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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 12:08 pm Post subject: Mind the Gap: London v the Rest
Mind the Gap: London v the Rest A good an interesting programme that'll make you think.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 12:51 pm Post subject:
Today it is my turn to ask for a summary, for those on phones that don't do video...

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 1:35 pm Post subject:
Here is the Radio Times article.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 2:34 pm Post subject:
Not a fan of the city myself but I can see why they are, London in particular, are vibrant places for business but they would drive me madder.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 4:07 pm Post subject:
He was talking about them drawing in businesses to be near eachother to make networking easier. I think you need the right business model to make that work, though.

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 4:12 pm Post subject:

I am a Londoner, as is my wife. In 1981 we moved to Liverpool (living in a dormitory town called Formby).

I'm convinced that I could have earned twice as much had I worked in London, but to have the same lifestyle, I'd have needed three times as much.

Then Evan Davis goes banging on about "new industries" and high productivity. He means variations on the banking theme and working 10 to 12 hours a day in an office, don't forget the hour long journey to and from work.

I can remember sitting in my Formby garden with relatives from London - my teenage niece suddenly blurted out "Isn't it quiet here!".

In London, dogs chase their tails twice as fast and twice as enthusiastically as northern dogs.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 4:23 pm Post subject:
Yeah, I've been twice, once for a day, once for three, that was enough.

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
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Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 5:47 pm Post subject:

One job I had, working for a Government supply organisation, which bought in bulk, stored it regionally to be distributed to individual establishments.

One of the things that really stood out was the variation of the quality of the staff, the IQ of the clerks was proportional to the distance from London. The most remote part of the country that I visited was Topcliffe in Yorkshire, that visit confirmed my theory.

madcat

Joined: 24 May 2008
Posts: 1265
Location: worcester

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 7:13 pm Post subject:
Off topic but we used to live in Formby, I found it dull. I'm a city cat at heart.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 8:09 pm Post subject:

oldish chris wrote:

One of the things that really stood out was the variation of the quality of the staff, the IQ of the clerks was proportional to the distance from London. The most remote part of the country that I visited was Topcliffe in Yorkshire, that visit confirmed my theory.

Interestingly, exactly the same distance away from London as Formby.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 8:21 pm Post subject:
I`d have to question the IQ of some of them in that Westminster office,although they are very good with the old bull i must say.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 8:47 pm Post subject:

I can only manage the first minute or so of this (iplayer doesn't like it here). It says that London is dominating my world. I hadn't noticed but I suppose we have a Cardiff focus. It also had Boris making a rude hand gesture and something about shops delivering wine for Southern supermarkets. It's okay, some has reached here. Does it improve or does the conversation stay full of sweeping statements? There is a concentration of money in the capital, there is in Cardiff. It's irritating at times but it's what capitals are about.

I love going to London, wonders to see and enjoy and the investment in Cardiff has vastly improved it as well.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35057
Location: Devon

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 10:20 pm Post subject:
It's the capital. It does what it says in its name. I loved living in London. Now I love Devon. I paid my extra taxes up there. Now I benefit from them. But I will encourage BW to go to uni up in the Smoke.

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 10:27 pm Post subject:
It's a fairly special capital, though, not all are quite the same. I've never been to Cardiff, or even heard of anything that would interest me going on there and as far as I know I've never earned anything from the place. London & Edinburgh, on the other hand... Of course, they're not a patch on York...

earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
Posts: 7972
Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 14 10:35 pm Post subject:

Rob R wrote:

It's a fairly special capital, though, not all are quite the same. I've never been to Cardiff, or even heard of anything that would interest me going on there and as far as I know I've never earned anything from the place. London & Edinburgh, on the other hand...

Of course, they're not a patch on York...

Cardiff is great - feels more like a large town than a city. The Assembly building is pretty impressive and Cardiff bay is quite 'cool' these days.

Depends what you want I guess.

EV

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