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Post by GeoFox on Oct 25, 2007 18:12:57 GMT -1
A kind of diagonal line now seemingly! So Leicester and Lincoln are in the south and gloucester and worcester in the north. The line carves straight through the east midlands...looking at factors such as life expectancy, wealth, health, education and house prices. An odd place for the line but I'm not complaining!
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Oct 25, 2007 18:19:39 GMT -1
A kind of diagonal line now seemingly! So Leicester and Lincoln are in the south and gloucester and worcester in the north. The line carves straight through the east midlands...looking at factors such as life expectancy, wealth, health, education and house prices. An odd place for the line but I'm not complaining! HA HA....you're a shandy drinking southerner! ;D ;D I'm so glad i'm still in the north!
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Oct 25, 2007 18:20:22 GMT -1
Even funnier is that the south now boasts the glorious seaside resort of Skegness!! ;D ;D
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Post by GeoFox on Oct 25, 2007 18:20:48 GMT -1
Dirty northerner! Haven't you got a whippet to take for a walk or something?
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Post by GeoFox on Oct 25, 2007 18:21:34 GMT -1
Even funnier is that the south now boasts the glorious seaside resort of Skegness!! ;D ;D Haha a definite northern town there...just isn't convenient with their neat line!
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Post by Mrs H on Oct 25, 2007 18:27:15 GMT -1
Scunthorpe is now in the south. How wrong is that?
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Oct 25, 2007 18:27:26 GMT -1
Its brilliant this! Whoever did this study now says that Lincoln is further south than Worcester....GENIUS!!!! ;D ;D
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Post by Mrs H on Oct 25, 2007 18:28:29 GMT -1
They were from Sheffield University Gres.
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Oct 25, 2007 18:29:20 GMT -1
They were from Sheffield University Gres. Geography not a required subject then?? WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!!
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Post by GeoFox on Oct 25, 2007 18:31:16 GMT -1
Scunthorpe is now in the south. How wrong is that? Scunthrope remains northern H! Lincs echo: Lincoln is officially in the south of England, according to a new study published today. Academics at Sheffield University have drawn up a map trying to settle the age-old debate of where the north-south divide really lies. It places Lincoln as the most northerly city in the south. Yet nearby Newark, Nottingham and Scunthorpe all fall within the north.The map splits England diagonally from Grimsby, through Coventry down to Gloucester - shattering the notion of the Midlands as a single region. Researchers were asked to define the north - south divide by the Lowry museum in Salford, near Manchester, which is holding an exhibition, 'The Myth of the North'. They looked at factors like house prices, life expectancy, politics, environment and history to draw the dividing line. Professor Danny Dorling, an expert in human geography at Sheffield University, said the process of trying to define the north academically was 'complex' with many different factors involved. "However, there is a tangible social and economic distinction between north and south informed by various yardsticks," he said. "Life expectancy and house prices are useful statistical indicators, while noticeable changes in architecture and road networks provide more physical boundaries. "These types of measures, combined with attitudal evidence such as voting patterns, help us to map where the dividing lines lie."
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Post by Mrs H on Oct 25, 2007 18:34:54 GMT -1
"An expert in human geography" WTF???
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Oct 25, 2007 18:34:57 GMT -1
Dirty northerner! Haven't you got a whippet to take for a walk or something? Aye, i have that! There's trouble down't mill so i'll be back while 9 for a pint and some pork scratchings me duck!
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Post by GeoFox on Oct 25, 2007 18:35:00 GMT -1
They were from Sheffield University Gres. Geography not a required subject then?? WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!! I can sort of see the point of the map. Its a social map, rather than one defined by latitude. The north-south gap is huge in so many ways and probably still growing in many aspects. Difficult to draw the line as to where it is, but given the South and East are the most affluent areas, you can see why its diagonal. But its not clear cut, and i don't think you can reduce it to a line. London may be prosperous but it has some of the most economically and socially deprived areas in the country while quality of life in say Cumbria could be higher.
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Oct 25, 2007 18:36:11 GMT -1
"An expert in human geography" WTF??? EXPERT IN TALKING SHITE!! North is north, south is south and i'm in the middle bit! There you go, i'm an expert now! ;D
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Post by Mrs H on Oct 25, 2007 18:37:32 GMT -1
"An expert in human geography" WTF??? EXPERT IN TALKING SHITE!! North is north, south is south and i'm in the middle bit! There you go, i'm an expert now! ;D And here is your diploma and academic seat of your choice!
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Post by Katiekins on Oct 25, 2007 18:40:28 GMT -1
Whats Nottingham?
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Post by Katiekins on Oct 25, 2007 18:40:50 GMT -1
Oop should of read further on And should have waited for the pic to load Lol
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Post by ITFC Dudette6 on Oct 25, 2007 18:41:44 GMT -1
I'm not Southern, I'm East Anglian damn it!
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Post by GeoFox on Oct 25, 2007 18:42:37 GMT -1
"An expert in human geography" WTF??? EXPERT IN TALKING SHITE!! North is north, south is south and i'm in the middle bit! There you go, i'm an expert now! ;D North and south are all relative. Its not about it being intrinsically 'northern.' Its just the socio-economic characteristics that make up the north. South Wales for example has many of the same issues as northern England. Distance from the capital may be a more apt way to describe the line....
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Post by GresleyRam©®™ on Oct 25, 2007 18:43:33 GMT -1
Geography not a required subject then?? WHAT A WASTE OF TIME!! I can sort of see the point of the map. Its a social map, rather than one defined by latitude. The north-south gap is huge in so many ways and probably still growing in many aspects. Difficult to draw the line as to where it is, but given the South and East are the most affluent areas, you can see why its diagonal. But its not clear cut, and i don't think you can reduce it to a line. London may be prosperous but it has some of the most economically and socially deprived areas in the country while quality of life in say Cumbria could be higher. I know a simple way of sorting the supposed north-south divide: Put the houses of parliament in say Birmingham or Leeds and then those places will thrive - the corrupt policians always look after their own doorsteps (see Sheffield and Hull's floods for an example). It cannot be defined by a line - Chester/cheshire is far more affluent a county than lincolnshire & leicestershire! Living in the peak/lake district has got to be a better standard of life than the shitholes that are Southampton, Portsmouth and Southend!! Its all a load of bollocks and a waste of money!
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