American Reacts to 5 Things I Hate About York!
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- Let's dive into some of the less glamorous aspects of this historic city. From cobblestone streets that are overcrowded to the often unpredictable rubbish piles, discover what might be surprising or frustrating about York through an outsider's perspective!
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His is a story that is reflected in many tourist hotspots across Europe (ironic then that he’s a regular visitor to Venice). There are many reasons for the decline of town centre shop diversity: first they blamed the supermarket, then the out-of-town shopping centre, then the business rates and now online shopping. Local authorities need a strategy to make town centres an experiential destination again. Interestingly, Ikea has bought out a town-centre mall that lost its flagship Debenhams, not just to install an Ikea store but as a social hub - let’s see how that works. And my small seaside town is thriving and even has a successful knitting shop, which offers advise to new knitters and all the weird and wonderful trims they might not have known about - better than impersonal internet shopping
A major issue for Local Authorities is that Business Rates have been taken out of their control, and are effectively set in Westminster.
The poor old Vikings didn't even get a mention...
'Vikings' was the first word that came to mind when he said 'York'.
@@titanium_di2402 The original vid is by a channel called 'The Welsh Viking'.
In fairness, I don't think he is judging.
Because the essence of the problem he's presenting is that there's TOO MANY PEOPLE for a small historic city - and because it's historic, then the city centre can't be upgraded or expanded, as you can't demolish the history, of course. Indeed, 17,000 jobs and over £1 billion a year depends on preserving that history exactly as it was.
The tourists are probably all lovely people. But there's just too many of them for such small streets. The traffic is a nightmare, as there's too many cars - for roads that, let's remember, were never even designed for cars in the first place. Like, that butcher street - the Shambles - is too narrow to get even a small car down it and that's because cars did not exist when that street was built.
I live in York too. Honestly, most of these are either petty gripes or they're true of basically every city in the UK, and most are a lot worse.
York is an extremely clean city. It's also got a very low crime rate and has so many amazing buildings including great pubs and cafés, as well as gorgeous river views in the city centre. But it is still big enough for good jobs, sports, some clubs, plenty of shops, etc.
All of that comes at a price. Hence the house prices, people, traffic and parking points.
There are also much cheaper areas of York too, a short bus ride away from the city centre.
@@AlistairCrooks44 well, it can’t be true of almost every city in the UK because not every city surffers from over tourism.
@@phoenix-xu9xj I said most of his complaints, not all. The crowd point was one of the more accurate ones. It is a pain weaving around slow walkers on my lunch breaks! But even then he picked the smallest and most popular street in York in early afternoon.
If he'd shown the main streets or even around the Minster, it would have been a lot quieter.
@@AlistairCrooks44 completely agree as a fellow Yorkie 😀
8:40. He’s wearing a tank top. He may have a vest on as well but that would be under the shirt which is under his tank top.
It's the same in Cornwall - the area can't survive without the tourism, but it also doesn't have the infrastructure to deal with all the tourists coming in
15:50 York has 2 universities (one major, one minor) and is a regional centre for the Open University. Who needs bookbinders? Postgrad finalists.
In terms of University of York, when I did my undergrad and masters thesis I used the service on campus for this.
‘Ah, topiary!’
Buildings that are vacant above the ground floor and have really busy shops ON the ground floor are the thing that no one really talks about but happens EVERYWHERE and has done for decades. I remember working in the town of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire 30 years ago. It was one of the many prosperous mill towns of the area in the Victorian era but these days it's a commuter town for places like Leeds. I was working in a betting shop as a technician for security systems and we had to go to the pigeon infested upper floors which were nothing more than service spaces with heating ducts for the working floors running across what could otherwise have been occupied office or living space. The town just couldn't support that much business, so those spaces were simply designated service space (such as you might use the roof void in fully occupied buildings) and was not maintained. The buildings themselves are often from the prosperous Victorian era on the outside so they're ornate and really solid and look pretty much OK. If a modern building was subject to such neglect, it would probably fall apart much quicker.
