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>Irene,
>On Tuesday, Nov 2, 2004, at 19:18 Europe/London, Irene Lopez de Vallejo wrote:
>
>>Or in Bilbao (Basque Contry, Spain) : Margen Derecha/Margen Izquierda of the
>>River. In this case, the river divides not only the city of Bilbao, but form
>>there to the sea (aprox 10 km) in each bank there are different cities:
>>Right Bank - the posh cities/towns such as Las Arenas, Getxo
>>Left Bank - the poor, industrial cities/towns such as Barakaldo, Sestao,
>>Portugalete
>>
>>Quoting Frederico de Holanda <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>>>Or in Paris: rive gauche / rive droite...
>>>
>>>Or in Rio: north zone / south zone...
>>>
>>>Or in Brasília: Pilot Plan / the rest...
>
>The only UK one I can think of at the moment is
>Liverpool v. The Wirral across the Mersey -
>people from The Wirral will let you know of the
>fact! To some extent there is Newcastle and
>Gateshead across the Tyne, but Gateshead is
>experiencing something of a revival at the
>moment. I suppose there is East and West
>London...
>
>I wonder how many more there are informally...
>in Leeds, the north side of the River Aire is
>generally wealthier, as are the surrounding
>commuter towns (Harrogate being a well known
>case in point - the average house price is
>something like £300,000, well above the national
>average). South of the river are generally more
>deprived inner city and inner suburban areas
>such as Beeston and Armley, and also Wakefield
>and the Five Towns are (Castleford-Pontefract)
>which are less well off. In Reading, the areas
>north of the centre are particularly well off
>(especially those north of the Thames). In both
>cases there is a river as a dividing line, but
>the differences are more subtle and not a sharp
>difference depending on which side of the river
>you are on.
>--
>Anzir Boodoo MRes MILT Aff. IRO
>transcience, Leeds Innovation Centre, 103 Clarendon Road, LEEDS LS2 9DF
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