<P> However, during the 1930s while the North suffered badly from the Great Depression, the Midlands shared the fortunes of the South as these two areas of the country both prospered, with a booming Midlands motor car industry matching the Southern growth in the manufacture of electrical goods . This not only placed the Midlands socially on the same side as the South during a crucial defining period in Northern working class cultural identity, but also has had still - visible matching effects on the landscape of both Midlands and South, as both experienced a property boom in the middle years of the decade . resulted in the proliferation of the 1930s - style semi-detached houses in Midland areas such as Birmingham's south suburbs to match a similar manifestation in areas of the South such as West London . </P> <P> As in the North, many Midlands towns and cities have experienced redevelopment, including a second Birmingham Bullring complex which replaced a postwar development, including a branch of the upmarket Selfridges department store, and The Mailbox redevelopment which houses a branch of Harvey Nichols . Solihull metropolitan borough is one of the most affluent in the country . </P> <P> Use of the word "The" can often be used to split midlands into Northern or Southern England . "Northerners" tend not to pronounce "The" in a sentence, but instead choose to make a slight pause where "The" should be, or "The" may be conjugated with the following word as in "t'other" rather than "the other". Comedian Michael Mcintyre, having a southern, middle class accent himself, once performed a sketch in which he detailed the Northern take on words such as "The", "Nothing", and "Something". </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (May 2008) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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