IMHO It all depends what you do for a living in any City, they pay the larger wages to keep well trained highly qualified people from being poached by their competitors, unskilled workers do not get the big bucks
I was in Blackburn last year my Mother was in Hospital , we stayed at a Hotel in Burnley for the weekend not being rude but being honest not for me.
If we did go back I would choose to live in or near Skipton Grassington or Gargrave I like but she who must be obeyed says No