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It's not finished. This is just the outline. But I wrote about why North England is poor. Which it really really is. tomforth.co.uk/whynorthengl...

I thought you'd gone back to X?

Hope you are enjoying the swamp! Anyway, in relation to your blog, IIRC one of the interesting features of the industrial revolution in the North of England was the speed of development, and focus around iron ore/coal deposits, which meant that urban areas were not as evenly spread out...

If you contrast that with development of Greater London and the South over a longer period you have a more densely populated area... That has knock-on effects for agglomeration and transport infrastructure, I think - alongside long-term social legacies of industrialisation/deindustrialisation.