Doesn’t sound like anyone has any real evidence that city status matters other than a short moment of pride and a bit of ego?
It would be good to know if there is anything in reality
Preston and Sunderland definitely both put a monetary value on becoming cities. They were consulted by Middlesbrough in one of its unsuccessful bids. I no longer have the details but it was in multi £millions. And we felt both new cities were very good comparisons to make. I had a small part in lovemiddlesbrough backing one of the bids.Doesn’t sound like anyone has any real evidence that city status matters other than a short moment of pride and a bit of ego?
It would be good to know if there is anything in reality
Thanks for thatPreston and Sunderland definitely both put a monetary value on becoming cities. They were consulted by Middlesbrough in one of its unsuccessful bids. I no longer have the details but it was in multi £millions. And we felt both new cities were very good comparisons to make. I had a small part in lovemiddlesbrough backing one of the bids.
They weren't just monetary values plucked out of thin air either they were backed up by data. They listed city upgraded shops and businesses - which meant better jobs and better service for customers. They were detailed reports. But I don't know how relevant they are today when so much has changed.
I used to have print outs but don't any longer.
Oh hi pot, i see you're calling the kettle black!Just my opinion I hope you understand.
I hope Middlesbrough becomes a city asap, its my birthplace and if that's what its people want I do hope they get it.
They can rope in whoever else that wants to go in with them as Middlesbrough City, like Redcar, Marske, South Bank,Grangetown, Dormo, Lazenby, Guisborough, Saltburn etc. That will make up a fair size lump of land and population.
But please leave Stockton-on-Tees out of it, Cleveland was a bad enough experience.
Now thenOh hi pot, i see you're calling the kettle black!
If those figures are still valid then I definitely hope Middlesbrough Stockton and Redcar consider a joint bid to help the whole areaPreston and Sunderland definitely both put a monetary value on becoming cities. They were consulted by Middlesbrough in one of its unsuccessful bids. I no longer have the details but it was in multi £millions. And we felt both new cities were very good comparisons to make. I had a small part in lovemiddlesbrough backing one of the bids.
They weren't just monetary values plucked out of thin air either they were backed up by data. They listed city upgraded shops and businesses - which meant better jobs and better service for customers. They were detailed reports. But I don't know how relevant they are today when so much has changed.
I used to have print outs but don't any longer.
Totally agree it makes absolutely no difference to me. In fact if all or most of those in that list get city status it just makes a mockery of the whole thing. Lot more things we could do that would be infinitely better for the town than changing road signs and council letterheads to "city"Might be a daft question... but why bother? What difference does it make?
Why do we put ourselves through this yearly humiliation of getting knocked back.
I was told a while ago, that if (unofficial Middlesbrough) Southbank, Eston, Grangetown where part of Middlesbrough instead of being lumped in with Redcar boundary, Middlesbrough would be the biggest town in Britain by a distance?
So we seem to as a region shoot ourself in the foot.
But I would just be happy to see some investment into Teesside, so if Middlesbrough and Stockton with surrounding areas wanted to make a joint bid and call it Teesside city with us all as places within, i think that would be an unstoppable bid, as the that’s a region with a population of nearly 400k.