Checkout the city of Bath. Exact same problem as York. My Bath friends and family hate the city centre. One of them summed it up by once saying “you can’t even buy a lettuce”
I went to York for the first time in April, both myself and my daughter would love to live there, amazing and beautiful 😍
Yet York is a rail hub. Even has a brilliant train museum.
I can understand this. Living there and visiting is a whole different story!
Apart from the sheer numbers of visitors, the rest of it sounds like the experience of most towns, not just historic cities.
On the topic of cars, if he does legitimately need one for the utility of carrying stuff, I’d be sympathetic, but having visited York many times, I know it’s a very walkable city and ranked as one of the best cities for cycling in the UK too.
Unless he does big family food shopping every week, mate, York from ring road to ring road it’s around 4 or 5 miles across, journeys from the outskirts to the city centre are maybe 2-3 miles at most, go for a walk, sell your car and get around on a bike. You’ll save money or at least have more disposable income than constantly paying for fuel, you’ll improve your own health with active travel.
At least he respects and mentions people visiting by train.
The tourists thing is understandable, but it’s not a uniquely York based situation, everywhere that’s small but well known like Chester or Oxford or Salisbury or Canterbury, small-ish cities with historic attractions, or picture postcard villages in the Peak or Lake District like Bakewell or Castleton or Keswick or Windermere, all of these have similar problems, garbage and rubbish issues too.
Not everybody can walk easily. Some of us need our cars.
@@neuralwarp
Not denying it, but there are plenty of people who are driving right now because public transport, good cycling infrastructure, better trains etc has lacked investment, poor quality or just not to be found at all, who would cycle, get a train or bus if it was better.
I live ~45 miles from York and it's fairly easy to get to by train, in fact I was out there yesterday. It tends to be Saturdays that get really busy but, even then, it depends where you go. There are the fairly 'local' visitors, who largely come to go 'pubbing', along with some families, especially in the school holidays, coming to do the sites and museums. They go because of York being locally known as a good place to go out or as a cultural centre. Then, of course, there are the overseas visitors doing the tourist trap places. I can see why it might be sometimes irritating for residents but I suppose that it's an inevitable side effect of living in a beautiful historic city that is also a rail hub. Yes, I would avoid York on Race Days.
I would say that in a City like York there would definitely be a market for a knitting shop- IF they could afford the Business Rates in the centre of town. It's the sort of specialist shop where browsing with a knowledgeable shopkeeper on hand would be better than a clinical online shop. It's not all about access to a vast range of stock. I bet you would rather buy a guitar from a physical specialist store than online? Sure you can get the same model online, but first you have to investigate and compare it in person.
York does, it has Duttons For Buttons, in a lovely old timber framed building, near the Jorvik centre.
@@matt-fh6hb Nice!
It’s not just York which a lot of empty shops, it’s every town and city up and down the U.K.
A white dragon on a red field is English
The City of Bath has the same problems. From a tourist season of few weeks in summer when I was growing up, to seven days a week fifty two weeks of the year now. Very expensive for ordinary people.
People of the UK direct tourists to places such as Bath, York, the Cotswolds etc, to experience somewhere elsewhere to London…all these millions of tourists come with a price. Happens literally everywhere on earth.
Can’t be helped unless you ban many tourists visiting, which means also the money shirks too. 🤷🏻♀️
£5.10 for a pint of beer, for an extra £4.90pence you can get 10 cans of Sella Artois for £10.00 in Supermarket.
It’s an old fashioned pullover hand knitted by his grandmother probably 😂
Winchester, is a historic city in Hampshire and was the ancient capital of England, Mary I (Bloody Mary) married Philip of Spain (later Philip II) in Winchester Cathedral, it was the home of Saxon royalty and the Danish Kings of England are buried in Winchester, Memory Seekers have a good video of Winchester. The Great Hall also houses the legendary Round Table of King Arthur, which is displayed on an end wall. While the Round Table was actually made in the 13th century
My home town. I love it. He should be grateful that he doesn't live in the deindustrialised wastelands not far away.
exactly mate, posh people can never be happy anyway.
