You describe the York thing as a reaction to urban scale. I wonder if there's anything to do with the northern location, too.
Virtually all my ancestors came from the southwest of England -- what is now Cornwall and Devon. Quite a few of yours, I think, came from Scotland. Might be we inherit a subtle preference after untold generations, and a few on the wrong continent haven't changed it.
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Date: 2017-08-05 03:04 pm (UTC)Virtually all my ancestors came from the southwest of England -- what is now Cornwall and Devon. Quite a few of yours, I think, came from Scotland. Might be we inherit a subtle preference after untold generations, and a few on the wrong continent haven't changed it.