Chatty83
Midfield
Sunderland has a shopping centre, a theratre, a cinema, a casino, several music venues, loads of restaraunts, a museum, also has a climbing centre just outside the centre, an art gallery, a park, all within a closer proximity than they are in Newcastle.Agreed with the phrase, sadly it's not the bars that's the problem though. It's everything else. There's very little in Sunderland to do other than drink and not many people are going to come further afield for just pubs / bars which Newcastle wins on easily like going to the cinema in the Gate then walking out and ending up in Spoons for a couple then the next minute it's 3am (done that enough) or people going shopping then getting a bite to eat and a few drinks since the retail is awful (also done a few times).
*I know there's the cinema at Sunniside but it's naff and miles out the way.
Newcastle has a lot more for sure but bit of a cop out answer when it has pretty much all the same things with less walking distance.