@@WookieWarriorz just because he doesn’t have an accent doesn’t mean he’s posh. And he’s just saying what many other European cities are saying. This tourism and there’s over tourism.
Well then, you should be sad that there’s no butcher in the shambles now. Over tourism can’t be good for York either.
Having watched it all here now I can’t think why you would object any of what he said if you live there. Surely , people who live there ought to have fair priced accommodation food and drink and not totally geared to tourists. The race days sound awful.
@@phoenix-xu9xj The last butchers was shut down 20 years ago due to 'unhygienic practices'. Shopping habits have changed and the rates would be prohibitive.
Do the Pound to USD conversion, JJ, and you'll see that 1200 GBP equals about 1500 USD. 5.50 GBP equals about 7.23 USD. Also, the national salary in the UK is about 66% of what it is in the US.
He probably bought an 'I ❤ NY' t-shirt and crossed out the ❤ and the N
Yeah when I first came to York near Christmas to meet a friend, I was surprised how much trash was just thrown on the paths and roads. It was really sad to see in a city so beautiful
I can see the problem being a dentist and selling bread, but on the plus side it's not US bread full of sugar.
yorvik the old norse capital of the danelaw
It is a well known fact that over tourism kills the local economy in favour of international tourist businesses. In many U.K. cities you cannot buy hardware, or have a tyre replaced, or buy haberdashery, because of tourism.
Maybe, but York has Barnitts, a hardware shop on Colliergate (a very central street), its very big too.
There is Quick fit (Tyres/exhausts etc) just by Fosse Island (just outside the walls), and Bugweeds (haberdashery) by Clifton Moor (just inside the outer ring road).
There are many other such businesses.
There are many independent businesses in York, both inside the walls and just outside.
Aye I love the welsh viking
Parked overnight in York for a brief stay for a ridiculous amount of money. Would have used the park and ride instead but they don't let you park overnight.
Paying for parking is a knife in my heart!
If I said here, who has fond memories of The Willow… it will mean something to some people haha!
Also, congratulations on reaching 30k subscribers!
York has one of the best park & ride systems in the UK. I now live in West Yorkshire, but grew up near York and like to take the kids there to visit and we always use the park & ride.
It's good, but some close very early.
I visited many years ago to watch a Viking Ship Burning, could not use the park & ride, as would not get back in time for its closure.
I think they are great but can be an issue.
The guy in the video sounds Welsh, he's certainly originally NOT from York. Oh! Sorry, he spoke Welsh at the end, at least I was right!!
His channel is called 'The Welsh Viking'.
I live WAY down south but as an accountant had to travel to York, by train I may add twice a year to a client for a few days at a time, its a fabulous place but centre is sooo busy I love it there but I do feel for the guy agree with everything he says - good find JJ
Was York the capital ???????? If you're told it's in the county of Yorkshire would that help ???
I think tourists expect that locals would be so grateful for the revenue that they will be grateful. Truth is, the locals most often reap these rewards. I’ve been to New York a few times. As much as one would expect a little understanding as a tourist.. not so in some cases. I suppose they just grow tired of it like this guy.
If the ground rent for shops was lower, more variety of shops could afford to be there. Why do they prefer zero rent and empty shop? You are so wrong about the knitting shop btw...! People love knitting again.
If it's like the US, it's because you get tax write-offs for empty shops.
Budweiser alcohol content here in the U.K. is 4.5%, but I see on Google that the Budweiser alcohol content is 5%.
I know a young couple who have a bookbinding business. But this is an arty part of London.
2 70 a pint were i live 4 10 is steep
We need JJLA to help us set up a gofundme for knitting granny !!! be a patron JJ 🥰😄
grandma's knitting shop is probably ticking along nicely online. some of our pensioners are quite tech savvy
Americans need to learn that not everything is about money. Jesus wept
Personally I think York is a very overrated place to visit (not that it is bad). The Minster pales in comparison to most Cathedrals, the Castle is basically a tower and that's it., the amount of tourists make The Shambles not worthwhile, while the city walls are good Chester has better. Jorvik Viking Centre is completely boring. you can find ruins such as in the Museum Gardens at tons of different places.
