Urban75's north - south divide: definitive statistics

[Pickman's model]

Great britain is one of the few islands with at least three separate groups of northerners, yet the nefandous teuchter would do away with this for no good reason

 

[JimW]

I mean that's true of quite a lot of UK infrastructure tbf.

Yes, you only have to try marching a legion and native auxillaries on a punitive raid to Pictland to see travel times are much the same.

 

[brogdale]

Looks South and ponders

across your Southern Uplands?

 

[Smokeandsteam]

That would make Birmingham North. Not sure the Yam Yams would be happy with that.

Of course they aren’t southerners…

Sigh…

People from the Black Country am yam yam not Brummies.

Birmingham is not north. Nor is it south.

 

[danny la rouge]

across your Southern Uplands?

Yup. I now live in the South, to be fair.

 

[A380]

Sigh…

People from the Black Country am yam yam not Brummies.

Birmingham is not north. Nor is it south.

It’s all West Midlands though innit. Not like the East Midlands which have the benefit of being more like the East

 

[Serene]

Whenever I am in London and visit a restaurant they never ask me if Id like red or brown sauce with my meal.

 

[Rob Ray]

Yes, you only have to try marching a legion and native auxillaries on a punitive raid to Pictland to see travel times are much the same.

Getting into town from my parents' house without a car is probably slower on a Sunday since they cut the bus service.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

It’s all West Midlands though innit. Not like the East Midlands which have the benefit of being more like the East

Yes. It is definitely all the West Midlands.

I can’t shed any light on what happens in the East Midlands. Who can?

 

[bellaozzydog]

Sigh…

People from the Black Country am yam yam not Brummies.

Birmingham is not north. Nor is it south.

In the middle…..therefore the border between north and south

 

[brogdale]

Kent ain’t East you Kent.

Placing a longitudinal through Lenham, the geographical 'centre of gravity' of modern day Kent, you'll see that not much of Great Britain is as East as Kent:

 

[Smokeandsteam]

In the middle…..therefore the border between north and south

More of an oasis between the two…

 

[A380]

Placing a longitudinal through Lenham, the geographical 'centre of gravity' of modern day Kent, you'll see that not much of Great Britain is as East as Kent:

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The East isn’t a line on a map. It’s a feeling, a heritage, a culture, backed up with sugar beet.

 

[Rob Ray]

The East isn’t a line on a map. It’s a feeling, a heritage, a culture, backed up with sugar beet.

It amuses me that Bury St Edmunds doesn't qualify though. I always knew they were secretly western.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Kent ain’t East you Kent.

It's an embarrassment to the name 'shithole' is what it is.

 

[brogdale]

I can’t shed any light on what happens in the East Midlands. Who can?

I've visited my relatives in Plungar on the border of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and, from my cursory observations, the answer to your question is not a lot.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

I've visited my relatives in Plungar on the border of Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire and, from my cursory observations, the answer to your question is not a lot.

I live near to the East Midlands but have never felt the urge or need to go there.

 

[brogdale]

The East isn’t a line on a map. It’s a feeling, a heritage, a culture, backed up with sugar beet.

It literally is, though. I've been to Greenwich and straddled the line with one leg in each hemisphere. Also, I can tell you don't know the joys of the smells of brassica and beet found in the West of Thanet.

 

[brogdale]

I live near to the East Midlands but have never felt the urge or need to go there.

Stilton/pork pies?

 

[A380]

Whilst there is much argument on this thread, we can all agree that, because it’s a teuchter thread, the basic execution is more Rubbish than the three Star Wars prequels. So. If one was to do a non train crash version of this, what nations and regions should be included?

Starter for 10:

The East (Eastern Counties including but not limited to, East Anglia) obviously

NW England

NE England

The midlands- should that be split east/west?

The South East of England - should the great wen be its own region?

The South West of England

Cornwall

North Wales

South Wales

Lowlands of Scotland

Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Central Belt of Scotland

Northern Ireland / Ireland /Ulster /Six counties

Crown dependencies and overseas territories


Should the rest or Ireland feature and if so, should we have any other foreign countries? Or just generic foreigners?

 

[brogdale]

Whilst there is much argument on this thread, we can all agree that, because it’s a teuchter thread the basic execution is more Rubish than the three Star Wars prequels. So. If one was to do a non train crash version of this, what nations and regions should be included?

Starter for 10:

The East- obviously

NW England

NE England

The midlands- should that be split east/west?

The South East of England - should the great wen be its own region?

The South West of England

Cornwall

North Wales

South Wales

Lowlands of Scotland

Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Central Belt of Scotland

Northern Ireland / Ireland /Ulster /Six countries

Crown dependencies and overseas territories


Should the rest or Ireland feature and if so, should we have any other foreign countries? Or just generic foreigners?

and Kent.

 

[Rob Ray]

It literally is, though. I've been to Greenwich and straddled the line with one leg in each hemisphere. Also, I can tell you don't know the joys of the smells of brassica and beet found in the West of Thanet.

You say that but Peterborough is west of that line and still noticeably East. Like I'd be happy for it not to be but that's mostly just because it's a bit of a shithole.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Stilton/pork pies?

Both available in Birmingham (unlike square sausage)

 

[brogdale]

Enough talk of shitholes; some of us live in places that are often described like that.

 

[A380]

You say that but Peterborough is west of that line and still noticeably East. Like I'd be happy for it not to be but that's mostly just because it's a bit of a shithole.

I take issue with that. Specifically the use of the words ‘bit of’…

 

[brogdale]

Whilst there is much argument on this thread, we can all agree that, because it’s a teuchter thread, the basic execution is more Rubbish than the three Star Wars prequels. So. If one was to do a non train crash version of this, what nations and regions should be included?

Starter for 10:

The East (Eastern Counties including but not limited to, East Anglia) obviously

NW England

NE England

The midlands- should that be split east/west?

The South East of England - should the great wen be its own region?

The South West of England

Cornwall

North Wales

South Wales

Lowlands of Scotland

Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Central Belt of Scotland

Northern Ireland / Ireland /Ulster /Six counties

Crown dependencies and overseas territories


Should the rest or Ireland feature and if so, should we have any other foreign countries? Or just generic foreigners?

Here's the UK state's version; are you proposing a more affective or even anarchistic version?

 

[A380]

Here's the UK state's version; are you proposing a more affective or even anarchistic version?

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Yes

 

[brogdale]

Yes

Fair enough. Well, for me the North starts at the far end of the platforms at Blackfriars.

 

[Monte]

When will some bold missionary deliver the good news about baked goods to the benighted West Cornish?

The savages haven't mastered the use of fire yet.

 

[Rob Ray]

Fair enough. Well, for me the North starts at the far end of the platforms at Blackfriars.

Tbf That London is basically its own country and therefore can sustain its own North/South divide. Having lived in Hackney I of course was East.