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CANADIAN REACTS | North vs South divide in the UK

This week I wanted to try to explain the North vs South Divide in the UK (but primarily in England) As a Canadian living in the South East of England, I thought it might be an interesting topic to dive into! Wow! Who knew how complex it would be?? Are people already upset in the comments? I can only imagine.
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I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZread video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
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  • @AdventuresAndNaps
    @AdventuresAndNaps4 жыл бұрын

    Are you SOUTHERN or NORTHERN??

  • @kennysim93

    @kennysim93

    4 жыл бұрын

    The best kind of Northern. Scottish.

  • @LCarvill

    @LCarvill

    4 жыл бұрын

    Midlander! Best of both and acknowledged by no one outside the midlands.

  • @bexterbee1888

    @bexterbee1888

    4 жыл бұрын

    Southern here. Close to you in fact but northern at heart my family is all up north!

  • @gary-9340

    @gary-9340

    4 жыл бұрын

    Northern, but live in the Midlands

  • @johnwescott1500

    @johnwescott1500

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Brummie, which is the West Midlands. Also the home of heavy metal!

  • @justjohn2724
    @justjohn27244 жыл бұрын

    As a Northerner ,when we say " Bloody South" we actually don't mean the south we really mean just London.

  • @theother1281

    @theother1281

    4 жыл бұрын

    Speak for yourself. When I say 'Bloody South' I mean everything South of Durham. And after the last election I'm worried about Durham.

  • @rudilennon4878

    @rudilennon4878

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mike Jones really jealous of the daily stabbings and ridiculous pollution tbf

  • @chrisjmirvine4980

    @chrisjmirvine4980

    4 жыл бұрын

    I live in the commuter belt and London is the place you work. However what a shithole, but not as bad as Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds/Bradford (same place). Even so these crime ridden, poverty stuck dumps are smelly holes.

  • @TheRagingStorm98

    @TheRagingStorm98

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tbf even the midlands hates london. And londoners hates the rest of us

  • @stuartfitch7093

    @stuartfitch7093

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mike Jones. I'm an East Midlander and the reason we don't like londoners is because we work hard, pay our taxes and you spend it all. We get nothing back. We never see a policeman or have our drains cleared or our potholes filled. No, just give londoners everything whilst we pay for it and live in a rathole town that pays lousy wages and we cannot afford to move away from. We do not have londoners opportunities. We have very few jobs and in my particular town, an massive influx of Polish workers.

  • @scamperingthroughtheforest6438
    @scamperingthroughtheforest64384 жыл бұрын

    I'm a northerner. Was living down south and went out to a restaurant with my southerner girlfriend. At the adjacent table was a southerner bloke with his northerner girlfriend. She and I chatted away like we'd known each other for ever while our partners sat quietly in embarrassment. So funny.

  • @mcfcok1683

    @mcfcok1683

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣absolute class lmaooo

  • @Lee12238

    @Lee12238

    3 жыл бұрын

    Us northerners actually talk to people, perfectly normal, the south are in their own little bubble.

  • @alvexok5523

    @alvexok5523

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Lee12238 Northerners are friendlier, but just to other northerners. They don't like people who are different. Take it from me, I went up there and spent some time around them, and some of them made efforts not to accept me as one of them. Some of them were so directly rude, they'll say some pretty rude things right to you and not care the slightest about it. And they're out for a good time, and they're very friendly, to each other. Not to me. Why? Because I'm not a northerner.

  • @stephenellison1

    @stephenellison1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alvexok5523 it might not be because of where you’re from…

  • @swam9680

    @swam9680

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alvexok5523 yes

  • @bendover8689
    @bendover86894 жыл бұрын

    Lived in UK for 10 years and it looks like London is like a another country, also the South of England tends to be wealthier and most government funding goes mostly to London or the South where as England gets poorer when you travel North. I witnessed it myself, areas of Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Hull, Middlesborough etc were all poorer and almost felt like the government in the Westminister does not give a damn about the people up North.

  • @alanheyes694

    @alanheyes694

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big Daddy They don't.

  • @thereisonlyoneright3752

    @thereisonlyoneright3752

    4 жыл бұрын

    I know what you mean when you say 'poorer' but as a born and bred Bradford girl it's not a poor city - it actually used to be really wealthy and every city has more expensive and less expensive areas. But in comparison to London yeah its alot cheaper. 👍Youre right about most of the funding going towards London, nd that's a conversation that's been going on for a while recently.

  • @simonbmr

    @simonbmr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Utter tripe. Cheshire has the most millionaires in the country. There are as many poor areas in the South as the North.

  • @pearlescentlune

    @pearlescentlune

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just Getting By statistically you northerners are poorer

  • @jameswilson8820

    @jameswilson8820

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big daddy what a load of twoddle 🤣

  • @akaChopsticks
    @akaChopsticks4 жыл бұрын

    It gave me laugh when you called Birmingham a "Northern City" - from Aberdeen, Scotland

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    4 жыл бұрын

    You'll have to write to The Standard and tell them they don't know where Birmingham is

  • @mattpotter8725

    @mattpotter8725

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps I'm not sure you should just believe everything you read in the papers, especially the London Evening Standard when it's about anything outside of London!!!

  • @Jgvcfguy

    @Jgvcfguy

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think they were trying to make a false point about people leaving nothern cities but could only get 2 actual examples so included Birmingham.

  • @mattpotter8725

    @mattpotter8725

    4 жыл бұрын

    @John Saunders Which you obviously can't!!! I'm not in favour of calling it a north-south divide, or even that line that's drawn from around Bristol going northeastwards that separates what is classed as north and south. I think the further away you get from London and the South East the less investment there has been, apart from a few pockets, like Manchester and Bristol. I think Cornwall has had as little investment as say Cumbria, one is obviously in the north and the other the south of the country, but both are equally ignored.

  • @thomassmith2227

    @thomassmith2227

    4 жыл бұрын

    Birmingham in the "North" AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @SpotlessLeopard
    @SpotlessLeopard4 жыл бұрын

    I'm in the north. I don't know if this will send because I've written it on an abacus which I then had to point at the sun because electricity doesn't exist up here. I've gotta go now cos it's tea time (NOT dinner) and I have to catch a pigeon to eat, to go along with my bread and dripping, which you might have to Google. Whatever that is.

  • @nevesdad1969

    @nevesdad1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    ooh beef dripping sandwiches, my mouth is watering just thinking about them, I've heard of that google thingymabob, I think it's offof that theer tinterweb thing.

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, Southerners eat pigeons, and call it hunters chicken, Northerners breed and fly them as a hobby. You missed out Pease pudding, Greggs, Stotties, Tripe, potato bread

  • @nevesdad1969

    @nevesdad1969

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@redf7209 Tripe and vinegar, It takes a refined palet. Don't go forgetting Brawn, pigs head boiled downed, minced and set in jelly (gelatine), I used to like brawn till i found out what is was, still love my black pudding though.

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nevesdad1969 mmm. I was partial to jellied pigs trotters myself but I never hear of them now and i'm veggie too so its all in the past for me. In the lower north you also can be proud of eccles cakes and pontefract cakes!

  • @Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming

    @Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's it 🤮

  • @deano2208
    @deano22084 жыл бұрын

    I hate the term north south divide, I’ve always considered it a London rest of the uk divide. Much love from the south west.

