Interestingly the area you’ve called Industrial Pennines is pretty much where the Northern stereotype comes from. Industrial towns/cities next to the wild moors, with hardy people. Other areas of the North like the Lake District, Cheshire and “Flat Rural Yorkshire” don’t fit those stereotypes.
It’s also interesting that the area goes across the Lancashire-Yorkshire border and it’s true that the landscapes, architecture, history and people of those areas are more similar than different, despite the War of the Roses tribalism. Someone from Huddersfield has more in common with someone from Burnley than they do someone from other parts of Yorkshire like Whitby or York.
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Interestingly the area you’ve called Industrial Pennines is pretty much where the Northern stereotype comes from. Industrial towns/cities next to the wild moors, with hardy people. Other areas of the North like the Lake District, Cheshire and “Flat Rural Yorkshire” don’t fit those stereotypes.
It’s also interesting that the area goes across the Lancashire-Yorkshire border and it’s true that the landscapes, architecture, history and people of those areas are more similar than different, despite the War of the Roses tribalism. Someone from Huddersfield has more in common with someone from Burnley than they do someone from other parts of Yorkshire like Whitby or York.