firstly
i am from yorkshire, then buckinghamshire, then cheshire, then london. where i have been for 15 years. so THERE.

secondly... yes, it's all about the attitude and outlook.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 15:51, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I was in London for 12 years and have been in Scotland for over 5.
I'm no more a londoner or a scot than you are a londoner.

OK, Yorkshire then. That's close to being as provincial but Cheshire does win.

Which part of the attitude is it you have a problem with?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 15:53, Reply)

the lack of ability or desire
to see any sort of life beyond the little walls of the little village that you grew up in. that sort of thing. if you can walk to the houses where your parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and great great grandparents (who were probably the same person) grew up in within 5 mins of your own pad, you're a prov.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 15:56, Reply)

Does having 4 generations of your (maternal) family and 2 paternal from one city count.
Though my paternal grandparents are punjabi.
(888777555, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 15:59, Reply)

What a ridiculous thing to dislike about someone.

( Kroney, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)

no it isn't
if they have travelled, lived elsewhere, made a life for themselves, and then chosen to come back, that's cool. my brother did exactly that.

but if they have only ever stayed in the same place their entire life long within spitting distance of the family genepool.... that is weird.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:03, Reply)

Good to know that your flounce hasn't tempered your talent for crass generalisation
My Uncle has lived his entire life in Halifax. He likes it there, so does his family, he has a lot of friends there. He was a successful banker, gave it up and started an enormously successful business as a builder. He's travelled the world, built and redecorated two houses and is always looking to challenge himself.

But he's always lived in Halifax. So, according to you, he's a spod.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Anyway, I find this notion of major industrial nations being provinces to their largest cities rather cynical.

(888777555, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:04, Reply)

i am cynical
next?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:06, Reply)

(btw I do have ambitions to move elsewhere , but I wouldn't deliberately look too far, I'd stay within the same region.

(888777555, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 16:06, Reply)