  • @geosword6

    @geosword6

    4 жыл бұрын

    And you can't compare Southend to Harrogate. As the last election showed, there is no real north / south divide. There is now a city / provincial divide. Most of the cities voted Labour in the north. Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield while the outlying provinces in former mining towns voted conservative. The people of towns like Barnsley and Grimsby will have a lot more in common with the people from Southend and Reading than with their close neighbors in the northern cities. It's not a north / south anymore. It's a metropolitan / everyone else divide.

  • @MK-ur4vy

    @MK-ur4vy

    4 жыл бұрын

    London is more northern than places like Surrey in a cultural sense

  • @neilbuckley1613

    @neilbuckley1613

    4 жыл бұрын

    Having visited both Bristol and London [I'm from Manchester], they are completely different, Bristol folk were friendly and the city seems relaxed.

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    I read some years ago that 86% of UK tax spend by the government to the private sector is paid out within the M25 ring

  • @pokefan1003

    @pokefan1003

    4 жыл бұрын

    I disagree. An awful lot of the south east can be considered part of London in all but name especially in Essex and Kent where there is a large London overspill.

  • @elliesmurthwaite
    @elliesmurthwaite4 жыл бұрын

    I’m a northerner, recently moved south (to Essex) and the culture is DEFINITELY different here. Like when you’re walking in the country, people ignore you, dog walkers just frown at you. People drive super aggressively. It’s different for sure.

  • @mcfcok1683

    @mcfcok1683

    3 жыл бұрын

    Poor lass, could never live like that myself

  • @alexilsley897

    @alexilsley897

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mcfcok1683 (I’m cornish) we aren’t southern my beauty, we’re our own people !! Proper Cornish we ere! As we are Celtic and the Cornish have a different language to England we have a good community my ansome your never alone!! Especially with a cream tea

  • @paddymcdoogle6753

    @paddymcdoogle6753

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexilsley897 yeh mate you’re English.

  • @paddymcdoogle6753

    @paddymcdoogle6753

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@alexilsley897 What is this? An excerpt from LOTR?

  • @joncullen5382

    @joncullen5382

    Жыл бұрын

    They all think they're 10 men or knew the Essex boys . Can't stand that part of the world .I was in the army (years ago ) Joined in the early 90s we had mainly londoners and Liverpool, the fights were always London v London, the scousers were the most chilled out and very down to earth.

  • @jimmyskyblue6057
    @jimmyskyblue60574 жыл бұрын

    I’m from the middle of the Midlands so I get called a Northerner when I’m down South and a Southerner when I’m up North. So basically I’m confused.

  • @tomchamberlain4329

    @tomchamberlain4329

    4 жыл бұрын

    Fuck em

  • @tomchamberlain4329

    @tomchamberlain4329

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@liamloxley1222 Nope. One side = Midlands. Other side = the bits above & below nobody cares about

  • @dlew3624

    @dlew3624

    4 жыл бұрын

    You basically occupy "no man's land". 😂.

  • @Nooziterp1

    @Nooziterp1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes I'm from the Midlands and I get that too. I'm not confused just annoyed. We're neither! But I see myself and other Midlanders as more northern than southern as I feel we have more in common with the north. An industrial based economy rather than one based on commerce, and I think we have more of the friendliness associated with northerners.

  • @noifurze6397

    @noifurze6397

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Nooziterp1 same as east Anglicans we don't see ourselves as northerners or southernerers

  • @xorsyst1
    @xorsyst14 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Southerner living in the North, moved progressively North in my life as the housing is cheaper and life is more than just your job.

  • @brassj67

    @brassj67

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @seantopping9429

    @seantopping9429

    4 жыл бұрын

    I love this comment, i'm from north and living by London (not comparing all the south) and i prefer being up north but the south has great things to offer but i have noticed its very job orientated

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dead right but stop telling people and giving them ideas

  • @GC121

    @GC121

    4 жыл бұрын

    You say that but the working south keeps the food on the north’s table

  • @stevenmacdonald9619

    @stevenmacdonald9619

    4 жыл бұрын

    Northerner totally agreeing. I was going to give you my reply, but I'll make a complete comment for everyone

  • @sphericalseeker4446
    @sphericalseeker44464 жыл бұрын

    Can I just say your analogy of England, Scotland and Wales as brothers is hilarious

  • @annother3350

    @annother3350

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes. It's sisters surely

  • @goggler2

    @goggler2

    4 жыл бұрын

    I often think of the Usa Canada and Austaralia as Britains grown up children.

  • @sphericalseeker4446

    @sphericalseeker4446

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@goggler2 I think you could use allana's analogy here too. Canada is the elder more sensible child, America is the naughty/rebellious child and Oz is the quiet younger one

  • @goggler2

    @goggler2

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sphericalseeker4446 True

  • @fafski1199

    @fafski1199

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@sphericalseeker4446 Yep, with Canada you nailed it, the US is defiantly the rebellious teenager, who's prone to temper tantrums and is the 'black sheep' of the family. OZ on the other hand is the youngest and is more laid back, carefree, but also has a witty sense of humour.

  • @bewareofsnow
    @bewareofsnow3 жыл бұрын

    As someone living in Wales, we are so seldom thought about that when we were even acknowledged in this video my reaction was like Dobby's when he's given a sock.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂 Wales is a beautiful country!!

  • @justjohn2724

    @justjohn2724

    2 жыл бұрын

    The welsh are underated a great but oddly forgoten people

  • @OGS2099
    @OGS20994 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: I used to live in England. I moved to the South like most do when they first visit England. & They made me think the North was so bleak & grim I was actually kind of nervous visiting my first time. I thought it was going to be crime ridden, rough, depressing...It was none of that. The South couldn't be more full of it. The North is absolutely beautiful and was easily my favourite part of England. One thing I found is most Brits don't even travel around their own country. So many haven't even been up North. It's completely insane to me. So most form opinions on stereotypes but they couldn't be further from reality. North is better.

  • @LilyButterfly1000

    @LilyButterfly1000

    4 жыл бұрын

    D'Arcy Sweeney I applaud you and wholeheartedly agree ❤️

  • @andrewnorris5415

    @andrewnorris5415

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was surprised when I saw a dating show and the Southerners travelled up North to meet dates. There was four of them and two had never even been here before. Most of us Northerners have visited London and the South Coast for hols. Same is true in the US, most people have never even left their own state I heard. I have travelled the UK a fair bit and worked in diff parts. All the people are nice. Londoners have less time, longer commutes, seem to work longer, and can be more materialistic (they are good folk but you get sucked into it there). To make themselves feel better about this life they like to label the North as "grim". When in reality it is very beautiful and quite smart looking. They are generally better for intelligent convos in the South though, as there are more educated people there. Science, psychology etc. But there is some bias on "woke" subjects as they consider themselves more "progressive" but you can take that too far for sure.

  • @Luke_05

    @Luke_05

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Saunders It’s not..

  • @Luke_05

    @Luke_05

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Saunders No I’m saying ‘It’s not..’ to the fact that you said the North is grim...

  • @Thisisasmokescreen

    @Thisisasmokescreen

    4 жыл бұрын

    D'Arcy Sweeney there is an element of true to that. Not so much the stereotyping, well not for me anyway. I’m from Somerset and out of all my mates the ones that go up north most often is because of Family, Football or business. Some of my mates haven’t been much past brum but they’ve spent 3months in SE Asia!

  • @ZG0002
    @ZG00024 жыл бұрын

    I don't know how I'm even able to watch this being a northerner, we don't have the technology in these parts..

  • @mrsiborg

    @mrsiborg

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just wait till you get the internet!

