Steep rise in Londoners moving up north

[horsechoker]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/feb/14/rising-tide-of-londoners-moving-to-northern-england

'Escaping the madness': steep rise in Londoners moving to northern England

Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle see fastest increases in people seeking better quality of life

What do our northern members think, does a cockney invasion worry you? Will jellied eel shops take over the much loved gravy dispensary?

 

[Grinner]

Good, needs a bit of smartening up there.

 

[Revaulx]

If moving to Newcastle improves your quality of life, it must have been really shit where you lived before.

 

[Don't Kill Bill]

I suppose its one way to win back the seats Labour lost.

 

[P-Ro]

I'm moving back down to London next week. Here's a extensive list on what's shit about the North:

Northerners.

 

[2 man midfield]

I mean, people are constantly weighing up the idea of a 3 bed house house for £80,000, versus having to live in Hull. I guess the more prices rise in London, the more the scales tip.

 

[Grinner]

I was arguing with a Mackem about where the North begins. Watford for me.

 

[T00lsh3d]

I mean, people are constantly weighing up the idea of a 3 bed house house for £80,000, versus having to live in Hull. I guess the more prices rise in London, the more the scales tip.

Why does Hull always get a subtle barracking on here? Have I missed something culturally or is it caf-specific?

 

[P-Ro]

Why does Hull always get a subtle barracking on here? Have I missed something culturally or is it caf-specific?

Because it's a shit place. End of. If you don't like it then we'll just have to settle it with a fight, in Hull.

 

[Bubz27]

United fans coming back closer to home.

 

[2 man midfield]

Why does Hull always get a subtle barracking on here? Have I missed something culturally or is it caf-specific?

It’s only one vowel out from it’s cultural twin

 

[Josep Dowling]

Why does Hull always get a subtle barracking on here? Have I missed something culturally or is it caf-specific?

It’s certainly not a CAF thing. Hull has always been deemed sub standard, not I’ve ever been there. I do know someone who managed to get two properties for less than £80k in Hull which suggests no one wants to live there.

 

[FootyGirl88]

Because it's a shit place. End of. If you don't like it then we'll just have to settle it with a fight, in Hull.

 

[T00lsh3d]

Because it's a shit place. End of. If you don't like it then we'll just have to settle it with a fight, in Hull.

You’re on mate.

Come up here for a Championship game, I’ll treat you to an affordable pie and a tour of the City of Culture. Then, if you’re still not impressed, we can head over to Gypsyville and kick each other’s heads in

 

[horsechoker]

United fans coming back closer to home.

Take me hooooome, United Road!

 

[SalfordRed18]

Only reason I moved back to London was due to missing out of my niece's growing up. Ironically I'm still missing out.

 

[T00lsh3d]

It’s only one vowel out from it’s cultural twin

It’s certainly not a CAF thing. Hull has always been deemed sub standard, not I’ve ever been there. I do know someone who managed to get two properties for less than £80k in Hull which suggests no one wants to live there.

I always see this and think about standing up for Hull. It isn’t that bad, has good bits and shit bits like everywhere else.

 

[2 man midfield]

I always see this and think about standing up for Hull. It isn’t that bad, has good bits and shit bits like everywhere else.

Yeah I know, I'm from Plymouth so I can't say much. I think outside of London the UK is very similar tbh.

 

[marktan]

If you don't have a lot of family or friends based in London, or grew up elsewhere and moved to London for work, it makes sense to settle down and buy a house elsewhere. The prices in London are mad, you either pay a lot for nothing, or buy something decent far our but then sell your sanity commuting.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

It’s only one vowel out from it’s cultural twin

Hall?

 

[Conor]

I was in Hull for a few hours before, and it's by far the shittest kip I've ever been in.

 

[horsechoker]

Hall?

@oates?

 

[Redlambs]

I started my development career in Hull. I liked the place. Although I lived in one of the richest areas at the time, it still felt like a standard mid level London suburb and that brought some charm for me.

Plus the people were generally friendly. feck all night life though

 

[Fiskey]

If you don't have a lot of family or friends based in London, or grew up elsewhere and moved to London for work, it makes sense to settle down and buy a house elsewhere. The prices in London are mad, you either pay a lot for nothing, or buy something decent far our but then sell your sanity commuting.

Agreed, why I left.

 

[jeff_goldblum]

If you've spent your 20s in London, gotten settled in a profession that exists outside of London and are thinking about having kids, moving to somewhere like Newcastle is a great idea. Your average London house price will get you a detached farm/country house with a bit of land half an hour's drive out of Newcastle and Durham with room to spare.

 

[horsechoker]

If you've spent your 20s in London, gotten settled in a profession that exists outside of London and are thinking about having kids, moving to somewhere like Newcastle is a great idea. Your average London house price will get you at detached farm/country house with a bit of land half an hour's drive out of Newcastle and Durham with room to spare.

Are you permitted to breed?

 

[jeff_goldblum]

Are you permitted to breed?

Eh?

 

[Dumbstar]

Eh?

I don't hear a yes.

Edit: I'm sure hc misunderstood something.

 

[Dumbstar]

Once I hit 60 I'll probably do the same. Just don't fancy all that frequent flooding and shit right now.

 

[VeevaVee]

Well London is a great place to be for a while. Whether it's a great place to be forever depends on your circumstances but a lot of people want a break from it after a bit.

 

[RoyH1]

With the property prices being what they are in London, it's about time that people started the move north. I hope jobs follow too.

 

[africanspur]

Oh they'll come crawling back!

No, as long as you're happy with a bit less diversity and slightly shitter weather, the North is actually lovely. I'm a big fan of Manchester especially (and even Liverpool....). If you can get an equivalently paid job and you don't have anything tying you down in London, seems a great choice

Too settled in London now though unforunately.

 

[matherto]

Build a wall.

 

[horsechoker]

Build a wall.

They already tried that!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadrian's_Wall

 

[Rams]

I'm moving back down to London next week. Here's a extensive list on what's shit about the North:

Northerners.

I think they should introduce a points system for migrants wanting to move up North:

1. Born north of Coventry -> 100 points
2. Born south of Coventry -> 0 points

 

[Skills]

Why do people always talk about the North, South or West (Wales)? What's in the east? Seems like a complete wasteland.

 

[horsechoker]

Why do people always talk about the North, South or West (Wales)? What's in the east? Seems like a complete wasteland.

Inbreeding

 

[simonhch]

Why do people always talk about the North, South or West (Wales)? What's in the east? Seems like a complete wasteland.

Inbreeding

Lots of quality responses in this thread that have made me chuckle. Having lived in Sheffield for 3 years I can safely say I’ll never live there again. The people are perfectly lovely, and some of the cities are quite nice, but the weather is just awful. The winter months especially are just gruesome, with virtually no sunshine for months on end, and darkness at 3:30pm. Brutal stuff, and depressing. It’s also true that the food is biblically crap.

As for the East, and the reason I quoted these posts, there are some lovely towns east of London. There’s also some massive shite. I grew up in a University town east of London, and in fact lived in a little riverside village of under 10,000 which had a station on the mainline to London. It was only 55mins to Liverpool Street, which made London very accessible. I never made the daily commute, as many in the village did, but I could definitely see the appeal. It’s somewhere I’d go back to retire, because it has all the perks of small village living, but a major university nearby that brings a ton of multiculturalism.

TL;DR: The North Is shit.

 

[Grinner]

I fecking knew @simonhch was an Essex boy.

 

[Redplane]

Inbreeding

DirkKuyt s gonna be here soon to smack ya.