>> Until the turkeys in Sunderland get a nice Xmas present from Nissan and end up
>> on the dole...
>>
The North East are used to it and they are a fairly resilient bunch of people. In te 40 years since I lived there they have lost all kinds of large employers, from British Shipbuilders, NCB, to British Steel & dozens of others. From my last visit the balance of happiness / financial wellbeing does not seem to have changed much.
It will never be a hugely wealthy area but it is very unlikely to be a poverty area either.
A bit like the west of Scotland really
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