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.
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