What's the average opinion of people from Hull?

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These two ?

 

How much for? I liked them when they were around

 

£7k!?!?! would consider it if i could drive it! You have good friends

 

Im always getting told "Hull is a ****ing dump" by my colleagues. I always reply with "how many times have you been?". I invited one of my closest friends to stay over for the weekend and to say he was impressed is a understatement. Spent friday night in darleys, saturday went shopping in the city centre and had a night in old town. He loved every minute of it.

 

That Hedon Road reflects the whole of the city is hardly a fair assumption to make (and not one that I am accusing you of making BTW) but I have no doubt that this is the impression that a lot of people using the ferry port take away with them, which is possibly another reason for the often baffling level of negativity towards Hull. It's an industrial area with it's share of post industrial dereliction - the equivalent of using somewhere like A643/Gelderd Road as evidence of the rest of Leeds.

Tell us about 'Harvey Nicks' then...

 

Wasn't trying to generalize the whole city based on that area, just pointing out that Hull isn't flawless which seemed to be the direction this thread was headed. Should definitely be cleaned up though, you're right it does leave a bad taste in the mouth. And Frankie's Vauxhall Tavern looks like the ****test-kept gay bar in history. Do homos even run the place?!

Touche

 

Yeah, all the staff are Gay, Lesbian, Trans-gender!


And don't ask how I know!!!!!

 

Ok call it a dump; but if it truly is then so are 90% of UK cities. You need to get out more Mr WhiteRose.

 

Those toads are awesome

 

Some people hated the toads but I loved them and couldnt believe that they were only temporary and sold off, I think they should have stayed they added something different tothe city

 

I have mixed opinions on Hull and you'll probably find plenty of contradiction in my post. As someone who grew up in the East Riding I didn't really frequent Hull that much until I was a teenager. The underlying image architecturally was one of 1960s monstrosities. This has obviously changed a lot in recent years.

Yes, it has some pretty deprived areas but what large city doesn't? I am not a fan of London. It is a city for millionaire playboys. The quality of living for the majority of us is far below that which you can attain in Hull (and I can't wait to leave in 18 months when my PhD is over). I am a country boy at heart and like the low density living that exists in the East Riding (and Hull). The dichotomy is that the reason it is low density is that not many people live there, due to a lack of employment opportunities and again this stems from lack of investment. If investment were to increase then there would be mass migration to the area, diminishing my affection for the place.

I love the northern "salt of the earth" mentality where there are no strangers, merely people you haven't met yet. Try talking to someone in a pub down here and they'll either stare at you or chin you. People in Hull are very warm and friendly, and I think the difference again stems from capitalism. People are generally content with their lots in life (again due to the better quality of life northerners enjoy) and are less involved in trying to shaft each other over for a quick buck.

Sure London has its plus points (wide range of museums, major sporting and cultural events, ability to see the world without having to get on a plane - West of Ealing, I like Southall although granted I wouldn't want to live there) but for me the cons outweigh the pros on the whole (I am merely here to improve my CV and get my wife qualified in her chosen profession). I would move back to Hull in a heartbeat (as would my wife) if the employment opportunities were there but the government is selling this country so far down the river that I believe emigrating will be the answer for me.

I hope the infrastructure developed with the arrival of Siemens is the start of the next step in investment and regeneration of Hull and entices others in. I also think Dazzar does a tremendous job of championing the City of Kingston upon Hull and the council could do a lot worse than employing him as a regeneration consultant / PR exec!

 

Ok here goes .... as someone born, and bred in Hull, but lives in the East Riding, and has done for more years than I have lived in Hull, here's my take on things. There is a joke, well sort of, and it goes like this:

Hull is not the end of the earth, but you can see it from there.

And that about sums up the rest of the countries impression or our city. I lived, for a little while, in Otley, now a suburb of Leeds unfortunately, and was teased meretriciously about my Ull' accent. And as I travelled far and wide following the Tigers, everywhere you went was met with a blank face when people asked where you were from.

So I've got use to it, but the thing was, the places I travelled to were worse in some respects than Hull .......and so I say this. Hull has lacked substantial investment due to its isolation, and it has to be said, its constantly returning Labour MP's to London, none that I can think of have done any good for the people of Hull. When I see the changes over the years in places like Leeds, which was a right hole, and Sheffield, then it can only be said Hull has missed out on millions in aid, just because its Hull.

I'm not a fanatic now, but I follow the Tigers when I can, KC, although a magnificent stadium that has seen top flight football, it will never replace Boothferry Park, where I saw my first match in 1958, in my heart, and when the last remnants of the ground are cleared, and houses built, it will be, for me at any rate, a very sad day if no memorial is part of the development of that sacred place and all its memories.

 

Probably the most accurate description of Hull I've ever heard!

 

I agree, but for some reason there was one across the road from the Leisure Centre in Beverley, in the car park of the old Army Transport Museum.

And then Swinemoor School bought it!?

 

Only in name.

 

@ WhiteRoseTiger ......... You mean this one?

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The last time I was in Otley was for a funeral unfortunately, and it was a relative who lived in an area I know quite well ...... Weston Ridge/Weston Lane/The Circle and where the school and Luptons fields use to be is now filled with houses occupied by people who commute to Leeds everyday. It saddens me but a sign of the times, as the place only fleetingly resembles the Otley of my youth.