DARLINGTON. It’s better than you think!!

[@derekdeljohnson7922]

Fantastic place , historic , picturesque and lovely friendly people

[@NorthernExposure1]

Agreed Some people give Darlo a bad press, but those that do haven’t had a look round the town properly, sure it’ll have not so good areas, but it’s not alone in that

[@derekdeljohnson7922]

@@NorthernExposure1 believe me , I've travelled and most places are fake and "all upfront" Darlington has quality wrote in it's name with successful businesses , unmatched historical history and it's a place for people to come , settle along with the youth of the borough to grow the future of the town .

[@NorthernExposure1]

@@derekdeljohnson7922 totally I like it, regularly visit for a look about, a pint and there’s a couple of decent record shops too

[@derekdeljohnson7922]

@@NorthernExposure1 fantastic , that's what Darlington is all about a town for everyone

[@Coney572]

Good town Darlington, town centre is clean lots of independent shops none boarded up and lots of pubs within a short distance.

[@jtf2k442]

Just seen this looking into darlo videos when you were visiting the forum I seen you out my window right opposite wondering what you were doing! appreciate this look around my town lived here for 24 years and glad its starting to get some traction thanks for visiting :)

[@NorthernExposure1]

@@jtf2k442 nice one!

[@joeritchie7286]

Im originally a lad from Sunderland and I moved here about 5/6 yrs and despite how it is , its a great place to live. Yeah it may have a lot of roadworks that can be annoying but still I have a few friends here in Darlo and proud to have moved from dull Sunderland as its now a shithole

[@DlaGraphical]

6:31 You reference the Northern Echo as though it’s not right behind you lmao

[@dazt5831]

lots and lots of boarded up shops in the last 2 months even house of fraser/binns is closing down, queen street shopping centre is about half empty and the cornmill shopping centre is about 1/3 unoccupied now and going up onto woodlands road is about the same, only going to get worse through the next 2 months from what iv'e heard from local businesses due to rent, taxes and very low footfall over the past few months, the council has a debt of £166 million but is spending an extra 150 million on adding a platform to the train station

[@jasinere35]

correction joseph pease is not connected to the railways he was the owner of the pease cotton mill which is now occupied by a sports shop & multistory carpark & btw the cornmill isnt that bad its modern which is a lot better than what was there before it

[@jasinere35]

6:41 the building to the left is where the pease cotton mill once stood

[@majackson14]

Correction ...he managed the stockto and darlington railway company....so very much involved.

[@joline2730]

I live about 7 miles from Darlo (as it's known locally) and because I come from London, I see it for real and not as by someone whose lived here for 30/40 years. I can tell you, MOST of it is fairly nice, the shopping area is pretty good and houses in certain areas are very expensive (£300,000 ish). However, like most towns there are some areas which are quite run down, cheap houses (£60/£70k) and a bit of litter . . . On the whole, a good place - and now that a department from the Govt. are moving there, it will be even better.

[@NorthernExposure1]

Yeah, Darlo is absolutely fine! I’ll be going back again in a few weeks to check the neighbourhoods out a bit.

[@joline2730]

@spencer9928 I agree, they will bring ppl up from London - that is if it will all go ahead now we have a change of Govt. Rents have gone up all ovet, not just Darlo, though. Life is not very good oop norf 🙄

[@neilruffels2121]

Darlo years ago was in Co, Durham Land of the prince Bishops,But now its in the Tees valley But has never moved

[@liamcooke1859]

It still is in county Durham for administration purposes. It's part of the devolved tees valley area and it is own unitary authority borough of Darlington

[@NorthernExposure1]

@@liamcooke1859 yeah, it’s well placed too, the A1 etc, main line railway etc, perfect!

[@liamcooke1859]

@NorthernExposure1 yep perfect for me as I travel alot for work so it's good to live in a town where transport links are really good!

[@bobbyfunface4469]

Yeah Darlo's alright to be fair Town Centeres all right still got a Binns! its not like the Boro where im from dear me what a shame its totoally gone

[@robertreed4337]

Is Darlington in the Land of Prince Bishops or Yorkshire

[@NorthernExposure1]

It’s County Durham, but it’s not far to North Yorkshire

[@jasinere35]

darlington is now part of the tees valley tbh where i live its 3 borders north yorkshire, teeeside & county durham all overlaping each other

[@jasinere35]

@@NorthernExposure1 i live on the border of north yorkhire yet im still in boundary of darlington

[@richardsmith2627]

lol that market cross actually hasnt been there that long....

[@NorthernExposure1]

How long?

[@DuneyTTVR]

1:12 nine 11 on the window doors

[@dw9769]

Looking at the population statistics...96.4 % white. Population has grown by 9500 since 1981.

[@senianns9522]

I got away in the early 80's. Never looked back. Sad place to be. Market town with a chained off rarely used market!

[@karaperrio-du5gs]

you mean good decent kind loving hardworking non migrants folk ie real English people

[@tellmemore8837]

That's rubbish, there are plenty of "immigrants" there.

[@Sabbathissaturday]

Yall can thank these people for voting wrong! Wait until it affects them daily. Just saying.

[@NorthernExposure1]

I don’t get it?

[@williamroberts7919]

neat and tidy , no third world guests

[@aoneill]

you racists get everywhere, get a life

[@tellmemore8837]

Unlike the uninvited British around the world.

[@sandranwabuoku117]

@williamrobert7919 What a racist. Same way Brits all around the world taking what's not theirs