I had the missfortune of having a yorkshire girl as a live in girlfriend for about a year or so.
In her mind everywhere else on the planet was a poor relation to the wonder of yorkshire, she could happily discuss it's virtues all day long and always find fault with something that was not yorkshire in origin. It had the best countryside, the best towns the best cities and of course the best people and beer. It's not a bad place but it certainly isn't THAT good.
Wales has better countryside.
The cities are (Leeds apart) utter hell holes
The people are self righteous and arrogant
Kent, Herefordshire and Warwickshire have better Beer
Thankfully I got shot of her and then began to live in peace.
If that horribly insular county ever applied for independance I would be happy to cast them adrift. And as for plusnet broadband.... it's origin is reason for me not to buy it.