  • @andrewnorris5415

    @andrewnorris5415

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mrsiborg what's that? I repling by tele-message on a bulletin board using a dial up 300 baud modem, that's how everyone accesses youtube right? ;)

  • @mrsiborg

    @mrsiborg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@andrewnorris5415 As a northerner myself I can tell you that you so far behind the times, it's 360 baud now. Get with the times :p

  • @sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

    @sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

    4 жыл бұрын

    I only got the internet because I stole it from a southerner. Isn’t that how anyone up north gets anything?

  • @Nooziterp1

    @Nooziterp1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ha ha! That's one of the perceptions people in the South have about people in the North. That they're backward technologically.

  • @ufewl
    @ufewl4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from the midlands, Nottingham, I look down on Southerners and look up to Northerners.

  • @baylessnow

    @baylessnow

    4 жыл бұрын

    That reminds me of The Two Ronnies and John Cleese.

  • @pjmoseley243

    @pjmoseley243

    4 жыл бұрын

    hey don't forget us easterners lol

  • @keagangrundel3981

    @keagangrundel3981

    4 жыл бұрын

    ufewl this guys got jokes!

  • @jamiesimms7084

    @jamiesimms7084

    2 ай бұрын

    Lol. Nottingham is more North of the Midlands though. You're more Northern and Northampton is more Southern. Yet you're both the Midlands (Marcia)

  • @jamiesimms7084

    @jamiesimms7084

    2 ай бұрын

    We're both East Midlands lol

  • @ourliam4482
    @ourliam44824 жыл бұрын

    Proud Northerner. In my opinion though the few working class Cockneys I've met over the years are as down to earth and warm as we are.

  • @ourliam4482

    @ourliam4482

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Blackporsche roadster Cheers pal. How's Lockdown going for you?

  • @alecneate76

    @alecneate76

    3 жыл бұрын

    Very true, we've all pretty much left london now though, no longer our city

  • @dezah8360

    @dezah8360

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@alecneate76 aye am fae scotland and hear more cockneys here than actually when I'm down in london

  • @davidholmes2283

    @davidholmes2283

    3 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree. I've been down to London many times and this comment is spot on. Good set of folks.

  • @geoffwheadon4277

    @geoffwheadon4277

    3 жыл бұрын

    Spent 12 years in Leytonstone n Walthamstow, 2000-2012, replacing the Victorian water mains in the eastend, made life long friends there, some of the lads even wed cockney lasses, moved them northeast like, probably could name all the pubs, hahaha, knew all the barmaids, wink wink, hahaha, best regards from County Durham

  • @hayleylongster4698
    @hayleylongster46984 жыл бұрын

    I spent 30 years of my life as a diehard born and bred Yorkshirewoman, then found out that my surname is a derivative of 'Lancaster'. Help me, I can no longer live.

  • @hayleylongster4698

    @hayleylongster4698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @John Saunders Only boring people with no lives spend their precious time trolling innocuous youtube comments. You might wanna get out more.

  • @hayleylongster4698

    @hayleylongster4698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @John Saunders you said it sir

  • @hayleylongster4698

    @hayleylongster4698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @John Saunders You've been talking to the wrong northerners 😎

  • @hayleylongster4698

    @hayleylongster4698

    4 жыл бұрын

    @John Saunders Lol well I agree with you on that score!! Boycott is also a right perve

  • @nigecheshire9854

    @nigecheshire9854

    4 жыл бұрын

    You two get a room 😀

  • @GTeschaton
    @GTeschaton4 жыл бұрын

    I am a full blooded northerner born and raised in the south, who lived in London for most of my life. I have since returned back to my ancestral city of Liverpool

  • @tonyhussey3610
    @tonyhussey36104 жыл бұрын

    Can’t we all agree that you get “twats”everywhere..

  • @harrybarrow6222

    @harrybarrow6222

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely true. I guess the debate is whether there are proportionately more in London. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @jamiesimms7084

    @jamiesimms7084

    2 ай бұрын

    Lolol 😂😂😂

  • @Emma-sq1kn
    @Emma-sq1kn4 жыл бұрын

    I’m a Northerner, I eat coal.

  • @347lbs

    @347lbs

    4 жыл бұрын

    You get coal to eat, that's posh.

  • @paddyw917

    @paddyw917

    4 жыл бұрын

    I dream about eating coal

  • @Dave-hu5hr

    @Dave-hu5hr

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@paddyw917 You dream about eating coal.. ?! Luxury.

  • @robertkirk4387

    @robertkirk4387

    4 жыл бұрын

    Luxury!

  • @FightingCoward

    @FightingCoward

    4 жыл бұрын

    What we wouldn't have given to be lucky enough to have coal for tea... we DREAMED of eating coal!

  • @dewie7486
    @dewie74864 жыл бұрын

    Northerner here! I’m from Lancashire. I think you’re very brave to take on such a hot topic. There have been wars fought over less. Love the channel and love hearing about your country of origin too, lol. Hope you’re still sane after reading all of these comments. xxx

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!!

  • @adamisonyoutube
    @adamisonyoutube4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Manchester, personally I've always found Northerners to be far more laid back and friendly than those in the south. We also have proper food up here, I still can't believe they don't put gravy on their chips down south.

  • @geoffpoole483

    @geoffpoole483

    4 жыл бұрын

    If you travelled south , the first chippy not serving chips and gravy would mark the actual north-south divide.

  • @mauricecasey5556

    @mauricecasey5556

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's because we are not animals. ;-)

  • @adamisonyoutube

    @adamisonyoutube

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Jorvs Try it, you'll never look back!

  • @garethwest3864

    @garethwest3864

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dont I work all over and when they do have gravy it's usually watery bistro. Not the deep rich onion gravy of the north

  • @adamisonyoutube

    @adamisonyoutube

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@garethwest3864 🤢 Nothing worse than watery gravy

  • @stumccabe
    @stumccabe4 жыл бұрын

    The North/South divide probably goes all the way back to the Anglo-Saxon period when there were several different kingdoms: Wessex and Kent in the south, East Anglia, Mercia in the midlands, Northumbria and Strathclyde in the north. I think I left one out. These ancient kingdoms still pretty much match the main areas we think of today.

  • @stumccabe

    @stumccabe

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nick Martin. Me too Nick!

  • @penname5766

    @penname5766

    4 жыл бұрын

    To be honest, I think it goes back further than that to when the Romans put up Hadrian's Wall and created a literal north-south divide. Let's blame it on the Romans anyway 😊

  • @brad-vg2yb

    @brad-vg2yb

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@penname5766 what have the romans ever done for us?

  • @penname5766

    @penname5766

    4 жыл бұрын

    bradley holder Exactly! 😂

  • @kierankj
    @kierankj4 жыл бұрын

    Being from the East Midlands if I go down south I'm a northerner, if I go up north I'm a southerner. Can't win either way!

  • @mistfall5478
    @mistfall54784 жыл бұрын

    In my experience, northern people love to rip into southern people but southern people aren't that bothered about ripping into northern people. That might be a reason why you got more replies from northerners. Northern people always assume I'm rich. I used to work in a theatre and things were a bit overpriced, as they tend to be in theatres, and northerners would say things like "we can't afford that! We're not rich like you!". It's weird. I'm working class and live paycheck to paycheck. -Southerner from the West Country

  • @xjadit7826

    @xjadit7826

    4 жыл бұрын

    From my experience northerners tend to have more money cause things are a lot cheaper i don’t understand where this stereotype of us southerners being rich comes from

  • @KnightoftheLord1

    @KnightoftheLord1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Northerners love taking the mickey out of Southerners but can't handle it and get all stroppy when we take the mickey back, bunch of hypocritical, uneducated, inbred slobs they are up there. XD

  • @hannahdyson7129

    @hannahdyson7129

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KnightoftheLord1 You're going to have to try harder to get us to bite xxx

  • @KnightoftheLord1

    @KnightoftheLord1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hannahdyson7129 Not really I've had tons of angry comments from your lot. :)

  • @munn2006
    @munn20064 жыл бұрын

    You're all Southerners to us Scots

  • @shaunw9270

    @shaunw9270

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're all Rab C Nesbit to us lol 😂🤣

  • @Mexxx65

    @Mexxx65

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Northerners" as they claim they are, aren't really are they!!

