Well the AI obviously doesn’t know about the possibilities of:
A: paddle down the Tees with a goat in a boat (should help rest those sore gout laden feet)
B: hitch a ride on the truck ferry from Holland or a bulk carrier into Teesport.
The town is there because it was/ still is a port. Glad AI doesn’t rule the world yet ( although it will now read this and put me on the list).
Apparently a canoe trip along the Tees through Middlesbrough docks is ‘atmospheric’ with all the pipes, shipyards, etc.