Property News · October 27, 2017

Let’s move to Lincoln: a small city with chutzpah


Lincoln’s used to dusting itself down. That’s the thing about being 2,000 years old: you’ve seen it all beforeWhat’s going for it? For more than 200 years, until 1548, Lincoln Cathedral was the tallest building in the world, the skyscraper of its day. Which tells you all you need to know about this small city in the (mostly) flat lands. It’s got chutzpah. At the time, Lincoln was England’s third city, rich on the cloth trade with Flanders. When its cathedral spire, rotten to the core, collapsed, it symbolised to many the decline of the city – indeed, of the nation – after the reformation. Whatevs. Lincoln’s used to dusting itself down. Try rebuilding your economy after the collapse of the biggest empire the world has ever seen. Twice. First, the Romans. Now, the British. Lincoln is now reimagining its postindustrial future, of course, as a (excuse my language) knowledge hub. That’s the thing about being 2,000 years old: you’ve seen it all before. The ups, the downs, the riots, the battles, the Daily Mail calling it “the city of the walking dead”. You’ll outlive them all.The case against All alone on the A15 to Scunthorpe. Not that that’s held it back before, but you have to develop a certain tolerance of/love for Lincolnshireness. It has its share of social problems. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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