{"id":93801,"date":"2018-07-13T22:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T15:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-halifax-west-yorkshire-gutsy-streetscape-and-deadpan-locals\/"},"modified":"2018-07-13T23:03:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T16:03:53","slug":"lets-move-to-halifax-west-yorkshire-gutsy-streetscape-and-deadpan-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-halifax-west-yorkshire-gutsy-streetscape-and-deadpan-locals\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Halifax, West Yorkshire: gutsy streetscape and deadpan locals"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThere is a music scene. Vinyl shops have been spotted. Avocado toast is for sale. But Halifax remains HalifaxWhat\u2019s going for it? \u201cThe Shoreditch of the north\u201d, said BBC Radio 6 Music. \u201cWhat?!\u201d yelled Halifax \u2013 and the rest of the world. They groaned on the information desk at the smart new library when I brought it up. It is not. And the better for it. Sure, the anointed king of hipsters, Father John Misty, played Halifax. There is a music scene. Vinyl shops have been spotted. Avocado toast is for sale. There are ironic whiskers here and there, but many commute to Leeds, Hebden Bridge or Manchester, where property prices are less kind. No, Halifax remains Halifax, with its gutsy streetscape, excellent Borough Market (the hot pies!) and deadpan locals. It has just had a bit of cash spent on it for the first time in an age. The new library. The Square Chapel arts centre, with its natty roof. And the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance, the restored Piece Hall, a vast Georgian cloth hall straight out of an imperial central European capital. Halifax, the Vienna of Yorkshire. That is more like it.The case against Very little, really, if you ignore the hype. More investment in the local economy would go down a treat, but the bone structure of the town remains excellent. Wet, of course, this being the Pennines. And (in my opinion) scandalously far from the seaside. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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