Is it true that British people get nicer the farther north you go? I am not sure that this is only a north versus south thing; I suspect it may also be down to community size. We lived in Teesdale for a year and have never lived in such an unfriendly place, despite me having grown up in North Yorkshire and my partner’s family being from Jesmond in Newcastle. My colleagues and neighbours were all lovely, but the folks in North Yorkshire and Scotland seemed more open and consistent in their welcome and friendship. Both the southerners I was talking with agreed that people in the north are friendly than in the south.
