the place that the thatcher government deliberately defunded because they voted wrong leaving the economy to stagnate since, and has faced never ending malice from anti-civilisation neo-lib policy that denies the correlation between basic investment and sustainability from a pathologically irresponsible government, especially when you can rentseek that money into already wealthy tory counties, and have that money donated back to the party.
I’ve moved to Cumbria in 2018 (not far from Barrow) and now I can’t wait to move out! The place is terribly depressing, Barrow has to be one of the ugliest, most derelict cities out there. The weather is also terrible, 1-2 months of summer and 10 months of nondescript season me and my wife call “grey”, rains pretty much every day. Sure lake district is nice but between flocks of tourists during the nice weather and non-stop rain, it loses its charm.
Unfortunately true, lost a few friends over the years.
Interested to hear if any of you have ever lived in Ireland.
There’s a lot in common.
As someone who used to live there I’m hardly surprised. The general feeling of apathy everywhere you go is exhausting. It’s always gray, overcast, or raining. There’s no interesting industry, no noteworthy entertainment venues, and not a single good football team. Even the Cumbrian accent is shit.
All the good tourism is in the Lakes and you can’t afford to live there. Jobs at the hotels and tourist shops are hell.
What the county does have is a lot of welfair housing for all the people they house from other counties to try and balance the unemployment numbers across the North.
If you can get out you should. Manchester and Liverpool are only a short drive from your Nan’s so you can still go back for Sunday lunch. You’ll have so many more options and a lot less rain.
I got out. My life has only improved since.
Lived there for 18 months. Weathers bad, economy is in the toilet and there’s clearly not been a lot of funding put in to make it liveable.
People struggle and it’s a damned hard thing to see.
A lot of ‘because it’s grey and rainy’ and ‘there’s nothing to do’.
I agree with that somewhat. It does make life harder. But having also lived in cities and abroad (rurally and in cities), those also had their downsides that were just as bad, just different.
I’d say the main issues Cumbria has are lack of opportunities and a lack of housing. And only one Cumbrian MP seems to actually care there, and he’s not been able to make much progress for all the years he’s been in office.
I’m sure there are many factors, but Cumbria is the county with the lowest population density in England, so maybe that means people tend to be more lonely.
I’m not surprised. Also shocked why Lancashire isn’t on the list.
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the place that the thatcher government deliberately defunded because they voted wrong leaving the economy to stagnate since, and has faced never ending malice from anti-civilisation neo-lib policy that denies the correlation between basic investment and sustainability from a pathologically irresponsible government, especially when you can rentseek that money into already wealthy tory counties, and have that money donated back to the party.
I’ve moved to Cumbria in 2018 (not far from Barrow) and now I can’t wait to move out! The place is terribly depressing, Barrow has to be one of the ugliest, most derelict cities out there. The weather is also terrible, 1-2 months of summer and 10 months of nondescript season me and my wife call “grey”, rains pretty much every day. Sure lake district is nice but between flocks of tourists during the nice weather and non-stop rain, it loses its charm.
Unfortunately true, lost a few friends over the years.
Interested to hear if any of you have ever lived in Ireland.
There’s a lot in common.
As someone who used to live there I’m hardly surprised. The general feeling of apathy everywhere you go is exhausting. It’s always gray, overcast, or raining. There’s no interesting industry, no noteworthy entertainment venues, and not a single good football team. Even the Cumbrian accent is shit.
All the good tourism is in the Lakes and you can’t afford to live there. Jobs at the hotels and tourist shops are hell.
What the county does have is a lot of welfair housing for all the people they house from other counties to try and balance the unemployment numbers across the North.
If you can get out you should. Manchester and Liverpool are only a short drive from your Nan’s so you can still go back for Sunday lunch. You’ll have so many more options and a lot less rain.
I got out. My life has only improved since.
Lived there for 18 months. Weathers bad, economy is in the toilet and there’s clearly not been a lot of funding put in to make it liveable.
People struggle and it’s a damned hard thing to see.
A lot of ‘because it’s grey and rainy’ and ‘there’s nothing to do’.
I agree with that somewhat. It does make life harder. But having also lived in cities and abroad (rurally and in cities), those also had their downsides that were just as bad, just different.
I’d say the main issues Cumbria has are lack of opportunities and a lack of housing. And only one Cumbrian MP seems to actually care there, and he’s not been able to make much progress for all the years he’s been in office.
I’m sure there are many factors, but Cumbria is the county with the lowest population density in England, so maybe that means people tend to be more lonely.
I’m not surprised. Also shocked why Lancashire isn’t on the list.