That said the National Railway Museum is miles above any other, the Castle Museum, the Cold War Bunker and Holgate Windmill are good.
As I said personal opinion.
Thanks Beesoes... it's Bezos pal. Happy to teach you about your own people.😊
"That's a feminine vest" 08:40 re guy getting assaulted? Disappointed, John. 😞
I cringed at that too, but read it as someone who needs to educate himself about his blind spots. I think he means well and doesn't see it (yet). I have faith he will get there.
He would be fucked in Brum lol
I would hate to hear him judge me, I don't come from a tourist city but most of his complaints apply, I am guilty of using the internet for everything I want, lots of choice and no crowds, if I go into my city centre and look above the shops there is amazing architecture, we have a couple of really old listed/protected buildings, but not much in the way of shops, nail bars, coffee shops and phone shops, just look what is happening in Spain with tourists, locals can't afford to live where they are born, it's the modern world and I don't know what the solutions are.
I've been to new york but not old york.. I should visit! By train natch..
The most judgemental non-judgemental review ever!
I notice he didn't mention the University and all the students who love to get drunk, and some of them rich kids. I have travelled on the train with some of them, what a pain, in the quiet carriage. What makes then think we all want to share their lives. I think he works at the University. Hence makes no complaint about the street vomitting and unsanitary fluids from the students. Also, not just tourists dump rubbish the local population will do too. Traffic is a problem of everyday life here. Everywhere in Britain is overcrowded and it's only going to get worse.👵🏴
I think Budweiser is stronger in the UK?
Apparently it's at least 5% in the USA, we get it at 4.5%. It's usually the one on offer all the time in supermarkets though so no shock to see an empty box of it there 😆
@@emcr1 I thought it was weaker over in that there US. Like 3.2%?
@NurseTwoFeet I thought so too, but I Googled it.
Some of our other alcohol might be, but not that (Australia gets 3.6% lol)
What might have helped us think some are stronger here, is apparently our pints are different measures.
We think it's stronger, it's just that we're drinking more our pint to theirs 😆
Edit... ignore that last bit. Its only by 90ml LOL
@@emcr1 It's a 20% bigger pint in the UK. Budweiser in the UK is brewed by Guinness.
@wessexdruid7598 yeah, that's about 90ml.
You just reminded me I have a bottle in the fridge 🤣
I’m from Portsmouth riiiiiight down south so not a York native but had the pleasure of living there for 7 years.
He’s got a point with the races to be fair. Saturdays always seemed to be full of drunken middle aged scousers and Geordie’s 😅
The rest of it is just moaning for the sake of moaning The traffic wasn’t any worse than any other city centre and yes there’s a lot of tourism but you could easily avoid it. Just don’t go down the shambles at 1pm on a Saturday. It’s a beautiful city and I met my now Yorkshire lass wife there 🤷🏻♂️
It’s a problem everywhere as the world is a changing place and looking at his knitted top he belongs to a time gone by. 😂. Yes I can see the grip about rubbish but all big towns and cities suffer the same but at least there are sweep cleaners every morning cleaning the towns. He must miss the wool shop poor guy. 😂. The historical buildings and landmarks are still there so blame the local council as they’re getting billions in tourism for not keeping small businesses open with higher rents.
I love budwieser
sorry but what a whinger York has been a place of pilgrimage for 1500 years and a home to racing for 300 years. All he has to do is move to another town
Since he was studying and doing research at York University for his PhD that would be a little difficult.
@@oursharon1001 so he decided after much research, that in all the world and with the brains to do a doctorate he settles on York. Having done his research he then gets buyer's remorse. He should have at least spoken to locals about their point of view because he's clearly just a pissed off tourist.