Everyone’s saying it. Lonely Planet, TripAdvisor and AOL have all named Yorkshire in their best of the best lists for one thing or another.
While everyone else admires it, us Yorkshire folk get to live it. Here are 6 reasons we’re proud of Yorkshire.
1. The size
In the past 30 years, Yorkshire has at one point had a greater population than nations like Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Libya, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay and New Zealand.
It’s also approximately equal in size to countries like Israel and El Salvador and has a greater population than all but 14 states of the USA.
Which begs the question: should Yorkshire be a country in its own right?
2. Our tea
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