On a map of the UK mainland, it's roughly in the middle.
Because London and the home counties are crammed into the south-east corner, the top 80% of the country is usually referred to as "the north".
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:24, archived)

But I always see people saying
"it's real grim oop north"
You're saying I'll be mugged, raped, murdered and charged for that living in the south!
/is losted
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:26, archived)

its grim up north
because all the houses look the same, the people are miserable cunts and the weather is shit.
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:27, archived)

Other than the weather
this is also true of the south.
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:34, archived)

yeah, but if you have to live somewhere like that
the sunshine helps :D

also london is the greatest city in the fucking world.
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:35, archived)

Dunno
I lived in London for nearly 20 years and can't stand the fucking place.
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:38, archived)

i wont deny its a tough city to live in
you need the right mental attitude i guess.
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:40, archived)

I've not lived in a city or town
since I was 10 years old. I go to school in town and it shocks me how close together everything is!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:42, archived)

london is gonna be one hell of a culture shock..
15 million (ish) people..
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:43, archived)

fuck me sideways and up a wall...
that's a lot of people. Melbourne is just over a fifth of that!
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:46, archived)

Nah
not unduly concerned with it being tough...it's just expensive and mostly ugly.
edit - I've lived in Glasgow, Manchester and now back in Newcastle...all better than London.
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:45, archived)

lots of history to it though.
I love history. :D
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:47, archived)

You'll love Colne (a small market town in darkest Lancashire) then.
It dates all the way back to the Stone Age; indeed, some of its inhabitants are from the same evolutionary period.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:53, archived)

ahaha
well I have family somewhere in Lancashire so that'd be a good excuse!
Oh gods. Maybe I'm related to stone age people.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:54, archived)

pffft

( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:54, archived)

Hahaha
do they stare and mutter at horseless carriages?
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:57, archived)

I'm reliably told they still point at aeroplanes.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:58, archived)

We tend not to get much rain east of the Pennines.
Whereas last time I went down to East Anglia, it rained almost constantly for three weeks.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:36, archived)

ahah
I love Rain. Rain is precious here. We don't get enough of it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:38, archived)

Ah see, that's propaganda.
The north is generally no more grim than the south, but as it's a lot more industrialised, both the mean income per head and the living expenses are lower (at least, outside the major cities.) So you may not have so many tapas bars and other signs of affluence to hand, but your wages generally go further; and, outside the major cities, people tend to be more easy-going and good-humoured. Except in Dewsbury, they're a miserable bunch of bastards there.

There are some beautiful places in the north and the south, and there are some total shitholes in both. You really have to sample both to get a good perspective.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:33, archived)

well
am planning on doing a fair bit of travelling for a bit so hopefully will get to see both!

Everybody says to avoid Cardiff for some reason but I want to go there! Torchwood is Ace.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:36, archived)

you do know its just a TV show
right?
( Azra3l Lubrication Persuasion and Brute Force ™, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:37, archived)

aye
but I have an odd fascination with it.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sat 16 May 2009, 2:41, archived)

Ummmm
on a map of the UK mainland, Cumbria/Northumberland are roughly in the middle.
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Sat 16 May 2009, 2:27, archived)