Studying in Newcastle?

Question

Is Newcastle a nice city? I want to go to the UK for school and I'm not really sure where to go. Can you describe Newcastle? Any thoughts on the UK or where you think I should go is welcome. Thanks

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Another question. Is there any air conditioning there? I was told that there generally isn't. Is that true? I come from Miami Florida where there are air conditioners everywhere.

Another...how's the weather in the summer?? How warm?

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Answer 1

Newcastle is a relatively safe city with a reasonably stable climate. In 30 years there I was never threatened and never suffered from any form of crime, but then I'm 6'3" and people don't tend to pick on me. It doesn't suffer the extremes of weather as much as either Scotland or the south (counter intuitive, but the midlands gets the coldest nights in winter and the south east gets the coldest weather from Europe, by the time it reaches Newcastle over the north sea it has warmed up, in the summer the south gets the most heat). Newcastle is also in the rain shaddow of the Penines, so it's not as wet as you might expect. If you hate rain then the south east might be for you, in my time there the SE qualified as 'semi arrid'!

In 1997 Newcastle was the best place in the country to spend a night out, when my friend and his boss were shipping out to the US from their design consultancy in Surrey they flew the whole company to Newcastle for a weekend. There are loads of interesting places to eat out and many pubs and night clubs. Contrary to the opinion of people who have never been there, the food in the UK is very good, actually my Indian coworkers tell me that the Indian food in Britain is better than anywhere.

The public transport system is very good, way better than US cities, and the railway and air links are decent. I usually fly to Newcastle (NCL) via LHR.

The people are about the most friendly you could wish to meet and will often go well out of their way to offer any help that is needed. Geordies are very inclusive, they tend to treat everyone like family. On the other hand, if you decide to offend them then things can go downhill very fast, but you would really have to be trying to offend.

I went to the University of Northumbria (when it was called Newcastle Polytechnic) and a lot of my friends went to Newcastle University and Durham University, all are good and I would recomend them. Durham is, arguably, the third of the great universities.

What do you want to know? If I could have got a job that paid as well in Newcastle as I am paid in Silicon Valley I'd never have dreamed of leaving.

I also like Edinburgh, my friends son is studying there and loving it.

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Not much a/c though it is becoming more common in cars now. The heat and humidity are nowhere near as high as in Florida most of the time. A few days in the summer might get near 100 but mostly it is rare to even see 80s. It says here that the warmest month is July and the average max is 65, but I remember plenty of days in the 70s and 80s. 30C is not uncommon and that's 86.

One thing I notice in the US is that it is always very bright compared to the UK, it not a vast difference but it is noticeable, I always bought sunglasses when I came her on vacation.

http://uk.weather.com/weather/climatology/UKXX1695

Answer 2

Newcastle is a relatively safe city with a reasonably stable climate. In 30 years there I was never threatened and never suffered from any form of crime, but then I'm 6'3" and people don't tend to pick on me. It doesn't suffer the extremes of weather as much as either Scotland or the south (counter intuitive, but the midlands gets the coldest nights in winter and the south east gets the coldest weather from Europe, by the time it reaches Newcastle over the north sea it has warmed up, in the summer the south gets the most heat). Newcastle is also in the rain shaddow of the Penines, so it's not as wet as you might expect. If you hate rain then the south east might be for you, in my time there the SE qualified as 'semi arrid'!

In 1997 Newcastle was the best place in the country to spend a night out, when my friend and his boss were shipping out to the US from their design consultancy in Surrey they flew the whole company to Newcastle for a weekend. There are loads of interesting places to eat out and many pubs and night clubs. Contrary to the opinion of people who have never been there, the food in the UK is very good, actually my Indian coworkers tell me that the Indian food in Britain is better than anywhere.

The public transport system is very good, way better than US cities, and the railway and air links are decent. I usually fly to Newcastle (NCL) via LHR.

The people are about the most friendly you could wish to meet and will often go well out of their way to offer any help that is needed. Geordies are very inclusive, they tend to treat everyone like family. On the other hand, if you decide to offend them then things can go downhill very fast, but you would really have to be trying to offend.

I went to the University of Northumbria (when it was called Newcastle Polytechnic) and a lot of my friends went to Newcastle University and Durham University, all are good and I would recomend them. Durham is, arguably, the third of the great universities.

What do you want to know? If I could have got a job that paid as well in Newcastle as I am paid in Silicon Valley I'd never have dreamed of leaving.

I also like Edinburgh, my friends son is studying there and loving it.

What did you want to know? Adjust the question and I'll adjust the answer.

More stuff...

Not much a/c though it is becoming more common in cars now. The heat and humidity are nowhere near as high as in Florida most of the time. A few days in the summer might get near 100 but mostly it is rare to even see 80s. It says here that the warmest month is July and the average max is 65, but I remember plenty of days in the 70s and 80s. 30C is not uncommon and that's 86.

One thing I notice in the US is that it is always very bright compared to the UK, it not a vast difference but it is noticeable, I always bought sunglasses when I came her on vacation.

http://uk.weather.com/weather/climatolog...
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Answer 4

Newcastle will obviously be plenty extra amusing, bigger nightlife, bigger searching, and has a bigger fame as a school. And do not fear approximately the dialect - many of the pupils aren't from Newcastle, they arrive from all over the place. Everyone I understand who went to Newcastle is from the SE of England, traditionally London and surrounding locations.