Not sure if anyone has seen this Telegraph article, but apart from having the prose of a ten year old the journalist assaults Hull without any justification or reason: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/gen...her-be-skint-in-London-than-rich-in-Hull.html As someone who lives in London myself, even I'm struggling to explain this cheap insult. Ive already written a complaint / Tweeted them - I urge you to do the same!!
I only skim read this but is there any reference to Hull apart from the last para? It's not about defending Hull, the article is entirely about how expensive London is and is it worth it? It seems the writer / sub editor just picked Hull out to represent any provincial town. Move along, nothing to see,
Glad the author won't be making his way up here. He can stay in his noisy, rude, over priced, smog filled hole that is London and leave the beautiful north to those who appreciate its subtle nuances that are lost on those brash, soft southerners.
OT but I dont udnerstand the oft held idea of Londonders are unfriendly / rude / ignorant / miserable. I think it's the exact opposite to be honest, northerners are much less friendly in my experience.
He picked Hull because he's a lazy journalist who remembers we once topped the Crap Towns list. It added nothing to the article, he's never even been to Hull and he's a ****.
I've never lived in London. I never said I have. Bit odd of you to ask. I've probably spent in excess of 1000 days there in case you're wondering.
It literally mentions London in the title, and an un-justified throw away comment at the end. Non of the stats refer to Hull (infact its all about how poor London is) and is completely unfounded. Ive written to their editorial complaints and IPSO. We'd only need 4-5 of us to do the same and they have to do something about it.
That's how I read it. The bloke's talking crap anyway - as most "cutting edge"journalists who try to capture London as a city do. City of tribes my arse. I think it'd be better if you all ignore it to be honest - the author is desperate for a reaction.
State of that cheapo cafe in Dulwich, not exactly Prinny Ave is it? Ive sent the daft c*** a parcel of rotting cods heads.
Ah right, so the fact that I go to London every single week, stay over for multiple days and then come back north, accumulating in the process the equivalent of more than 3 years living there every single day, means my opinion isn't valid? I'll bow down to someone who has lived there permanently for 1 month then. They clearly know more. As an aside, have you any opinions on any of the world's cities that you havent lived in?
You must be a right **** . The article is several 1000 words long & Hull is mentioned only ONCE in a throwaway comment. It's hardly a diatribe slating of the city. And your southern sensibilities are offended by the article which is all about London. Are you Vying for a COTM nomination.
No need to 'defend our fair city' as it looks like the comments below the article are doing the job for you. Lots of offensive quotes about playing 'spot the white man', 'Londistan', 'Sharia law', etc etc. Not so long back I arrived in Hull on the train from London and got into a taxi. The driver asked, 'what have you been doing down there in that pox-ridden ****hole?' It was a Friday night, and as we drove through the town centre in the cab, with it's wipe-clean plastic covers on the rear seats, it made me very happy to know I would only be staying for a couple of days before heading back.
Londoners always seek reasons to justify their own arrogance. There's a long list of reasons why I would rather live in Hull than London (having lived in both cities), but the main one is the people. Hull is populated by warm down to earth people, London is populated by cold pretentious people. The rest is irrelevant.
Obviously I have an opinion, but as I don't live there, I don't know those places as well as those people who do.
