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though you could make the argument London itself is actually the most different from the rest of the country due to so many foreigners living there and its unique situation of being the only large city in England.
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Originally Posted by Tallybalt
London.
It's the least "English" of all the regions. It wasn't so at one time but certainly these days. Whenever I leave London the rest of England feels so very different. It's actually, gasp, England!
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Originally Posted by The Postman
It's funny London still feels very English to me, but then again I come from Australia and was noticing the gardens, buildings and British quaintness that still exists in the capital.
I don't see why London would be any less English than the rest of the nation, any more than Paris is less French than other parts of France, or New York City is less American than the rest of the US, or Tokyo is less Japanese, Toronto less Canadian, or Sydney any less Australian, for being the largest cities in their country.
For some reason, people seem to think that being a big city, perhaps due to its cosmopolitanism, and thus less associated with clinging on to traditions, makes a country less "authentic" in its national character than small, rural towns. But you could argue that being the biggest city in a country also represents the bustling character, with vibrant crowds in public spaces, of that country too.
Its been many years since I've been to the UK, but I hear the Finsbury Park area especially around the famous mosque feels more like Baghdad than like a British city.
"...if Liverpool can get into top gear again there is no limit to the city's potential. The scale and resilience of the buildings and people is amazing – it is a world city, far more so than London and Manchester. It doesn't feel like anywhere else in Lancashire: comparisons always end up overseas – Dublin, or Boston, or Hamburg."
– Ian Nairn, Britain's Changing Towns, 1967
Actually Liverpool is more comparable to Glasgow than to any foreign city.
What part of England (not Great Britain) do you feel has the strongest regional identity and feels the most unlike other parts of England? My guess would probably be the extremities, ie Cornwall and Northumbria on opposite ends of the country, though you could make the argument London itself is actually the most different from the rest of the country due to so many foreigners living there and its unique situation of being the only large city in England.
I can't find any statistics, but I am under the impression that the Southwest has more foreign born than the northern regions. My guess is that the North East has the lowest of all 9 regions.
7,052,177- North West
5,283,733 - Yorkshire and the Humber
2,596,886- North East
5,288,935- South West
The phrase "To carry Coals to Newcastle" is first documented in North America in 1679 but was probably used in England during the reign of Henry VIII. Unfortunately, it is probably the only thing most Americans know about the region.
The phrase "To carry Coals to Newcastle" is first documented in North America in 1679 but was probably used in England during the reign of Henry VIII. Unfortunately, it is probably the only thing most Americans know about the region.
But now that most of the mines have closed, the only coal from Newcastle these days is Cheryl Cole.
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