Glasgow is an absolute brilliant city, and Hull is nowhere near deserving of the bad rep that it gets. The city centre and marina area have a lot going for them.

It won't do what it did for Liverpool though because Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture, not just the UK, so obviously that was far more prestigious and resulted in European funding that won't be in place for Hull.

Well done to them all the same.

People from a town whose only advantage is good transport links make it easy to leave shouldn't really be slagging off anywhere at all really.

I've never offered an opinion on anywhere without first going there, a serious opinion that is. Parts of Leeds are a toilet but I love the place, one of the best places for a night out too.

This is an example of where you shouldn't buy into stereotypes. I always presumed Leeds was a grim city with not a lot going on, having only ever been to Headingley. When a mate started uni I went to visit and was blown away, it is a brilliant city which I love going to and I would happily pack up and move there tomorrow.

Ganson ,isn't there a street off Whitefriargate called Land of Green Ginger ?

I thought the same about Huddersfield, but it isn't that bad and it's a cracking night out.

Thank goodness for someone with a degree of intellect, please can you pass some on to people like Irish wire who think because they went to Hull Uni makes them an automatic authority on the City and its very rich heritage and History.
I would say to him, travel around the world for 30 years of your life like I have and see what's out there, go to various cities and learn a little about their history before making silly uneducated statements about them.

Expect a better quality of brick (possibly one from a theatre, or a gallery) to be thrown into a supporters' coach, next year, when Wire visit Craven Park

nope and neither should people from the posh end of Wythenshawe.........

I've been to Hull three times, I dont like it.......I'm not a fan............ I'm never going to move there.

Do I think Warrington is paradise? No. Would I rather live anywhere else...? Well, Id love to live in Abersoch but there are no jobs, nothing to do when it Rains, and its full of Welsh people, and people from Stockton Heath who think they are in Beverly Hills....... then I'd also Like to Live on Arran but there are no Jobs, and nothing much to do once you've walked round the place a few times.

So unless I win the lottery, I'm going to stay in Warrington, a Town I really like.....and laugh at pompous people that think its a hole........

I think many people in Hull will have similar views about their hole too.... and good on em.
Up the holes

Hello Sailor (well, Hull is a nautical City)

Stop knocking Hull, it's a working class city that helped make our country great. If every town was like Wilmslow, our country would be skint. When I have been there, I found the centre to be vibrant and full of things to do, friendly people too.

Our town has it's dumps, and I try to avoid going into town during the week these days or areas like Orford Lane as I get so depressed seeing how they are going down the pan, and that's from someone brought up in Cobden Street.

Congratulations Hull.

Disappointed with critism for Hull, alot of stones being thrown in glass houses. I wont be deluded and make out that its heaven on earth however I have worked up and down the nation and can say un biased that 'Ull' is one of the nicer places in the country

Don't tar us all with the same brush, my facebook/twitter has been filled with people I know from Hull Uni absolutely made up with the news, like myself.

Before I went and during my time there I was keen to take in as much history and culture as possible, I would hate to have been one of those arrogant, middle class (usually southern) students you get at every university looking down their nose and going on about how wonderful home is.

Hull is still the only place I have ever been attacked without warning outside a rugby ground and giving the place a 'City of Culture' award won't remove the low-life scum element that seems prevalent.

Oh jesus, cry me a river. I have been to plenty of places around the world and most cities and towns have parts that are holes which I stated earlier. I also said this will be good for Hull and hopefully make it a nicer place. But dont let that cloud your judgement.

This is a great short video on the city- youtu.be/mXJkDgBUR9c

This is a great short video on the city- youtu.be/mXJkDgBUR9c