  • @mauricecasey5556

    @mauricecasey5556

    4 жыл бұрын

    I knew a Scotch person would say that!

  • @EASYTIGER10

    @EASYTIGER10

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a midlander who has lived in both Scotland and Durham where I was a "southerner". But down south I'm a northerner! I'm just confused! lol

  • @shaunw9270

    @shaunw9270

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mauricecasey5556 Lol , they're Scots . Scotch is their Whisky 😁

  • @johnturner4400
    @johnturner44004 жыл бұрын

    Shout out for the midlands !

  • @johnturner4400

    @johnturner4400

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hammer 001. I’m fine with that too!

  • @Chelmsleygirl92

    @Chelmsleygirl92

    4 жыл бұрын

    West Midlands aka brunmie

  • @EASYTIGER10

    @EASYTIGER10

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think if pushed, more midlanders would identify more closely with the North than the south, but I think most aren't really bothered. I don't know how far south this goes (I'm from Leicestershire). Personally I think there's a lot of BS talked about it. I have relatives in Essex who are more friendly and less arrogant than people I know in Leeds.

  • @shaunw9270

    @shaunw9270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Funny when she lumped Birmingham in with the North I was thinking , that's the Midlands ! I'm down in Bristol btw.

  • @EASYTIGER10

    @EASYTIGER10

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shaunw9270 I've always wondered how places like Bristol, Plymouth, Swindon etc fit into the whole "North/South" thing. Obviously, geographically it's in the south, but wouldn't Bristolians identify more with the North than they would with, say, London?

  • @roxyspence
    @roxyspence4 жыл бұрын

    Both. My family are southerners and I was born in the south, but then moved to the north where I grew up. I don't have any bad feelings about either. Yorkshire has a great sense of community and warmth about it. But I was teased (not so far as to call it bullying) about my accent, and people often ask me where I'm from because they don't believe I am a northerner, despite living here most of my life. My school teacher once admitted that he immediately assumed I was intelligent because of my voice, meanwhile, my parents have accused me of 'Dumbing down' my accent because I've adopted some Yorkshire dialect. I feel like neither a Southerner nor a Northerner, my accent and mannerisms are some frankenstein combo. In the South I feel coarse, and in the North I feel uptight.

  • @justjohn2724

    @justjohn2724

    2 жыл бұрын

    not the south just london south is just fine

  • @amazingflame5139
    @amazingflame51394 жыл бұрын

    So if the stereotype of “northern born, northern bread, strong in the arm, thick in the head!” And the south is the opposite, then wtf happened to Wiltshire 😂😂

  • @fionagregory9376

    @fionagregory9376

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bred not bread.

  • @Frank-mm2yp
    @Frank-mm2yp4 жыл бұрын

    Brave Canadian woman'---enough said...

  • @Brpwndood

    @Brpwndood

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not a real "Foreigner" technically...hailing from within the British Commonwealth. Most Brits dont pay much heed to the divide except some snarky comments they're well accustomed to the notion.

  • @SpikeBlighty
    @SpikeBlighty4 жыл бұрын

    Born and bred Northerner. I have no problem with southerners. I've always found them friendly.

  • @amandaely9983

    @amandaely9983

    4 жыл бұрын

    SpikeBlighty I’m an Essex girl and you’ve made my day babe

  • @nick260682

    @nick260682

    4 жыл бұрын

    SpikeBlighty To be honest I don’t have a problem with northerners, but glance down this comment section and you’ll see that a huge amount of northerners dislike southerners, especially Londoners. Not sure if they realise but no Londoners think about northerners enough to have an uneducated opinion on them as a group. They just take the many economic migrant northerners they meet every day in London as they come. They’re just like any other migrant to London. Mostly great, some dicks.

  • @RodRuth
    @RodRuth4 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos. You add humour with intellect; it 's quite entertaining.

  • @justjohn2724

    @justjohn2724

    2 жыл бұрын

    ive not done a video what you watching and can i have the url haha

  • @chrisbutton5005
    @chrisbutton50054 жыл бұрын

    I'm south west so anything north of Bristol is "up north" and anything east of sailsbury is snob land

  • @milanondrak5564

    @milanondrak5564

    4 жыл бұрын

    Salisbury is snob city. Its small enough to be a large village but even its unemployed people have a snobby attitude.

  • @IonaTee

    @IonaTee

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from (near) Exeter and I thought the same haha

  • @izzymabbett

    @izzymabbett

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreeeeeddddddd.

  • @neilturner6749

    @neilturner6749

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chris Button haha I live 2 miles East of Salisbury and the mistrust/hostility I receive from people just a few miles away on the west side of Salisbury is palpable. Even my accent (Home Counties I guess) is noticeably different.

  • @alecneate76

    @alecneate76

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats weird east of london we think you in the west are all posh retirees and second homes

  • @rowmk9735
    @rowmk97354 жыл бұрын

    South Wales here. It's probably been said before, but Wales itself has its own North/South divide, and we generally despise each other, in a half joking, half not joking manner.

  • @richardhussey3330

    @richardhussey3330

    4 жыл бұрын

    The north of Wales is a bit more Tory than the South. Except maybe Cardiff.

  • @kdp8133

    @kdp8133

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@richardhussey3330 That's the areas where there are many retirees from England. And farmers. My area is Plaid.

  • @dantaylor9132

    @dantaylor9132

    4 жыл бұрын

    North wales = best wales, especially Anglesey.

  • @sianhughes5380

    @sianhughes5380

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep true,totally agree there is a north/south divide here in Wales!!

  • @maccacovi

    @maccacovi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@richardhussey3330 maybe the Conwy valley area . Plaid Cymru an labour everywyelse

  • @rachstone9491
    @rachstone94914 жыл бұрын

    Everyone just conveniently forgets the South West exists

  • @davidbarlow431

    @davidbarlow431

    4 жыл бұрын

    No they iNvent forgotten you, they just have no issues with the south west, they are culturally nice people. The South West was in the equation went the North was voting in the referendum. I've already written to my useless Labour mps suggesting that low to zero rate loans should be made available to owner operators to rebuild coastal fishing fleets.

  • @mikeboosh8776

    @mikeboosh8776

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, we haven't. it's a nice place to go on holiday, and they make pasties. Er... that pretty much sums it up doesn't it?

  • @Thisisasmokescreen

    @Thisisasmokescreen

    4 жыл бұрын

    mike boosh we have cider and rugby, yes that’s it, but it’s enough.

  • @Thisisasmokescreen

    @Thisisasmokescreen

    4 жыл бұрын

    And the greatest party ever, Glastonbury

  • @Thisisasmokescreen

    @Thisisasmokescreen

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Saunders dunno what Glastonbury your going to mate. I couldn’t care less what those cunce are up to.

