NewsgalleryYorkshire vs London - picturesBookmarkShareNewsBySamantha Gildea11:49, 29 APR 2014Updated14:50, 30 JUL 2014House prices: The cost of a two-bedroom flat in west London would get you a 10 bedroom, Grade II listed, detached house with three acres of land in Lindley, Huddersfield. Ouch. (Image: Diana Parkhouse/Flickr)1 of 20Friendliness: Strike up a conversation on the tube in London, and the whole carriage will look at you like you’ve got mental health issues... (Image: Annie Mole/Flickr)2 of 20...strike up a conversation on a bus or train in Yorkshire, however, and prepare for folk to tell you everything and anything (Image: Eddie/Flickr)3 of 20Pubs: London, you can keep your pretentious little gastro pubs, with no chance of a seat, skinny chips served in obnoxious little frying baskets and a flat pint for £6. Here in Yorkshire, we prefer a proper pint in a proper boozer4 of 20Local delicacies: Yorkshire gave the world the Yorkshire pudding. You're welcome, world5 of 20...whereas London gave the world this monstrosity - the jellied eel (Image: Jeremy Keith/Flickr)6 of 20National Parks: There is not a single national park in London, whereas Yorkshire’s got two: the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Dales (Image: Dave_S./Flickr)7 of 20Happiness: A Rightmove survey found that that happiest folk in the UK were living in Harrogate - whereas nine of the most unhappy places to live were in Greater London (Image: Department for Communities and Local Government/Flickr)8 of 20Annoying tourists: While people come from all over the world to visit Yorkshire (and can you blame them?), we don’t get invaded by holidaymakers quite as much as London does (Image: Andrew Tijou/Flickr)9 of 20Fresh air: In Yorkshire you’re only a short drive away to some nice green fields and bracing fresh air - Marsden Moor is 15 minutes from Huddersfield by car10 of 20In London, not only do you have to travel further to find some countryside, but you’ve got to take on the horror of the M25. Yikes. (Image: SLR Jester/Flickr)11 of 20Rent costs: £400 per month equals a shoebox room in a shared house in London, or your own two-bedroom flat in Yorkshire city (Image: Eltpics/Flickr)12 of 20Cycling: Would you take this lot on on a pushbike? (Image: Mike Knell/Flickr)13 of 20Come to Yorkshire and you can cycle the scenic Calder Valley Greenway (Image: Neil Turner/Flickr)14 of 20Lancashire may have Blackpool Tower, but Yorkshire's got Emley Moor Mast - the tallest structure in the UK, even taller than The Shard in London.15 of 20Emley Moor Mast transmits TV signals as far as Greater Manchester - whereas the Shard is essentially just fancy office space16 of 20Opened by the Queen in 1981, the Humber Bridge was the longest single span suspension bridge in the world for 16 years (Image: David Wright/Flickr)17 of 20London has the single span suspension Millenium Bridge, but it's only 325 metres long - and has been known to wobble (Image: Paul Hudson/Flickr)18 of 20We don't freak out when it snows: we just wrap up warm and crack on19 of 20...and enjoy the wintry weather with a snowball fight or by building a snowman20 of 20