What do you identify the city of Sunderland as been?

[Typhoonftm]

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.

Gerrin Would be a massive coup. WDSC.

We need about 100 chocolatiers to smarten the place up like.

 

[offshore]

What "more" could the local government do?

When you look at towns like Seaham for instance if it wasn't for investment by the local government it would have become a ghost town. Now it has a vibrant sea front that attracts visitors.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

Working class city which has been massively let down and neglected.

 

[offmenut]

City by the sea

 

[Kevj]

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.

Just downstream of Durham.

 

[WHD]

When you look at towns like Seaham for instance if it wasn't for investment by the local government it would have become a ghost town. Now it has a vibrant sea front that attracts visitors.

So what has the council done in Seaham that Sunderland Council should do?

And I mean specifically, not just words like "investment".

 

[Deleted member 40035]

the place that pisses all over newcastles cornflakes

 

[Roger]

I seen some moron on facebook bemoaning the fact that Bruges puts Sunderland to shame and blaming this on our labour council.

They could have a point. The Bruges Group mainly consists of Tory MPs (and Farage of course)

 

[Typhoonftm]

Just downstream of Durham.

This. Never have, and never will say next to Newcastle.

 

[Jarra Dicka]

Said it on other "Sunderland" threads....The city is playing catch up to the likes of Newcastle , Manchester and Glasgow.
Shame that Sunderland council didnt have the ambition of those cities as its really got the lot when you think of it, and should be able to attract tourists by the thousands.
Total lack of ambition see people rather compare Sunderland with the likes of South Shields and Peterlee

 

[Boy]

Vote counters extraordinaire

 

[WHD]

Said it on other "Sunderland" threads....The city is playing catch up to the likes of Newcastle , Manchester and Glasgow

It's not, it really isn't. Sunderland is never going to "catch up" with those cities. Sunderland needs to concentrate on becoming a decent medium size city as it's never going to compete with major regional cities.

Total lack of ambition see people rather compare Sunderland with the likes of South Shields and Peterlee

Mind, I think we can set our sights just a bit higher than matching Peterlee.

 

[DurhamRedStripe]

Shite since Borneo's closed.

 

[JAZZMANB]

Said it on other "Sunderland" threads....The city is playing catch up to the likes of Newcastle , Manchester and Glasgow.
Shame that Sunderland council didnt have the ambition of those cities as its really got the lot when you think of it, and should be able to attract tourists by the thousands.
Total lack of ambition see people rather compare Sunderland with the likes of South Shields and Peterlee

It was never level with those regional finance cities ever so it's not playing catch up
More than ever as companies shrink as far as physical buildings needed ,the next tier down suffer

 

[Boris Bear]

Sunderland is in County Durham.

It isn’t

When you look at towns like Seaham for instance if it wasn't for investment by the local government it would have become a ghost town. Now it has a vibrant sea front that attracts visitors.

Seaham is a shithole mate

So what has the council done in Seaham that Sunderland Council should do?

And I mean specifically, not just words like "investment".

They’ve put lipstick on a pig. Sunderland invests more every year than Seaham has in the last two hundred years.

 

[Twisted]

Sunderland is in County Durham.

common sense at last

 

[citybythesea]

These threads always attract negative comments about Sunderland, probably by mags pretending to be sunderland fans.

What amazes me the most about this cohort is their football rivalry is not enough. They'd want a neighbouring place to fail, economically, culturally, just reading the comments page in the chronicle shows their very insular feelings about newcastle and hatred for Sunderland.
They celebrate at negative sunderland stories and bemoan positive ones. Is it any surprise there's always been regional bias from media, development agencies. local government etc. if consciously or subconsciously decisions are so newcastle centric.

 

[Lambchops]

Said it on other "Sunderland" threads....The city is playing catch up to the likes of Newcastle , Manchester and Glasgow.
Shame that Sunderland council didnt have the ambition of those cities as its really got the lot when you think of it, and should be able to attract tourists by the thousands.
Total lack of ambition see people rather compare Sunderland with the likes of South Shields and Peterlee

We've never been close to the likes of those, try Hull or Doncaster and you're closer - all 3 are shitholes

 

[gizmoganzee]

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[Deleted member 40035]

We've never been close to the likes of those, try Hull or Doncaster and you're closer - all 3 are shitholes

You just said Newcastle , Manchester and Glasgow are shit holes.

nice one Lambchops I'm glad you don't live around me marra a proper wrongun you like and that's coming from me. What do you think of Sunderland?