  • @fade2k652
    @fade2k6524 жыл бұрын

    Im from Yorkshire and proud of it, i deliver timber all over the UK, and personally i think its more a class thing than regional, because i deal with people from all over the UK we are all builders in one form or another and i can sit in any canteen any where in the UK and get on fine with everyone in it. But i can deliver to some posh estate and the owner comes out and starts ordering everyone about like slaves and it reallly make my blood boil.... its not North vs South, its rich vs poor. Also i dont think there are any truly british people left in London, its a cess pit. Nice vid btw :)

  • @harrybarrow6222

    @harrybarrow6222

    3 жыл бұрын

    Some time ago, I read a psychology research paper about an experiment in which a group of people were given tokens, unequally distributed. The researchers found that those with more tokens were less likely to give some to those with less. Politics in a nutshell.

  • @KnightoftheLord1

    @KnightoftheLord1

    3 жыл бұрын

    I like this comment. :) I hear and see loads of northerners in real life and online they say we are 'Southern fairies' thinking we are all rich snobs who look down at northerners it's not true, lol, I started getting back at them saying they are northern lowlifes and they don't like it lol they like having banter but only when they make fun of us, they don't like it the other way, but I agree with this guy @Fade2k he's telling the truth. :)

  • @AntonyMiles
    @AntonyMiles4 жыл бұрын

    Born a southerner, and spent my teenage years up in the north. Now living way down south in Australia. Enjoy watching a new arrivals view of the UK. Keep up the good work

  • @ShalomBrother
    @ShalomBrother4 жыл бұрын

    I’m Northern born, Northern bred, Strong in the arm, Thick in the head.

  • @baylessnow

    @baylessnow

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've only heard that applied to Hampshire by somebody who came from there, also, it's not in the North "oo arrr".

  • @xinaesthetic

    @xinaesthetic

    4 жыл бұрын

    baylessnow yeah I’m from Hampshire and I’ve heard it applied to here (with dropped ‘h’ of course).

  • @pjmoseley243

    @pjmoseley243

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@baylessnow i was going to say it a more westcountry yokel saying oooooooooooooooo aaaaaarrrrrrrrrhhh

  • @ianwebster3489

    @ianwebster3489

    4 жыл бұрын

    We (Middlesbrough) say that about Yorkshiremen.

  • @Andre-pe9mm

    @Andre-pe9mm

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ian Webster isn’t MIDDLESBROUGH in Yorkshire ?

  • @MarkSmithSa
    @MarkSmithSa4 жыл бұрын

    Probably the best summary of the 3 nations that I've ever heard: 3 brothers with Wales sitting on the side watching the 2 others fighting each other. (Southerner)

  • @kuladysxn
    @kuladysxn4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a born bred Northerner from Yorkshire. When I go down to London I get werid looks from my accent and I feel less friendlier then to north because up north you would always say hello to everyone you pass by on Londener you mind you own business. Like the video by the way!! 👍👍👍

  • @olivannoort1093
    @olivannoort10934 жыл бұрын

    The thing is, England has twice the population of Canada on a ‘tiny little island’ so your obviously going to get more drastic competition and divide.

  • @justjohn2724

    @justjohn2724

    2 жыл бұрын

    Really lol guess you dont get it

  • @helenchristie6530
    @helenchristie65304 жыл бұрын

    I’m a Northerner, a Yorkshire lass, but I’ve lived in Scotland for 25 years, so I’m all kinds of messed up 😂

  • @EricIrl

    @EricIrl

    4 жыл бұрын

    @wendy kelly I'm an Irish person living in the South of England. I haven't a hope.

  • @paulwilson2651

    @paulwilson2651

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are Scots now if you want to be.

  • @grahamlive

    @grahamlive

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@paulwilson2651 I second this. :)

  • @elephantsmemory3142

    @elephantsmemory3142

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@EricIrl I am a Yorkshire man living in Ireland for the last 26 years and I feel j just the same as I always have

  • @barcabhoy7193

    @barcabhoy7193

    4 жыл бұрын

    Paul Wilson Scottish, not Scots.

  • @Hi-kq1vi
    @Hi-kq1vi4 жыл бұрын

    The irony of Northerners saying the perception of Southerners being tight with money should be lost on nobody.

  • @afpwebworks
    @afpwebworks4 жыл бұрын

    Alanna your portrayal of the different countries as brothers was very perceptive and spot on Well done!

  • @kcchapman3630
    @kcchapman3630 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, you're taking on the big subjects. I didn't know you could be a actual journalist. Im impressed. I live in Florida U.S. where it's warm most of the time. I would love to show you and your partner around my city. I'd be happy to drive you around so no rent a car needed.

  • @midlander8186
    @midlander81864 жыл бұрын

    I'm an American living in a suburb just outside Chicago called Berwyn. Most residents of our city have no idea the origin of its name. Hi, Wales!

  • @lloydellis5570

    @lloydellis5570

    4 жыл бұрын

    Helo! Syt mae?! Ti’n iawn ?! cariad oddi wrth cymru x 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @shawnyates

    @shawnyates

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey :-)

  • @kdp8133

    @kdp8133

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from North Wales 😉

  • @smoothie9931

    @smoothie9931

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kdp8133 I'm from South Wales :D where would you say the line is?

  • @SteveGouldinSpain
    @SteveGouldinSpain4 жыл бұрын

    As a Southerner I remember going 'up north' for the first time for a work meeting. I got off the train at Preston and wandered into a newsagents. There was nobody there except the proprieter who looked at me and said 'Hello, alright?'. I nearly jumped out of my skin! People don't do that in London. It can cause heart-attacks or in some instances a summoning of the local constabulary in case a terrorist incident is about to ensue. I subsequently found this was not, as I had supposed, due to a mental defect of the chap in question, but people up there generally are 'nice' and more socially forthcoming. I spent over decade travelling to all parts of the north and was invariably rewarded with meeting the most friendly, welcoming people. I left London for Spain in 2003 and now on the rare occasions I go back, I feel a foreigner there myself as I think the city is gradually becoming more insular and suspicious of 'the other'.

  • @simonlee7633

    @simonlee7633

    4 жыл бұрын

    Londoner born in Newcastle and hoping to remain for my best interest.

  • @davidp2888
    @davidp28884 жыл бұрын

    My girlfriend is from the North. When someone mentions the South she goes into convulsions.

  • @davemcgarvie2746

    @davemcgarvie2746

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bet she loves the Scottish though

  • @davidp2888

    @davidp2888

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@davemcgarvie2746 She's quite fond of the American.

  • @jjt7182

    @jjt7182

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davemcgarvie2746 no one likes the scottish

  • @willhunt6897
    @willhunt68974 жыл бұрын

    From the South, but have some Northern friends. From my experience, we're basically the same apart from the accent and them complaining how expensive everything is down here (which is justified to be fair). I struggle with the whole "short a" pronunciation though; with words like "bath" and "staff". Yes we know there is no "r" in it but there doesn't need to be, we just know how to say it properly! Haha, love Northerners, they're a fascinating people 😅

  • @peter.7267

    @peter.7267

    2 жыл бұрын

    Im from the north of England and some years ago while in the British army I found other brits no problem to get on with as we live on the best Island in the world ! Out of all the countries in the world I’ve always found the Aussies & Canucks tend to sing from the same hymn book as us 🤷🏼‍♂️ 🇬🇧

  • @dinger40
    @dinger404 жыл бұрын

    A Notherner living in the South, my parents come South to educate the Southerners (50+ years ago) and ended up getting corrupted ;¬)))

  • @dinger40

    @dinger40

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Hammer 001 RN 46years+1 week ago

  • @mrmagoo-i2l

    @mrmagoo-i2l

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hammer 001 Well as that’s in a couple of weeks I’d hurry up.

