Where Should the Next UK City of Culture Be?

[Menthol]

Having been to Liverpool the year before its transformation and having not yet returned, I must take everyone's word for the vast improvement. It cant have been hard to improve to be honest.

The first and only time I visited Hull was 7 years ago when we provided roadie transport for our sons' gig there. Me and TA didn't see any of the gig as we were too scared to leave the car unattended. We sat in it surrounded by a gang of yobs who sat on it and spat on it. We kept driving off and returning. The 'gang' would re-emerge from buildings and shrubbery like undead zombies.

Delightful place. Can't wait to return.

[Scunner]

And the winner is...HULL!

Strange it got no votes at all in our scientific poll here.

[marina]

Yes, surprised me!  So go on Hull - your chance to prove us all wrong now!   

[KKOB]

I typed 'HELL' into my satnav instead of 'HULL' but I still got to Hull.  

[Scunner]

We should ask our resident 'City Hull' member Steve Marshall to give us a local's (codhead's) appraisal of his home city (of culture).

[KKOB]

He's probably in HRI with half the population of Hull after suffering a severe case of gobsmacking.

[Colwyn]

It is probably the kind of culture that grows in a Petrie dish.

[KKOB]

Most people in Hull think that culture's what you get if your milk goes past it's sell by date.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Very strange, should have been Dundee,they are are changing things so much there and the City is looking good. I think the powers that be thought Hull was struggling and needed the help more than Dundee.

[Scunner]

Knowing all four I would agree that Dundee is way ahead of the rest. A lot of investment is taking place, maybe once it is completed they will have a good chance of winning.

But I still think it has nothing at all to do with culture. It's a leg up opportunity for places that really need it.