at night. Not sure why there's so many issues.

    Although on the other hand I went out last night to the gateway pub in central reading and had no issues. It's rare I get issues myself as I keep my head down, but I know there's a lot of "attitude" for some reason.
 
Kemik said:
Being a Norterner who is currently a refugee in the South, I would say:
  • The people of the North are generally far more friendly and trustworthy than the South. I've never been in a fight in Liverpool over five years, whereas I've been started on several times in Reading over the same period.
  • The North has the best night outs in the UK. They are far better than anything London has to offer.
  • The South has had a lot more investment and is generally a nicer place to live.
  • I could buy a mansion in the North for my two bed in the South.
  • Rugby League > Rugby Union (RU fans of the North are just plastic Southerners)
  • Pay is way better in the South for the same job.
  • I will be moving back up North to raise my kids when I have them.
  • Food in the North is way better than food in the South, unless we're talking about expensive restaurants, then I'm treated to four 1 and 2 Michelin star restaurants within 5 miles of my house.
I once went into Greggs in Reading and asked for a meat and potato pie. I was looked at like I was speaking German.
Security followed me around Henley-on-Thames Waitrose. Must have heard my accent.
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^^^^Nail on head mate! ;)
 
Father born and bred Tottenham man. Moved to the east midlands to retire after 25 years in the army. From a man who has travelled the globe he chose to leave the south to move further up north. That says it all really.
 
ThestigGT999 said:
lol it's great tbh
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Southerner here... as previously stated - Reading till I die. But yea I do think London is completely misunderstood.

I often say... "I love London - until I have to go there". I've worked out that that is because generally you travel into central London. That is a very difficuklt place to enjoy at times, unless you're really in the mood or it's a novelty

Living so close - 25 mins by train, I go into London quite regularly and the novelty has well and truely worn off.

But proper London living, is in a lovely backstreet just, like near Wandsworth, Richmond, maybe Barnes, Angel, etc... it's proper London living. People don't see that. There's proper towns within the "london" area. That is why people love it.
 
redrabbit29 said:
What's Chelmsford like?
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I've recently moved to Billericay but Chelmsford is imo the best town/city to live in Essex, nice parks, theaters, lots of shops and a couple of decent restaurants and of the best grammar schools in the country. It's a place that's on the up and up and is very popular with young families. It lacks some of charm and character you find in places like Colchester as most of Chelmsford is fairly new and like most places has issues with traffic control during rush the rush hours and housing prices have shot up a lot in recent years.
 
redrabbit29 said:
Southerner here... as previously stated - Reading till I die. But yea I do think London is completely misunderstood.

I often say... "I love London - until I have to go there". I've worked out that that is because generally you travel into central London. That is a very difficuklt place to enjoy at times, unless you're really in the mood or it's a novelty

Living so close - 25 mins by train, I go into London quite regularly and the novelty has well and truely worn off.

But proper London living, is in a lovely backstreet just, like near Wandsworth, Richmond, maybe Barnes, Angel, etc... it's proper London living. People don't see that. There's proper towns within the "london" area. That is why people love it.
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yep though I Live in barnet
 
Fubsy said:
Work hard in the north = get nothing for your troubles.

Work hard in the south = get nothing for your troubles, but your house is now worth 300% what you have paid for it.
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That's true but to realise the equity you need to move up north so die in a southern shoe box.
 
The only differences I've noticed is the language.
Missus was offered a job in Aberdeen. Far too pricey so we opted for the South Coast instead (yeah, I know).
She's a northerner (Norn Ireland) and we both spent years up that way (proper north, not like what some call the North which is really just the midlands (Glasgow-Birmingham).
I'm a Southerner (Oxford) but I wear T shirts in the winter thanks to the conditioning of several winters in Elgin.

London is its own entity. Its awful.
 
Greebo said:
It was horrible for the year I lived in London. I mean people look at you like you have escaped from the mental institution if you try and strike up a conversation on the tube.
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The only person (honestly) who has ever tried to strike up a conversation with me on the tube was Ken Livingston. Mental institution may be but certainly a bad thing.
 
I'm from the North and currently live on the southern coast.

Yes there is a divide, but not a bad one.... I miss the North with a passion.
 
I have lived in various places, including the north, and trust me it only matters to them. Even in the 90s i knew some blokes from Pontefract and the hate over the miners strike was still strong.

The north definately feels different. Sometimes friendly and sometimes not. I've never been anywhere as unfriendly as Manchester but that's just my experience.

I'm glad there is so much anti London feeling. Stay away - it's crowded enough as it is.
 
CapitalOne said:
I have lived in various places, including the north, and trust me it only matters to them. Even in the 90s i knew some blokes from Pontefract and the hate over the miners strike was still strong.

The north definately feels different. Sometimes friendly and sometimes not. I've never been anywhere as unfriendly as Manchester but that's just my experience.

I'm glad there is so much anti London feeling. Stay away - it's crowded enough as it is.
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People are staying away, but what will y'all do when no one is there to clean your streets, (wo)man the hospitals, no police patrolling?
 
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