Fool yourself.

So, Yorkshire is going to host the start of the 2014 Tour - which is pretty good news.  I might even get on my bike and watch it, although I guess I'll be fighting over the space with thousands more.  I went to the start of the Tour of Britain at Scunny.  Not in the same league of course, but quite interesting as a biker, but I don't think that a) the race has the credibility of Le Tour, and b) Scunthorpe hasn't got the credibility of anything.  Unless you live there of course, and you probably have a slightly different point of view.  This view of your own surroundings seems to fall into to two distinct camps - the 'best place to live' camp, and the 'worst place to live'.  The former advocates must be either tied to a local job with no hope of moving out and therefore simply putting up with their lot, or genuinely perceive the local environment to be more than acceptable.  Whenever I hear from folk who have emigrated, I always hear the 'should have done it sooner' phrase, as if we are all mugs for staying put and should be heading for the embassy for a visa right away, but we have to put context around that remark - I mean, they decided to move out there in the first place, they must have pretty dissatisfied with their original location, and everyone has some local pride/ego that would take some knocking if they admitted 'well, it's alright, but we wish we hadn't moved'.  So, take those people with a large pinch of salt and if you're satisfied with your lot, then don't let others talk you into something else.  As I am sure you know, the easiest person to fool is yourself.