How does York compare to Wimbledon in terms of attitude?

[southparkroses]

Has anyone lived in both areas? Is York a bit more down to earth?

What’s wrong with attitudes in Wimbledon?

I've not lived in Wimbledon but York is friendly - a good mix of people, but most people are nice enough.

Christ on a fucking bike.

Really? What on earth is wrong with Wimbledon?

Never lived in Wimbledon (but curious to know what sort of attitude Wimbledonians have?). Although I don’t actually live in York, I live near enough to visit regularly, and love it.

Not lived in Wimbledon but I've always people in York to be quite pushy and rude. Maybe they're fine with other locals but they loathe outsiders and aren't afraid to show it.

@AriettyHomily

Really? What on earth is wrong with Wimbledon?

Literally nothing, I haven't said anything bad about Wimbledon

Attitude to what?

I life in Yorkshire Yorkshire so have visited York many times. Also spent quite a bit of time in Wimbledon. I like both.?

What happened to my post.. Crikey.
York is cheaper. Has a lot of history and local places of interest.

Wimbledon is pricey to buy property, but easy into central London.

It would help I think if you could clarify what you mean by 'attitudes', OP.

I lived in Wimbledon for eleven years. I didn’t notice any kind of common attitude and I never felt loathed as an outsider.

Literally nothing, I haven't said anything bad about Wimbledon

You’re clearly implying something. Not sure what, though but keen to find out

This is gold already

I assumed that the OP liked the attitudes in Wimbledon and wanted the same in York!

Sorry about my wording, I was distracted.

Just wanted to know how to the two places compare

@FullTimeYummy

This is gold already

You simply must get out more!

@contrmary

Not lived in Wimbledon but I've always people in York to be quite pushy and rude. Maybe they're fine with other locals but they loathe outsiders and aren't afraid to show it.

Eh? I'm not a 'local' but I lived in York for many years and never experienced this?

OP - York is nice. Different bits have a different feel. The centre feels very different to Poppleton, for example. No idea what you mean by 'attitudes' tbh.

Wimbledon is pricey to buy property, but easy into central London

So is York. Google suggests that Wimbledon is about an hour to central London by either public transport or car (surely not, it's about 10 miles), whereas York is just over 2 hours away, but clearly a much faster train, as over 200 miles.

Given that York, being expensive for Yorkshire, but probably dirt cheap cf Wimbledon isn't much longer journey if you're only going occasionally, it might be worth the risk for the considerable saving and avoidance of whatever attitude you might encounter in Wimbledon that the OP implies that she's trying to avoid.

Well I live in Wimbledon and we're all bastards.

Just wanted to know how to the two places compare

According to what metric?

Number of tennis matches per year?
Number of horse races per year?
How much you could rent your house out per week to attendants of the above?
Number of pissed up people who drown in the river each year (hint, York is likely to be way ahead on this measure, unless there's something about Wimbledon that I'm unaware of).

Attitudes to what? Mowing the lawn after lunch on a Sunday? Covid restrictions? Homosexuality?

There are no Wombles in York.

@LunaNorth 🤣

Well that's it settled then, the OP should stay in Wimbledon. I simply cannot comprehend how anyone survives without the Wombles.

I live in York but have never lived in Wimbledon, so it's hard to compare. If you tell me what you find the attitude is in Wimbledon, I might be able to be more useful. I don't think there's an overwhelming single attitude to things in York. It depends on where you live, what work you do etc.