Simon silverdollarcircle
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It's also a place that makes my heart sink whenever I drive into it. A grey bruise on the horizon
Texas is too much a power player state to be what I think Leeds is. Your description of leeds fits new jersey well- its the state of blue collar springsteenism while also being a haven for the wealthy who want large lots just outside new York and phillyNot sure. Leeds is a strange mix of very moneyed people (it's the big UK financial centre outside London), but a deep rooted sense of being down to earth, folksy, unpretentious.
Like may be Texas is the equivalent?
Yorkshire is by far the biggest county and the people there speak slowlyTexas is too much a power player state to be what I think Leeds is. Your description of leeds fits new jersey well- its the state of blue collar springsteenism while also being a haven for the wealthy who want large lots just outside new York and philly
i love the drive in from the M621, especially at night. it's in a slight bowl, not that big, lots of red lights off the cranes, feels like you're going to a proper city.It's also a place that makes my heart sink whenever I drive into it. A grey bruise on the horizon
I'd always thought of large parts of Northern England as being essentially Rust Belt but with varying degrees of regrowth and regeneration in the ex-industrial towns. New Jersey seems more comparable to Essex / the estuary bits of Kent.Texas is too much a power player state to be what I think Leeds is. Your description of leeds fits new jersey well- its the state of blue collar springsteenism while also being a haven for the wealthy who want large lots just outside new York and philly
Yeah, that's why I'd say Essex. Some chocolatebox pretty and eyewateringly expensive countryside and market towns, some cheap-and-cheerful seaside, some big industrial ports and a load of what is essentially London overflow.tbf, New Jersey is a decent-size state with lots of beautiful countryside and farmland, Princeton, etc. But it also has some shit cities and lots of "Jersey Shore" knuckleheads.