. I am ashamed to say that I have never been, though. I know there's a lot of people on the board from Yorkshire-ish way, though, so does anyone have any pearls of wisdom on the subject? Is it a nice city to live in and work in? Is it very expensive to buy houses there? I like the North, and went to Uni in Durham, but I know very little about York. We've had various bits and bobs of advice from people, much of it conflicting, but most of it positive. The only bit that's concerned us was when someone said it was a place where the BNP was active, and that there had been some tensions on the racial front. Since my wife is, not to put too fine a point on it, brown, this is something that concerns us a bit. But it could well be utter bollards. Any views?
) and the clubs are/were woeful. Although I moved back home after graduating, a couple of friends of mine stayed on and fairly quickly found their patience with the place was fading and that socially it was a bit of a non-event. My most recent trip (2/3 years ago, I guess) was a disappointment ... what I'd remembered as a good shopping town seemed very faded and boarded-up.
