A region of England encompassing towns like Huddersfield, Burnley, and Rochdale, and cities like Leeds and Manchester, known for a particular demographic type.
"You go into any pub in a town in Northern England, be it Huddersfield, Castleford, Burnley, Rochdale, Pontefract, Barnsley, or wherever else and you can guarantee to see at least five real life incarnations of the meme. Hell even in the major cities like Leeds and Manchester you're never too far fro"
"You are boring and don't know where to look and/or your life has been ruined by living in a large cosmopolitan city and you would benefit from living in a rundown industrial city in the north of England for a while"