"Teesside is a dreary place of limited horizons and even fewer opportunities, with Middlesbrough the reluctant centre of a cultural wilderness. Paul Daniels' home town has not emerged from the Eighties, with a preponderance of Kappa tracksuits, super-pubs and women in white dresses cluttering the crime-ridden streets. And as if that isn't enough there's poisonous stench emanation from chemical factories and steel plants. Nowhere has man felt so mortal."
Chimney rating: 5 (Stacks of reasons to get the hell out of here.)
Whilst most sections of the media now recognise Middlesbrough for playing good attractive football, it seems the London press cannot look past there blatant stereotypes and see all the good things about Teesside. If they were to turn there cameras by 45 degrees, instead of seeing chemical plants they would see the North Yorkshire Moors.
To see Teesside as it really is, visit http://www.theprt.co.uk
And I would urge you once again to boycott the London Press.