  • @paulbangash4317

    @paulbangash4317

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mancunian living in London where my second son was born. Fortunately he met a girl up north and my three grandsons are Mancunian !!

  • @evebarlowsrottencrotch8986
    @evebarlowsrottencrotch89864 жыл бұрын

    Just like in Game Of Thrones, the North/South divide is real, those southern fairies cant handle our weather.🤣🤣

  • @rohan_uzumaki

    @rohan_uzumaki

    4 жыл бұрын

    oh lord i can't express how realistic it is now after using that got reference ( as an outsider)

  • @Kellcool
    @Kellcool4 жыл бұрын

    And neither side want to claim us Midlanders as their own haha. We are the unwanted, absent minded, happy to plod along child in the middle. From a *totally* unbiased perspective- Northerners all the way. Jolly, warm, honest and playful. And that part of the country is truly beautiful.

  • @justjohn2724

    @justjohn2724

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you send me the coords ill move there

  • @tempa04
    @tempa045 ай бұрын

    I'm an Essex girl in Derbyshire. Everyone says hi to me in my village. It's nice. The scenery is lovely. The hills keep me fit.. It's been easy for me to adjust here. Although the south is more comfortable for me because I was raised there!

  • @wharfedalehome
    @wharfedalehome4 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps a new slogan for the UK might be: "SMALL COUNTRY, BIG GRUDGES!"

  • @andrewnorris5415

    @andrewnorris5415

    4 жыл бұрын

    Small country, big differences. I.e. not boring and all the same. And it's banter, not "grudges". If you don't get the difference, you don't get the Uk very deeply. No grudges are held, although it may seem like that from some comments.

  • @wharfedalehome

    @wharfedalehome

    4 жыл бұрын

    Andrew - I couldn't agree more. My phrase "SMALL COUNTRY, BIG GRUDGES!" was just that - banter. In other words it was not meant to be taken seriously. If you compare that with the alternative phrase "SMALL COUNTRY, BIG BANTER" it loses the point. If it loses the point it's not amusing, hence my use of the word "grudge".

  • @MrTumshie
    @MrTumshie4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Scotsman living back home having spent a decade in England, split between London and Birmingham. You were very wise to avoid including us today- you really aren't ready for all that! I think the mistake you may be making comparing England to Canada is that size has nothing to do with it. It is far more about inequality of wealth and resources. The south seem to see their north as needy scroungers while the northerners see the south as greedy and selfish. That's simplifying it a fair bit but explains why the divide is still as big a thing as ever.

  • @Jackerlus1

    @Jackerlus1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Change "the South" to "Tories" and you've nailed it

  • @borderlands6606

    @borderlands6606

    4 жыл бұрын

    Basically, London and the south east see hogging the resources as perfectly normal. This is born out by Crossrail being built and HS2 being started (and Crossrail2 being seriously considered), while Northerners travel in 1980s Leyland buses on cargo chassis (Pacers). When I lived in London politically correct liberal types saw this as unremarkable. If large institution like Parliament, the Treasury and Civil Service were redistributed throughout the country, Londoners would go into meltdown.

  • @penname5766

    @penname5766

    4 жыл бұрын

    But you're making assumptions about what people in the south think. Why do you think southerners see northerners as "needy scroungers"? I'm from the south but I have friends who are northerners and I love them dearly. I certainly don't consider them scroungers.

  • @nick260682

    @nick260682

    4 жыл бұрын

    Borderlands Yeah but you kinda need to keep London going smoothly because it props up the rest of the country. The north would be stuffed without London. London and the SE are the only areas that spend less tax money than they bring in. That surplus has to go and subsidise the rest of the country because every other region spends more taxes than they bring in. If anything London is generous.

  • @borderlands6606

    @borderlands6606

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nick260682 That's self-asserting logic. Keep all the big stuff in London, government, financial services, civil service, and the countless subsidiaries they support from luxury car dealerships to restaurants, then whatever crumbs are left when the fat cats have gorged themselves can be scattered throughout the regions. Doesn't sound very generous to me.

  • @melysmelys2622
    @melysmelys26224 жыл бұрын

    Well that's thousands of years of Welsh history brushed over. Thanks!

  • @greatgruff1442
    @greatgruff14424 жыл бұрын

    Depends what you mean by a 'big country', Canada is a large land mass with half the population of the UK.

  • @yorkshirecoastadventures1657
    @yorkshirecoastadventures16574 жыл бұрын

    Scarborough,North Yorkshire,Northern England. Love your content,thanks.

  • @QQTrick1QQ
    @QQTrick1QQ4 жыл бұрын

    Transient starts civil war, details at 11. XD

  • @glynevans4119
    @glynevans41194 жыл бұрын

    Great topic well handled and amusing.. I'm from Yorkshire and everyone knows it is Gods own country and we are naturally better than anyone else..we are Yorkshire first English second and British when we need to get a new passport

  • @chortlerguffaw

    @chortlerguffaw

    4 жыл бұрын

    Glyn Evans Yawn with the God’s own country Yorkie arrogance!

  • @primalengland

    @primalengland

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’m from Lancashire, so we should hate each other, but my partner lives in Leeds and she is awesome. I also love the way that when we go for a pint, the locals, who have accepted me, shout ‘Hey, Wigan. Get us a pint!” We’re all just here for a nanosecond. I’ve not got the time or the energy.

  • @redcap-t4t
    @redcap-t4t4 жыл бұрын

    I am from Northern Ireland, and we're so obscure that nobody even says, "Northern Ireland is so obscure."

  • @geofsharp658

    @geofsharp658

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where?

  • @Comic3247
    @Comic32474 жыл бұрын

    The highlight of my week has arrived once again

  • @onemillion4336
    @onemillion43364 жыл бұрын

    I’m northerner and I don’t hate the southerners, and have no negative feelings towards them at all.

  • @tonyhussey3610

    @tonyhussey3610

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’m from the south and agree with you,, I must say I don’t like the rich twats down here.

  • @nick260682

    @nick260682

    4 жыл бұрын

    charly jarrett You class 5.5 million English people in London as “very few”?

  • @richardwills-woodward5340

    @richardwills-woodward5340

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@nick260682 Relative to 9 million in the borough map area *only*, I would. Most of them also live in outer borough's (which are now fast becoming inner borough's). It is the trend that is of concern given the beliefs of those coming in contrast to those of a few decades ago that actually respected the institutions and cultural norms. That said, inner London British people have also forgotten what their own history is and the wonderful and unique legacy of liberty and standards they are often fighting consciously and unconsciously to abolish.

  • @nick260682

    @nick260682

    4 жыл бұрын

    Richard Wills-Woodward You don’t know London well do you. Vague racist platitudes confirm this.

  • @evertonfrancis640
    @evertonfrancis6404 жыл бұрын

    When I moved from Liverpool the main thing I noticed is that the south can go for 3 weeks without rain in the summer we’d be lucky to have a dry spell of 3 hours by the Mersey😝

  • @geoffh2560
    @geoffh25604 жыл бұрын

    Northerner. Yorkshire lad, moved to the Lake District. Always lived in the north, obvs.

  • @williamstewart3058
    @williamstewart30584 жыл бұрын

    I think you are incredibly brave talking about this subject . Maybe next week you could discuss Brexit and say which side is wrong

  • @justjohn2724

    @justjohn2724

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think we are a small island and should get along apart from the south haha

  • @tarkatherotter861

    @tarkatherotter861

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no discussion - the remain contingent are wrong, just look at the state of the EU now. Besides that they’ve shown they can’t tolerate anyone thinking differently to the way they do - as shown by their willingness to overturn the result, which is disgraceful

  • @Holmesy87
    @Holmesy874 жыл бұрын

    "Wales was a mistake" - Alanna, 2020.

