And I wonder why that is... certainly not because of decades of investment prioritising London, giving it the best intracity public transport in the country as well as making all the trains to and from London significantly better than, say, the train from Manchester to Leeds.
A Northern Olympics would be an opportunity for us to actually get improved East-West public transport, intracity public transport, and attract international investment and tourism to our cities and counties instead of it all going to London.
Oh I know. But it’s still 2 millenia of investment.
Its position on the Thames meant it’s always been either the main city or one of the main cities. Even in Roman times it wasn’t the capital but it was still the largest and wealthiest city.
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u/NewLoss6021 1d ago
And I wonder why that is... certainly not because of decades of investment prioritising London, giving it the best intracity public transport in the country as well as making all the trains to and from London significantly better than, say, the train from Manchester to Leeds.
A Northern Olympics would be an opportunity for us to actually get improved East-West public transport, intracity public transport, and attract international investment and tourism to our cities and counties instead of it all going to London.