The questions York people keep asking each other — trades, dentists, step-free places, where to take awkward waste — answered and voted on by residents.
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Some questions only people who live here can answer, and the answers scroll away every time they get asked. These are the ones York residents ask over and over. Reading needs nothing; adding an answer or voting needs an account, so the lists stay worth reading.
The topics come from questions York people have actually asked publicly. If one is missing, suggest it.
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Extensions, roofs, plastering, electrics, plumbing. Say what they did for you and roughly when — a name with no job attached is hard for the next person to use.
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Much of the city is in a conservation area, and a lot of it is listed, so the useful person is the one who already knows what the council will and will not pass.
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For one sofa across town, a student move, or a house. Rough price is genuinely useful here.
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NHS dental places in York are hard to come by. Say whether they were taking new NHS patients when you asked, or what a private appointment cost.
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Pubs, cafés, restaurants and shops with a level way in, room to turn, and an accessible loo. Please say which of those you can vouch for — "accessible" on a website often means one step and a heavy door.
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Worn-out textiles, paint, a mattress, electricals, bikes, furniture too good for the tip. Reuse and repair count as answers.
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Beer gardens, courtyards, riverside benches, cafés with real outdoor tables — the ones locals use on a warm afternoon.
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Routes from the centre or from a station — the walls circuit, the Ouse and Foss paths, the Solar System cycle path, the strays. Distance and surface help.
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