  • @peckelhaze6934
    @peckelhaze69344 жыл бұрын

    My mother was from the West Country and my father from Manchester, I was born and live in East Anglia so I am intermediate.

  • @KiatHuang
    @KiatHuang2 жыл бұрын

    Southerner here. My football team from 11 has been Leeds United. As a teenager my first hitch-hike solo was up to Yorkshire and I was blown away. I loved the countryside and got on really well with the people up there who were open and friendly to me. Ever since then despite living all over the South of England including London, I've got on far better with strangers from the north (Midlands upwards) than the South. I agree with those two lists from the northerners - spot on! Once I'd not needed to work in the south and family ties not so numerous, we moved up north (just south of Grimsby) and have not regretted it at all. Love Lincolnshire, the people, towns and country.

  • @LikeRustedWings
    @LikeRustedWings4 жыл бұрын

    I'm an American who's moving to England this year, and I just wanted to say thank you. Your videos just give me so much reassurance about what to expect after my move!

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, that's really sweet!!

  • @paulmoore4223

    @paulmoore4223

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where are you comming to?

  • @JimbosFarm1

    @JimbosFarm1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Stay away from the feral London children

  • @HighHoeKermit

    @HighHoeKermit

    4 жыл бұрын

    Come north! The accent isn't what Americans expect, but you'll get used to it.

  • @user-vo8es6ld6w

    @user-vo8es6ld6w

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Rxx x 😀 in Russia some people also called Moscow as Moscowbad, like Baghdad or something like that. Islam is growing up

  • @KimberleyASamuels
    @KimberleyASamuels4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Yorkshire rose that lived in the South for uni. I definitely noticed a difference (mostly in weather). Speaking to the friends I made down there, it felt like a different country at first. But I think you can still find plenty of friendly people in the South. Maybe when HS2 is built in 3020 we'll be able to bridge the gap.

  • @KimberleyASamuels

    @KimberleyASamuels

    4 жыл бұрын

    @John Saunders It was in Winchester

  • @stephenhodgson3506
    @stephenhodgson35064 жыл бұрын

    There used to be a saying in the Victorian era that went Northerners make the brass while Southerners spend it. The heartland of the Industrial Revolution was the North and Midlands but for some reason all the money seemed to flow south. This also applied to Scotland and Wales so people from the North began to be a little antagonistic to what they saw as money grabbing Southerners. An example of this is that Samson Fox (A Yorkshire man) donated most of the money for the building of the Royal College of Music in London but rarely gets a mention for his efforts.

  • @pkbarlo2
    @pkbarlo24 жыл бұрын

    The attitude that the North and South have to each other is perfectly expressed in the film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

  • @ShiivaWilding
    @ShiivaWilding4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from the Midlands! I'm neither!

  • @mcfcok1683

    @mcfcok1683

    3 жыл бұрын

    midlands don’t exist

  • @juliancarter557
    @juliancarter5574 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Northerner living in the South, even worse I'm half Yorkshire and half Welsh, even worse than that, the step sons other half is a Scouser! :-) :-). So while theres the Lancahire / Yorkshire divide (which is monumental) we have have to team up against the Southerners in the house.

  • @eclectictraveller
    @eclectictraveller4 жыл бұрын

    I'm Sheffield born and bred. I thought Yorkshire was a country in its own right! This video has come as a huge shock 🤔😮😬

  • @deitchj003

    @deitchj003

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unspoken rules mate, we are our own country, fucking southerners

  • @dinolil1474
    @dinolil14744 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Southerner and there is some modicum of truth to the stereotypes the Northerners have of us, but I promise you lot that we're not being rude when we don't talk to you - we're just quiet! You guys can do the talking for us! You're a lot warmer afterall!

  • @_v-.
    @_v-.4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant, a very brave choice of subject but you managed to carry it off perfectly and I'm still laughing at the "family UK"😂😂

  • @colindebourg3884
    @colindebourg38844 жыл бұрын

    Having lived and worked all over this country I can say that there is no difference in people, there are nice and not so nice people everywhere, area doesn't have any bearing on the quality of the person.

  • @cyberash3000

    @cyberash3000

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've worked all over the country and that's the opposite of what I found

  • @justjohn2724

    @justjohn2724

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thiis is a valid point but you have no roots it seems

  • @CharlieFlemingOriginal
    @CharlieFlemingOriginal4 жыл бұрын

    I'm a Northerner (HULL) moved to London 10 years ago... I'd consider the line from The Wash (Kings Lynn) through Loughbrough through Stafford stopping at the welsh border, all above north and below south.

  • @simonlee7633
    @simonlee7633 Жыл бұрын

    I am a Londoner, born in Newcastle.

  • @corrigenda70
    @corrigenda704 жыл бұрын

    As a Northerner who has lived for more than 35 years in the South - though we settled North of the river (Thames)! I moved with my family from near Manchester because it was a jobs issue. Northerners are generally more friendly on first contact, their humour is deeper and more attractive (I think) and Southerners tend to misunderstand the North - thinking it is not so attractive - and that can be the case in some cases simply because of the industrial heritage of parts of the North. Southerners too tend to be amazed at how far away the North is. Having said that I doubt we'd move back - not least because both our children have married Southerners.

  • @shaunw9270

    @shaunw9270

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol your grandkids will have "funny" accents.

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    Manchester is in the Midlands not the North

  • @shaunw9270

    @shaunw9270

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@redf7209 Manchester is in Lancashire , which is Northern England .

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shaunw9270 I know. I used to live in Manchester but its only a little more than half way up the country. Its 208 miles from the Berwick Border town and 208 miles from London

  • @shaunw9270

    @shaunw9270

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@redf7209 I never realised that ! From Bristol ,I always think of the Midlands as Birmingham , Coventry , the black country, Shropshire (?). I work with a young guy from Burnley who's a proud Northerner. Should I tell him he's from the Midlands ?🙄

  • @nicoladolby2154
    @nicoladolby21544 жыл бұрын

    Hi Alana, though I was born in Surrey I've lived most of my life in Northern England. I think the North/South divide is caused by a perceived (often accurately) lack of economic investment outside of SE England over successive decades. Whilst this has much reduced this century, there still lingers in some areas resentment toward people from SE England. My own experience is that there are good & bad people in all parts of the country, that all areas of England have their plus points (as well as negative ones) and more people from London & the Home Counties should travel around Britain more (there is so much to see)!

  • @malsm8892
    @malsm88924 жыл бұрын

    All the money is spent in London that's why we totally need to make changes. Cross rail and other infrastructure projects have taken the money from us

  • @kh7736

    @kh7736

    3 жыл бұрын

    London makes all the money its literally a 1/3 of the UK gdp💸💵

  • @leebrooke5234
    @leebrooke52344 жыл бұрын

    I live in Sheffield in south Yorkshire which I suppose is considered the north & I know people from London & Scotland and I can honestly say that never comes up in conversation about there being devide between north and south but perhaps that's just because we're all friends.

  • @MrFurriephillips
    @MrFurriephillips4 жыл бұрын

    There’s definitely a difference when walking down the street. Northerners are friendlier & you should expect to be called duck. London is its own fresh hell - you’re never more alone in London. The south feels less friendly... maybe more minding their own business, I guess.

