A woman from the UK's 'worst town' ended up becoming a self-made millionaire after coming up with a business idea.
Perhaps this is being harsh as the town in question almost attracted Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as investors in the local football club before they chose Wrexham instead.
It's also the place that famous contestant from Goldenballs is from, if you'll remember the bloke who was faced with a choice to split or steal and lost out on the money when he took a gamble by opting to share it.
The town's favourite son is likely to be football presenter Jeff Stelling, who is a fan of the aforementioned local team which once almost got promoted to the Championship before losing to Sheffield Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, its most infamous resident is likely to have been John Darwin, that man who went missing in his canoe and turned out to have been living next door to his house.
I'll be honest, dear reader, it's not sounding all that idyllic at the moment but perhaps this is where things turn around for Hartlepool.
Local woman Chelsea Ferguson became a lap dancer to make money while in university, but ended up deciding to ditch the degree.
As a general rule we'd remind you to stay in school but this story is an exception, and according to the Daily Star she soon decided to ditch that line of work and go online.
She told the Star she was making a 'fortune' on adult websites but didn't like their customer service whenever she had an issue.
In the end she decided that if the problem wasn't going to get sorted out she'd make her own site called AdmireMe.VIP where it wasn't an issue.
Apparently the launch of her own site made her a millionaire before she was 30, and has spent the money on a six-bed mansion, a Lamborghini and trips to Dubai.
Apparently she mostly drives a Nissan Qashqai, telling the Star it brings her 'back down to Earth'.
So now with an idea like Chelsea's you too could become a self-made millionaire and not have to worry about this sort of thing any more.
Only since she's already done it you'll have to think of your own idea to get rich, which is easier said than done.
Wouldn't that be nice, to get yourself out of the rat-race and not have to do this s**t any more?
You'd better get thinking of your idea.
Joe Harker