Appreciate you looking out for me, but that's far from the truth. We've spent a great deal of time there, in the nicest parts and some of the bleaker parts. We've spent 1.5 hours trying to get from A to B when google tells you it will be 30 minutes. We've seen the sadness of locals struggling to keep their businesses afloat, village shops and post offices closing, schools closing. We have very good friends there who have us very, very well informed about all the good, the bad and the ugly. We know about floods. We know about being snowed in and just how bad it can get. We know about power cuts. We know about completely inflexible local councils. We know about terrible internet, phone signals, oil, and almost nobody caring about infrastructure.
We've also spent the last two years living in the arse end of nowhere in houses in the country that pose many of the issues you'd need to deal with in N Yorks. So, we've got some practice in.
Aside from that, who you are you judge where my heart is at? That's a very, very personal thing that you shouldn't be commenting on.
Every time I see those hills, every single bit of tension from my body dissipates.
That's how I know it's where my heart is. So yes, I am very aware that rural life in North Yorkshire can be brutal.
We both have ancestors from Yorkshire, so perhaps it's in our blood!
Also, excuse me if this sounds rude, but the word is spelled nice not naice. I keep seeing this on MN and wonder if anyone has ever told you that you are spelling it incorrectly?