  • @dean-gm1lg

    @dean-gm1lg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @dimmy dunk duck is Derbyshire and surrounding north Midlands areas mainly

  • @nick260682

    @nick260682

    4 жыл бұрын

    furriephillips Why is London “fresh hell”? What parts of London have you visited? Seems odd to homogenise London like that at all when the various parts are so vastly different from one another.

  • @MrFurriephillips

    @MrFurriephillips

    4 жыл бұрын

    dean 123 my Dad came from Derbyshire & the time I remember most, was when we holidayed in Buxton, and hiked some of The Pennine Way. I think Dovedale might have been my favourite area, but I kinda love the whole area. Even driving through it on the motorway, is uplifting.

  • @MrFurriephillips

    @MrFurriephillips

    4 жыл бұрын

    nick260682 I agree, it was an almost heinous generalisation. Riding the tube, would be a good example, I think.

  • @dean-gm1lg

    @dean-gm1lg

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrFurriephillips The rate theer duck lol

  • @The65c02
    @The65c024 жыл бұрын

    I moved from the South to the North when I was 21 (I'm 54 now). I love the out doors and there is plenty of that up here. The South is much more populated if you like that sort of thing. In general I've found that the more money people have, the more they close themselves off from the general public. Up here in the North there is less money going around so most people are the general public. I have family and friends in South and North England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we all get along just fine. Differences is what makes life worth living.

  • @YangSing1
    @YangSing14 жыл бұрын

    Britain isn’t tiny. It may be tiny relatively speaking compared to places like Canada, but it’s a perfectly reasonable size for there to be such divides. Canada is a new country so there hasn’t been much time for divides to happen.

  • @glevaler6944
    @glevaler69442 жыл бұрын

    In every country the fight is between egoists and jealous. It's not about places, but psychological problems of people related to adaptation onto economic and technologic changes implied upon their lives.

  • @IIIIIIIIIIIIIIPKIIIIIIIIIIIIII
    @IIIIIIIIIIIIIIPKIIIIIIIIIIIIII4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from the North West. Liverpool.... The North / South divide in my opinion runs deep with the inner politics of England. Especially the positioning of the House of Commons, Downing Street, and Buckingham Palace... all being situated in the capital London. Because of this... you have a class divide, where all the elites tend to live closest to there and where all the money is concentrated. So because of this, there tends to be a slow influx of money that gets diluted the more and more north you go... We've had a conservative government for a decade now, and it really has shown around the once great city where I live... we used to have pubs and bars and restaurants flourishing nearby where I lived. But now they have all shut down one by one and areas near mine are becoming derelict by the day. The people you see are getting poorer and poorer, when once everyone had their own life and money to live off. It's a sad state of affairs. The rich down south often say things like "ohhh the great unwashed, they need to get off their backsides and make something of themselves" - when often the opportunities simply aren't there for people in the North like they are in the south. Especially as the saying goes.... 'Its not what you know - but WHO you know..' well this rings true in this situation. People up North often have full 9-5s, sometimes even more.... sometimes even zero hour contracts and have to work hard labour to make ends meet, and then get called lazy and stuff because of benefit abusers. While the rich tax dodge like crazy. Double standards everywhere..... But this is just my honest account.

  • @pjmoseley243

    @pjmoseley243

    4 жыл бұрын

    I blame the Romans for creating London ( Londinium ) and making it the capital lol

  • @the-mma-guru

    @the-mma-guru

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Oh the great unwashed" Bro what century did you visit london in or did you just do a tour of a private sector of old people's homes

  • @stephenparker6362
    @stephenparker63624 жыл бұрын

    Hi, Alanna, I really enjoyed that, especially your comparison of England, Scotland and Wales as brothers, I'm not sure it was entirely accurate but it was entertaining. I'm from just outside London so I'm a Londoner which could be a third group. I think the vast majority of people are kind and helpful wherever they come from and hopefully we can all ignore those who aren't. Looking forward to your next video soon.

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    A lot of people I know who I perhaps ignorantly would call cockney from their accent strongly deny this as they were brought up in the suburbs of London.

  • @rednovember3639
    @rednovember36394 жыл бұрын

    You will see divisions in any space, no matter how small. A nation, a city, a town, a village, a building, a car can all have disagreements between their occupants. Even in your own mind you can feel ambivalent about various things.

  • @snipedude4953
    @snipedude49534 жыл бұрын

    I have a friend move from the south (Ashford, Kent) when he was thirteen we are know 46, when he was 16 his parents moved back down south and he had to go with them, he then spent the next few years trying to get back north which he eventually did. I also went to a local college for people with disabilities and health conditions and you would be surprised how many southerners tried to stay in my locale after finishing their courses. For a spell in the middle ages, north was considered anywhere north of the River Trent.

  • @emptyone2054
    @emptyone20544 жыл бұрын

    "Northerner" We have much more history than you...The N/S divide goes back centuries. "the North" invaded over the years by Vikings and the like whereas the South was invaded by the French (how embarrassing)

  • @midnightwind8067

    @midnightwind8067

    4 жыл бұрын

    Empty One now that was just mean. Lol

  • @chips1889

    @chips1889

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not French lad, they were Normans.

  • @LiamE69

    @LiamE69

    4 жыл бұрын

    The South repelled the Vikings but were conquered by the Normans (who were not French) when they got tag teamed, the North were conquered by the Vikings (how embarrassing for the North) AND by the Normans (who were still not French). It's grim op north.

  • @ftumschk

    @ftumschk

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@chips1889 Normans... who themselves descended from Vikings.

  • @mauricecasey5556

    @mauricecasey5556

    4 жыл бұрын

    I don't think it's embarrassing to be northern ; - )

  • @harrierjames7727
    @harrierjames77274 жыл бұрын

    So glad you asked "actual, live, breathing Brits"... as opposed to the, you know, one's that don't breathe...

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    4 жыл бұрын

    Funny!

  • @AlanGChenery

    @AlanGChenery

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah asking Londoners would have been a mistake. :p

  • @redf7209

    @redf7209

    4 жыл бұрын

    or the ones that aren't live but do breathe

  • @nick260682

    @nick260682

    4 жыл бұрын

    Arterial Spray Asking northerners who are too busy having a heart attack about Londoners giving tips to waiting staff and not hating blacks would’ve been a tough ask

  • @terrylawler2083
    @terrylawler20832 жыл бұрын

    I love your explanations and descriptions and I am a westerner i.e. Californian enjoy it a lot

  • @spaceycakey1987
    @spaceycakey19874 жыл бұрын

    the uk as a whole for its size is extremely diverse from accents to words we use you can travel a few miles from one town to another and there accent is different and they use different words ect

  • @paulmoore4223
    @paulmoore42234 жыл бұрын

    Northerner, leeds, West Yorkshire. Love your channel 👍

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!!

  • @caitlinwindle6537

    @caitlinwindle6537

    4 жыл бұрын

    Omg same 😂

  • @olixz

    @olixz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too haha well Wakefield/Leeds.

  • @paulmoore4223

    @paulmoore4223

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@caitlinwindle6537 👍

  • @paulmoore4223

    @paulmoore4223

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@olixz 👍

  • @jimrodda
    @jimrodda4 жыл бұрын

    I'm from the south west, Cornwall, my great friend Max is from Newcastle he's been here over 30 years and sometimes I can't understand what he says with his dialect ( he still drinks Newcastle brown ale ) my grandfather was Welsh, and the scousers are the funniest people I have met, it's knowing how to talk to people that matter not where their from.

  • @sma5605
    @sma56052 жыл бұрын

    Lived in London for 2 years. Your description of southerners sounds pretty accurate for Londoners.