Bristol 2012 applicants !

Well, generally the North is poorer...

Sorry do you live in America?

yep.

What makes you an expert on the socio-economic state of the cities of Britain then?

You don't even live in England whereas I live in Sheffield and have relatives in Bristol.

Whereabouts are you from? I'm from Poole

I need to get the application done first Personal statement's annoying me, I still need another decent-sized paragraph about stuff I've done. I'm thinking about mentioning complex numbers and then talking about 'The Music of the Primes' - no idea

You're kidding, I'm from Poole too! :L what a small world haha! [does 'The Music of the Primes' actually have anything to do with music? :L]

Because the North/South divide is a well documented trend. Since when do you have to live somewhere to have an understanding? South Yorkshire (in which Sheffield is a part) is one of the three areas of the UK - along with a part of Merseyside and Cornwall that actually qualify for EU poverty grants.

Bristol is really quite a rough city.

If I knew you, that would be even odder School? I'm Poole High.

Nope

couldn't help but see that you're from Dorset too (h5)

Do you know where Cornwall is?

Bristol is really quite a rough city, Sheffield's fairly peaceful considering how big it is, it was the largest city to not have any riots at all when they were going on.

What makes you an expert on the socio-economic state of the cities of Britain then?

You don't even live in England whereas I live in Sheffield and have relatives in Bristol.

do you dispute that the north is generally poorer than the south?

dedum. Wimborne.

this is spooky :L

Yeah I can't see there being much difference between them, we are still in the same country.

Well a government study found this year that whilst they spend more in the North on healthcare, people are 20% more likely to die before 75 in the North than the South. Quite a large difference if you think about it.
Also house prices, last month a right move survey found that the average house price in the South was twice that in the North. Again a huge difference.
Earnings are definitely higher in the South than the North.
This was also evident in the boom years. Oxford researchers estimated that the economies in the south grew by over 1% more than those in the north. The unemployment rate is also higher in the north.
And finally, S&P research found that in Q1 of 2011 northern mortgage owners were 35% more likely to be struggling to meet the payments.

Whether you like it or not (I'm from the south and I don't) there is a huge divide.

Yeah I can't see there being much difference between them, we are still in the same country.