Not ashamed - just not particularly proud of it Not my fault I was born in Barnsley, never been born anywhere else. Is it something to be proud of?
Facts...... The Town of Barnsley has the highest retention rate of local people in the country... i.e. most people who are born here or come to live here, stay, and don't leave. The main bit here, is that people who come to live here because of work end up staying. Which means that the Town can't be that bad!
There's another no somewhere cos I haven't voted yet! Born in Barnsley but moved away at 18, back at 30, away again at 37. Don't think I'll ever live there again.
RE: Facts...... Probably! But because outsiders stay aswell, then it doesn't look as bad - unless they breed with us!