It's really weird. And then some things attract the opposite dynamic - try suggesting that Teesside Airport isn't a massive success or the best use of public money, and you're 'talking the airport down' or must have wanted Peel Holdings to build Ingleby Barwick v2 on the site.

very hard to shift prevailing narratives on this in towns. We live in similar size town to you and lots in local online groups about the High Street being 'full of empty shops' and there being 'nothing for kids to do' and yet it's blatantly not the case on either score.

My first time over the new Keel Crossing too - makes a significant difference to the geography of the city. Look forward to seeing it on a match day.

Personally, I'd vote at Het Schip ⤵️

There's a bit of it in York but the infrastructure isn't sufficient to get anywhere near Danish use, let alone Netherlands. So much potential tho.