Quote by Dave__Notts
this great north south divide is based on a very big city that produces 20%+ of the uk's gdp and employs a large percentage of its workforce from surrounding counties
and that is the whole basis of your and the supporters of the north is poor argument ..............bit daft don't you thinkbecause lets face it its not and never has been a north south divide its a London and surrounding counties North divide
should we set up some refugee camps dya recon :huh:
Knock yourself out with them
Dave_Notts
So you believe that the North/South divide is singly based on the effects of London, I would a agree it is a big city, but is it as big as the combined cities further north, take the Cities of Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, I don't know but would guess that the three cities are located in an area within the size of the one City of London, nearby there are the Cities of Leicester and Derby, Nottingham, Stoke on Trent, further North we have Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds, so how much of the remaining 80% of the UKs GDP do you think they contribute ?
I think we do need refuge camps preparing though, I honestly believe that the crazy price hikes in London and the South in general will backfire in peoples faces and they will need our Northern help.
I once worked for Magnet Kitchens, based in Telford our average order value was around £4-5000, at the same time the branches down South had average order values of £16,000. A rep who worked in the Kensington branch said his showroom was located only doors away from a poggenpohl showroom, when they priced a kitchen they trebled or quadroopled the price othewise people believed the product was rubbish compared to the poggenpohl product and quote (it probably was) thier average order value at the time was £20,000
He also told me that people in the inner London elite areas people expected to pay more, they didn't even care that they could buy the product in the midlands at a fraction of the cost, because if the neighbours found out they only paid a small amount they would consider them "skinflints".
Look at house prices in London, even the non-fashionable outskirts, you couldn't buy a garage in London for the price of a large family home in this area. The crash will come and it will hit those inflated housing areas hardest.