Off Topic Leeds City Centre

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I almost went to Leeds (or Sheffield) University, but decided they were not far enough away. (This was in the 70s, no TwoWrights not the 1870s)
 
HCAFC (Airlie Tiger) said:
Fully agree, I came here for university and never intended to stay longer than that but more than 15 years later I’m still here. Leeds, especially the city centre has developed beyond recognition in that time.

I love Hull and would defend it to the death if it was criticised by an outsider but I can’t see myself ever moving back. I walked through Hull city centre a few months ago on a Saturday evening and it felt like being back in Covid times, the place was deserted.

Hull has come a long way in the years since I left, but it’s so far behind other cities, it just doesn’t have the job prospects or wages to attract and retain the people it needs to drive it forward.
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Don't go much but I've noted the development of Leeds City centre, been over to see Yard Act and Suede at the Academy in the last year. Definitely has the big vibrant city feel no doubt and having the Uni's near the centre helps a lot, everything in the centre is compact and walkable apart from two things, the condition and location of Elland Road, why didn't they build a new better located stadium? The other is the absence of an old town.
When you walked through Hull city centre didn't you go down to the old town, it's usually vibrant on a Saturday night and it is getting investment, unfair to compare to Leeds though so I'm not doing that and the new town is clearly dead.
 
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