2007-01-13 12:15:22 · 14 answers · asked by sonictwizzler 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I'm married to a northerner and we live down south but go back up north to see his family regularly and there is no way that people are more friendly up north they are rude to me stare at me whenever i talk and yes i am speaking English so i think its about time that this saying about they are friendly up north should stop cos they are not and down south my husband is accepted for what he is not where he comes from
2007-01-17 00:21:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I moved from london to liverpool four months ago to study at university and there is a significant difference in the way people treat you and the way in which they generally go about doing things. People in london(which is where i am from so i dont want to over-generalise) are usually quite wrapped up in their own day to day lives and have no time for one another, whereas up north there isnt such a rush and life is more laid back. People stop and chat to you and ask you how you are and what you are doing, which is nice and makes living there a breath of fresh air. I think people down south like to think they have 'busy and hectic' lifestyles, which just makes them seem self obsessed and wrapped up in themselves.
2007-01-13 20:25:01 · answer #2 · answered by peroxide.pixie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been hearing this old chestnut all my life and it has never been true in my experience. In fact...all the most violent and unpleasant treatment I have received has all been in the North of England...particularly the North East and specifically Newcastle.
In the South I find most people to be well mannered and educated enough not to impose themselves on me.
I don't know where this idea came from but I suspect that it was jealous northerners trying to find something ....no matter how spurious....that might make them look better.
2007-01-13 20:22:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I am from the south, but Wales that is!
Do you mean England? or the UK as a whole?
I lived the south of England once and found them, not unfriendly but reserved!
We Welsh are very friendly, in the south anyway!
2007-01-13 20:40:07 · answer #4 · answered by Welshchick 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with frasier. I've now lived equal portions of my life down south and now up north... alot of people (most from experience) up north still have out-dated opinions of people (you know what i mean) and i find them alot more confrontational, even just for petty reasons.
Lets just say down south, i lnteracted with people alot more comfortably than i do up here.
2007-01-13 20:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its true being a southerner having lived in manchester for three years they do seem more friendly maybe there just more relaxed in themselves and have a different way of looking at things
2007-01-13 20:22:48 · answer #6 · answered by Jackie P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe cos they got more to smile about than we do in the south
2007-01-13 20:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by ck 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ever met a yorkshire man/woman? Friendly they're not.
2007-01-13 20:45:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
...of England I presume?
That old cliché...I think you'll find the Northerners can be just as rude as anyone else.
Cheers.
2007-01-13 21:48:14 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Crusty 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's according to the company you keep.
2007-01-13 20:24:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