Are we more friendly up't North?

[wayneyboy1942]

I've just come back from a few days down London,now it was a good place to visit but I would'nt like to live there,I found it very crowded and the people not very friendly,So are we up North more friendly? I think we are,what do you think?

[jaseyboy]

yes.

[Col.Kurtz]

To be honest, I think it's more of a working class thing. It's just that more people down south think they are middle class...whatever, and are FAR too busy with their hectic lifestyle to bother about being friendly. I sometimes think we are catching up with them though.

[Mattylad]

But they pay so much more than us that they can afford to be like that :D

It think that people are friendly wherever you go, it's just that there are unfriendly people too & you happen to meet them first.

I can remember some very friendly people from down there & I know of some very unfriendly people up here.

Unless the thinner air up here makes our brains more mellowed? lol

[takersbabe]

i think we are more friendly up north we arent as stressed and rushing about as some southern people. ive nothing against them they just seem a little pre occupied with stuff rather than being friendly and polite.

[Quazi Washboard]

This question is a bit more involved than it first seems. It all depends where you are and where you come from.
In the north, you could be a northerner in a place like Hume in Manchester which is quite an UNfriendly place, or you could be in Todmorden which in my experience is a friendly place. There are small villages in the north where newcomers, no matter where they come from, are most cirtainly made to feel unwelcome by the locals who have lived there for generations, but there are also villages where newcomers are welcomed with open arms.
It's probably the same in the south. Parts of London can be like a war zone, other parts can be nice and friendly.
But take a northerner and place them in the south or vice versa, and you're bound to get people treating you like typical steriotypes. I've seen Cocknys in Burnley getting a hard time over their accent because of the steriotypical "Eastenders, bit dodgy, flash harry, Del Boy" label.
Likewise I've seen perfectly polite southerners with a posh accent getting stick for the "Lords and Ladies, oity toity, upper crust" label.
Similarly, northerners in the south seem to get lumped together under the "poor, uneducated" label.
Both north a south claim to be the friendliest, I personally think it's a myth that one is friendlier than the other because wherever you go, there is always a mixture of friendly and unfriendly people.

[grannyclaret]

well said quazi ,,,
up to just recently when the people moved to australia ,next door was a guest house,and many southerners returned time and time again ,because they thought cleveleys was a very friendly place ,they said they were surprised at the welcome we up north gave them ,

[ollie]

i lived in bonny bognor regis for a short time (worked a season at butlins) and found them very freindly

[takersbabe]

Originally Posted by Quazi Washboard

This question is a bit more involved than it first seems. It all depends where you are and where you come from.
In the north, you could be a northerner in a place like Hume in Manchester which is quite an UNfriendly place, or you could be in Todmorden which in my experience is a friendly place. There are small villages in the north where newcomers, no matter where they come from, are most cirtainly made to feel unwelcome by the locals who have lived there for generations, but there are also villages where newcomers are welcomed with open arms.
It's probably the same in the south. Parts of London can be like a war zone, other parts can be nice and friendly.
But take a northerner and place them in the south or vice versa, and you're bound to get people treating you like typical steriotypes. I've seen Cocknys in Burnley getting a hard time over their accent because of the steriotypical "Eastenders, bit dodgy, flash harry, Del Boy" label.
Likewise I've seen perfectly polite southerners with a posh accent getting stick for the "Lords and Ladies, oity toity, upper crust" label.
Similarly, northerners in the south seem to get lumped together under the "poor, uneducated" label.
Both north a south claim to be the friendliest, I personally think it's a myth that one is friendlier than the other because wherever you go, there is always a mixture of friendly and unfriendly people.

yes very true have to agree hun :D

[Mattylad]

Yeah, thats what I said but with more words :D

[takersbabe]

lol kinda true though

[Quazi Washboard]

I've played in bands all over Britain from the South coast to Scotland and the frindliest people I've ever played to were in Lochgelly, just south of Edinburgh.

The most unfriendly is a tossup between Rhyl in Wales and Rochdale.