Cumbria - a great place to live and work

I certainly agree with the point made in a letter by Les Hanley to the Whitehaven News which suggested we all ought to broadcast the fact that Cumbria is a great place to live and work.

Hopefully there will be a hastag and appropriate links for this in the near future.

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Jim said…
Cumbria is often a very nice place to live and work, though like everywhere in the world it has its pro's and cons. The scenery is nice enough (depending where in cumbria you happen to be at the time) but then the weather is terrible, working here is ok usually, but then poor roads/very poor pubic transport dont make it so easy to get to and from work.

Cumbria can be an excellent place to live at times, and at other times it can be a very bleak one. As I say there are pro's and con's to any area, anywhere.
5:39 pm
Chris Whiteside said…
I accept that there are pro and con arguments for everywhere. I chose to live here in Cumbria because in my opinion the former outnumner the latter.
6:07 pm
Jim said…
I was born here, but then i moved around a lot in the forces and for a while afterwards too, but I found my way back as well.

I must admit there is something that draws you to it isn't there.
6:30 pm
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