Northerners Should Move South

[Madxgraphics]

Point taken....

 

[Rush]

By Flops

Rush, I'm gonna buy you a pint one day, lol

Hope its in the North ...its cheaper


Even though he`s a southerner ....

I win lol lol

 

[Madxgraphics]

Shut up

No....

Edit: Actually I will shut up..I just realised you are just down the road from me..lol

 

[nivrip]

I think the North/South divide is mostly just friendly joshing,

Of course it is. I know lots of good people and know many interesting places from the other end of the country. Every time I meet my southern friends we josh about north and south. No harm is ever done.

One of my old pals from London now lives in Montrose so now I'm the southerner. It still raises many a smile.

Joshing about things like this makes it much less likely that there will ever be any serious problems. We're all Brits together (except, of course, those from the SOUTHERN hemisphere )

 

[psd99]

By psd
Yes Mate


But when does the banter end up in fighting ???

It does not always have to, but I think friendly and cocky banter is the best.

All this talk about the south and north, whatever happened to the MIDDLE? Anyone bigging up the Midlands?

 

[michael555]

No wonder england is in a mess from the people in goverment.

Where are they downsouth of course.

My choice i would,nt live downsouth with the crime rate sky high.

 

[cirianz]

Joshing about things like this makes it much less likely that there will ever be any serious problems. We're all Brits together (except, of course, those from the SOUTHERN hemisphere )

We might not be British, but we still have that North / South divide lol
All those yuppies sunning it up North in Auckland
or Down here there's the 'Staunch' "Southern Man" out on his horse, riding the highcountry, swigging speights & shagging, oops I mean shearing sheep.

"She'll be right mate"

edit: btw, "the strait" in the song means Cook strait. Guess we do have a dividing line down here lol

 

[itsme]

What an interesting thread this be

The comments [some] are . Glad I am British.....
Down! boy Down!

 

[cirianz]

lol indeed

Song makes me a bit homesick
most of the shots are in Central Otago, the area where I grew up
Used to cycle out to Earscleugh Station (Station... Ummmm... sort of like a farm only tends to include a couple of mountains) & ride the stock horses each weekend
But now I'm a city (*cough* medium-small town by British standards I believe) Girl and happy in Dunedin
Still a Southerner though lol.

 

[Madxgraphics]

(except, of course, those from the SOUTHERN hemisphere )

Niv remember thereare two of us from the southern hemisphere on here..lol

 

[cirianz]

lol, don't worry, he knows, that's why he was prodding us lol.

 

[Abarbarian]

Best attractions - northern?

Without wanting to stir up a Hornets nest the South has Thorpe Park and Chessington World of Adventures, Legoland, The Eden Project and I won't even try to list all of London's attractions.

Your right as you say "Best attractions-northern"

We got The Lake District and The Peak District along with Snowdonia and they are all free. An although it does not interest me us northerners have had the best football teams for the last 40 or 50 years.

 

[psd99]

I wonder how we would all act if we all met up. I wonder if us southerners would stick together just like you northern lot.

 

[cirianz]

Interseting question actually.
Down Here, well,
down south, because most of the hardships are physical & the primary 'adversary' is the elements then the 'number 8 fence wire' (make-do) & 'she'll be right mate' (we'll sort it) attitides are very strong.
Up North, however, is where both the greatest amount of money & the most appalling poverty are. Up there the primary adversary is man, & asides from your own mates, attitudes are very competitive & 'market driven'.
But, put us in a time of adversity then Kiwi's will pull together absolutely, where'ver they're from.


Now, that's a question I hadn't thought off before.
Why is the poverty so much more appalling up there than down here (& it is)
When, if you're out of a job, you recieve the same benefit wherever you are?
& when recession strikes, and we are heading into one now,
Then the South is generally the hardest hit, jobwise, given our population distribution.
(Already all of the main manufacturers down here have closed, moving North or overseas and, many of the medium sized businesses are being bought out by Auckland companies & then closed down because the profit margins are not high enough)
Accomodation in the wealthy areas of Auckland is much more expensive.
But 'council houses' run at a set rent nationwide.
Given transport costs food prices tend to be higher in the more isolated areas of the south
But all around the cost of living is pretty similar
The easy answer is that the drug & alchohol culture is much more prevalent up there
but it's hard to say how much that is a cause & how much an effect.
I wonder just how much it might all relate to your question psd?
You've started me thinking now.

 

[Madxgraphics]

I wonder how we would all act if we all met up. I wonder if us southerners would stick together just like you northern lot.

I think we would all get on quite well..We already do on here..

 

[cirianz]

I would expect that we would, since we know & relate to each other as individuals rather than stereotypes.

You's me mates I've known a lot of you quite a while now & am probably closer to some of you than to any of my RL friends. Even if I haven't been able to get on here much this last year

I'd love to be able to get up there some day for a 'get together' type thing.

(sorry psd... I got distracted by socio-ecconomics )

 

[psd99]

No worries Cirianz well it is very interesting all of this. I wonder what kind of other interesting correlations there would be between the north and south.

 

[Abarbarian]

Flat caps versus bowler hats.

 

[Urmas]

Flat caps versus bowler hats.

Tropical islanders playing north vs. south, huh?

MEANWHILE:

 

[Abarbarian]

Tropical islanders playing north vs. south, huh?

MEANWHILE:

So thats what Finnish folk look like.