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Article: East Yorkshire ranked bottom in best county survey ; A survey to find England's best county has ranked East Yorkshire bottom of the list.
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- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- January 29, 2009
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A survey to find England's best county has ranked East Yorkshire
bottom of the list.
The result has sparked fury from civic and tourism leaders in the
region.
The county has come 40th, down from seventh when the survey was
last carried out in 2003 by Country Life magazine.
The region was among the worst performers in most of the 19
categories measured, including landscape, heritage, property prices,
flood risk, health, council performance, crime statistics, Who's Who
entries and even sunshine.
Devon was named the best county.
Visit Hull and East Yorkshire chief executive Janet Reuben said
the findings ignore the rich landscapes, culture and vibrancy of the
region.
She said: "We would argue ...