I was listening to the radio and they were talking about the north of England.
The north of England is, in my experience, almost a different country to the south of England.
Both halfs have many regional cultures within them but there is a fundamental cultural north/south divide. And it is cultural and not just socio-economic. I think that the north is maybe more Scandinavian, more no nonsense, more friendly and more open than the south.
After all the Danelaw covered pretty much the same area as what people think of as the North.
The place names are often more Danish too.
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