Is there anything from another part of the UK that you wish that your area had?

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It doesn't have to be food. It can be anything. What do you wish existed in your area?

I'm not that big a fan of roast dinners, I enjoy them just a few times of year but I wish that my area had the roast shops(I don't know what they're officially called) that they have in Yorkshire. I'd love to be able to get a turkey or roast pork roll with apple sauce or even better a bag of hot crackling pieces.

I'd also rather like to have a good fudge shop here.

And more second hand and new book shops. When I go to certain parts of England there are so many compared with her. Edinburgh and Wigtown aside. I love charity shops but it isn't quite the same.

A gorgeous beach to walk the dogs on!

Live in rural Gloucestershire and it's a good 2 hour drive to the coast from here.

Booths, sandy beach, roast shop (had never heard of them until this thread; they sound great), cinema, farm shop.

A local beach and decent thick snow. I'm easily pleased me

Grammar schools!

Mild ale in pubs.
Baltic houses.

Could seriously do with decent public transport.

nice sandy beach, the smell of sea air.

I live in lLondon and I'd love a genuine beach.

I agree with those who said better weather.

Surfing

Beaches! I feel like we've got everything else covered - Sheffield.

A coastline and some ski slopes within spitting distance 😊

Better weather, IKEA, John Lewis, proper cinema like picture house, cheap flights, Bluewater, better night life, a trampoline park, museums on a variety of subjects, better Indian takeaways/restaurants...

A takeaway that delivered. Wouldn't even care what kind. I can get one delivered to the pub 8 miles away but by the time you have driven there to pick it up you might as well just go for a pub meal.

Instead I have most of the things everyone else is listing here. But the grass isn't always greener.

I'll have ri add street food and also Caribbean cuisine. I wish that it was a thing here
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I live in NI so a government would be nice. we haven't had one in two years

John Lewis a coastline, and somewhere that gets lots of snow in the winter please.

Somewhere Indeed, it’s not much to ask!

Beaches and waterfalls

Warmer weather!

Less people. We live in beautiful, rugged countryside, but it's commutable to three major cities, so they're building and building and it's totally lost its character,

Munchy boxes. They sound amazing!

An airport. Or a train line that doesn't wash away ...

"Longer daylight in winter, and warmer weather! And more English people, so I have some to celebrate with when England win a football match. Up here, they all support whoever England is playing against.
Yorkshire pork pies and ham, real Cornish pasties. Union Jack flags on buildings. English pubs. English village greens. Morris dancers. Red buses.
Gosh, that was a nostalgia fest! I haven’t lived in England for over 40 years, but I do miss it. Both kids live and work in Scotland though, so I’m here for the duration"

You could always go back? I realise this is a light hearted discussion but that is a bit excessive and a good highlight as to the attitude that can create a divide in the first place. We are a separate nation with a separate identity something that should be celebrated not rebranded the little England a lot seem to expect from us. I am happy to accept your Cornish pasties and weather would be appreciated : D but more English people to celebrate England winning.....in Scotland, come on!

The seaside on my doorstep would be a dream.

I'd like Holkham beach and sea transported here into the East Mids. I heard the other day that a village near here was chosen as The Festival Village in 1951 for the Festival of Britain celebrations because it is 'in the middle of the country' and on days when I am home sick for my beloved Norfolk, it bloody feels like it!