Born in St Marys, lived in Brooks Bar and then Cheadle (not stockport)


I think of myself as Mancunian. Not that it matters, i think of myself as a blue first and foremost

Born in St Marys, lived in Denton all my 40 years, its got an M Postcode and an 0161 phone number, so its Manchester and i'm a Bluemoonian!!

Yet you have put tameside on your location..

Brilliant!

it takes me 30 mins car journey to get to the eithad, if i get a certain train i can be in the arndale centre shopping within 20 mins after leaving my house but i'm not a mancunian.

but if i'm abroad or elsewhere in the country and i hear anyone slag manchester off i'll defend it. to be honest i'd say anyone in salford, bury, stockport, oldham, rochdale, denton, ashton etc etc can class themselves as a manc.

maybe not as far as bolton or wigan but certainly those within the vicinity. the lads i used to work with in hyde had a stronger manc accent than the lad who sits next to me at city and he live's 10 mins walk away from the etihad and has lived in the area all his life.

Manchester has a smaller population than Greater Manchester, the political vandalism that carved up the Greater Manchester Council into arbitrary parcels has done immense damage to the north west.
Divide and conquer is an old old tactic, reinforcing tribal instincts, turning neighbour on neighbour, council against council, preventing any coordinated policies on transport, health, education. Worst of all it keeps the arch -clown Karney in a job.
Being "proud" of where you are born is hollow, as no one has any influence on where they are born. "Grateful" would be a better description. Choosing to live here is more "manc" than being born here.
Many BM posters take delight in the theatre of debt not being in Manchester, in reality it just reinforces how a once great city has been carved up

yep, you are what you are. i was born where deansgate meets chester road, so no choice, i'm a manc.

I always consider myself a mancunian though i havent lived in Manchester for 26 years. Was born in Withington Hospital, lived in Hulme and then Wythenshaw until i was 23, then Hull for 3 years and then London for 9 years then Fylde coast since. Still blue still manc..

Damn right!

I was born and dragged up in North Manchester for my first 21 years, lived in Australia for the last 26 years. I'm a fucking Mancunian.

(Or am i an Aussie Manc or a Manc Aussie?) Confused myself now.

Salfordian and Lancastrian :D

Expert ;)

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Chill out mate ...

I should have put a ;) at the end, eh?