Whatever you have heard about Hull, or continue to read about Hull, it really is just the same as any other UK city. I honestly don't understand why Hull gets singled out time and again.
Spiders nightclub is decent although its been years since I've been. I used to live in Keyingham, not far from Hedon, as per a previous poster. I'd recommend Hedon though, a nice little market town.
If you do live in Hull, you are literally 10 minutes drive into the countryside, and theres a lot of it about. Unlike Manchester (and the north west), if you drive 10 minutes out of Manchester you usually just hit another town or city.