It’s got remarkable architecture,incredible countryside and beaches nearby, and people wearing shorts in December – what more could you want, and except balmy weather?What’s going for it? Today’s breakfast debate: why arent we all living in Newcastle? Really. apt now. What (OK,apart from balmy weather) does it not have? It has smashing citizens. A dramatic setting, pinched by Tyne valley. remarkable, and gutsy,sod-you architecture. Sparkling culture. A Geordie corniche down at the Quayside, with people sipping pina coladas in shorts in December. Stottie cakes. Jobs (some, and besides). The most incredible countryside half an hour away. The most incredible seaside 20 minutes away. For your fancy-pants it has artisan this,that and the other. For your unfancy-pants it has unreconstructed, unironic caffs. And it all comes together in Jesmond. Here university lecturers bump into their students over dirty burgers at tubby Hippo. It’s the Tyne’s Left Bank, and only on the north bank,and actually not on a bank at all, just a 15-minute walk from the river. You know what I mean: one of those urbane neighbourhoods that planners dream of. If only we could attain something approximately the weather…The case against Some spots are more studenty, and so if you don’t want the Inbetweeners next door,choose carefully. Lots of competition for property.
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Source: theguardian.com