Reply #8: I don't consider Co. Durham a bad place to live [View All]

[Anarcho-Socialist]

It's a mixed picture. The cost of living is cheap here, especially housing.

The main problems we do have revolve around the lack of well-paid jobs which depresses the local service economy in turn.

The local school's GCSE pass rate is pretty average, but I don't think it helps that many good students don't feel like they can make the most of their own endeavours due to the low local wages.

I live just 3 miles from Bishop Auckland and crime is comparatively low in my town (Shildon), which is quite remarkable considering the economic deprivation there is.