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Is Hull dull?  

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Is Hull dull? Preconceptions of Kingston-Upon-Hull (more widely known as Hull), commonly amount to a post-industrial northern city with declining employment and a lack of tourism opportunities, an attitude of 'it's grim up north.' To the more knowledgeable, it is seen as a once important port with whaling and ship-building connections, having suffered years of neglect, but still not prospering with its tourist industry. However, with the aid of its City and County Councils and private investors, Hull has been improving its landscape in an attempt to enhance its new and prospering tourist industry. After a visit to Hull, attitudes change and the impressions of the visitor are of a busy centre for commerce, industry and pleasure, a major seaport and an important focus for learning and research, built on a friendly, human scale. The city is extremely clean and free of pollution and is not overpowered by office blocks. It...

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