What do you identify the city of Sunderland as been?



I see it as a marginalised city, former town in the north east.
It was once was an industrialised town in shipbuilding, glass making etc.
Deindustrialisation of Britain has saw it needing reinvent itself.
The areas which attracted funding were on the outskirts of the centre. Decades of neglect has left the centre requiring investment. The centre has been hollowed out.
Hopefully the planners have listened to people and there's a shift purpose of the city centre to be more than just retail. It needs to utilise the river and port, monetising it. It needs to improve transport southerly out of the city centre both road and rail. It needs more people living and working in the city centre and it needs to be more commercialised.
 
It's my home and it will always be home. It's where I'm from and where my roots are. I know lots of good people here, I have always had a sense of belonging. It's a working class respectful place. Sunderland still has community, see the revulsion and support re: Connor Brown. I know pretty much everywhere in the City and can go anywhere without fear, always feel relaxed.

I love having a few beers in town with my mates before and after the match. I go down the beach each week. Me and Mam sit eating breakfast at Whitburn looking back over Seaburn beach. It's the best beach I've seen in the flesh and I've seen a few. Better behind glass sometimes though :)

I've always been happy in Sunderland, it's a good place to live and bring up kids.
 
Sunderland and the NE from me is an unknown jewel in the crown.
Most people down here have no idea as to what it has to offer. Typically the coast line is one of beauty with the most amazing thing that it remains natural, remote and not full of irritating holiday makers. The open space is incredible and best kept that way.
As for the region built on heavy engineering and mining and serviced by proud working class people. The people that I tend to get along with best as I am from working class stock. I love the history of people and places particularly those areas that have undergone complete transformations and of course I love the history and heritage of football clubs.

What you have in Sunderland and the NE is something some could sadly take for granted. You have an identity, a defined accent that I like and you shouldn’t generalise but from experience the people are very open and friendly.

Finally when I listen to that shipyards track it makes the hairs stand up on the back of neck as it embraces all of the above. What a wonderful piece of music that is.

You still robbed us though in 1990.
 
Swindon On Tour said:
Sunderland and the NE from me is an unknown jewel in the crown.
Most people down here have no idea as to what it has to offer. Typically the coast line is one of beauty with the most amazing thing that it remains natural, remote and not full of irritating holiday makers. The open space is incredible and best kept that way.
As for the region built on heavy engineering and mining and serviced by proud working class people. The people that I tend to get along with best as I am from working class stock. I love the history of people and places particularly those areas that have undergone complete transformations and of course I love the history and heritage of football clubs.

What you have in Sunderland and the NE is something some could sadly take for granted. You have an identity, a defined accent that I like and you shouldn’t generalise but from experience the people are very open and friendly.

Finally when I listen to that shipyards track it makes the hairs stand up on the back of neck as it embraces all of the above. What a wonderful piece of music that is.

You still robbed us though in 1990.
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It was the league who robbed you, we robbed the mags. Well according to those deluded arseholes anyway.

Mind your club had robbed millions in unpaid tax like ;)

Nice words. It is friendly, it's just a nice place.
 
Typhoonftm said:
Seriously? :lol: Aye, they're such a similar town like.
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Yes, seriously. I suppose it made a change to the constant comparisons to Newcastle.

I also seen a lass on facebook a while back complaining that labour were still running Sunderland Council and if another party was running it we could get Harvey Nichols in the bridges.
 
It's a shame given our location that the local government don't do more. I travel around the country and see much worse than my beloved home town. The actual town centre is embarrassing with the amount of closed shops and undesirables hanging around Sunnyside. I love my city/town and I'm dam proud of where I come from. A change in leadership and investment would make a massive difference to it.
 
It's known for been crap at grammar

I'd say to the outside world the footy is its main reference ,Nissan a bit
Then to people who've never been ,full of Brexiters, to those who have a pleasant surprise

offshore said:
It's a shame given our location that the local government don't do more. I travel around the country and see much worse than my beloved home town. The actual town centre is embarrassing with the amount of closed shops and undesirables hanging around Sunnyside. I love my city/town and I'm dam proud of where I come from. A change in leadership and investment would make a massive difference to it.
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There is investment ,no amount of it will turn round the decline in retail on the high street
 
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offshore said:
It's a shame given our location that the local government don't do more. I travel around the country and see much worse than my beloved home town. The actual town centre is embarrassing with the amount of closed shops and undesirables hanging around Sunnyside. I love my city/town and I'm dam proud of where I come from. A change in leadership and investment would make a massive difference to it.
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What "more" could the local government do?
 
Roger said:
Was
A town built on heavy industry and coalmining.

Now
A beautiful university town and seaside resort with miles of golden beaches and a thriving cultural quarter based around one of the countries premier theatres.




….at least that is how it should be getting marketed!
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Yer missed out that fecking git big ,massive, huge, sprawling car plant at the cutting edge of technology that can be seen from the Humber estuary at 20,000 feet:)
 
It's where I was born and grew up in my formative years. Thoroughly enjoyed it but have moved away and doubt I'll move back. Also f***ing sick of explaining where it is.
 

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