The North - gritty, yet welcoming?

Is this true?

Friends suspect man may be lying about the North

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SOUTHERN friends of a man from the North suspect he is lying about how gritty yet welcoming the region is, they have revealed.

Hmm, I see. Another quote from the article

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Data inputter Tom Logan, now based in Croydon, depicts the North as a community-spirited utopia populated by unpretentious, friendly people who are also dead hard.

This must all be true, they wouldn't make it up....would they? :)

The North - gritty, yet welcoming?