Now it’s East Yorkshire’s turn to be beaten down
I’m banging a particular drum again this week, about how we always seem to be at the bottom of league tables, surveys and labelled as the “worst place to live”
I came across Country Life magazine earlier this week, which has ranked East Yorkshire as the worse country in England. They compiled a list of the 40 counties and rated them from the best (Devon) to the worst (us), and then put everyone else somewhere in between.
To be fair, it’s quite a comprehensive list they’ve put together, getting data from the CPRE, the Met Office, Defra and Natural England to name but a few. They’ve also included figures like rates of recycling, property prices, successful pubs and top schools. They even consult the entries from ‘Who’s Who’.
The good news is, we did well on “light pollution” and “tranquility”, as well as the “arts” and our “green” credentials, although obviously not enough to pull us up from the last spot.
But someone has to prop up the bottom, don’t they? And I take pride in being able to offer a peaceful, tranquil environmentally sound setting, in which to enjoy a spot of culture and art… (although not heritage, we didn’t do so well on that front either).
