talkativesprout
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I stood at that alter many a night
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Is Birmingham a dump?
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Bigg Bigg Blue
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Me too mate.I stood at that alter many a night
jazzy
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The guy who said Birmingham is a dump has obviously never been to old toilet .Now that is a proper dump full of tramps & nerdowells
NorthamptonBlue
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Anybody who thinks it’s a dump now should have seen it 30 years ago. It is vastly improved architecturally and a good night out can be had around broad street and in the Bangladeshi restaurants on the canal. Nowhere to watch decent football though.
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manchester blue
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That’s just bollocks mate.It’s a fucking disgrace like the vast majority of the country is.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Got to say that Piccadilly Gardens and around looks really shabby these days. Was thinking that just the other day as I walked through it. Remember way back at the end of the sixties when it was quite pleasant to walk through. Long, long time since I've been in Birmingham so I've got no grounds for comparison. Just saying, though.
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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Anybody who thinks it’s a dump now should have seen it 30 years ago. It is vastly improved architecturally and a good night out can be had around broad street and in the Bangladeshi restaurants on the canal. Nowhere to watch decent football though.
Coming back from school from the west country to Manchester (I went to boarding school) I used to have to change at New Street. It was probably the World's Worst Train Station. It felt like being buried alive. Then that trip out of north Birmingham to Wolverhampton and beyond. You'd go past along disused canals that looked full of a concentrated toxic fluid that bore no relation to water. It really was a dump to go through by train. Told it's changed for the better.
gordondaviesmoustache
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Probably better qualified than most to comment on this.
Unlike many self-proclaimed ‘Mancs‘, I was born in central Manchester and am therefore more Mancunian than plastic Mancs from Wilmslow who affect talking like Shaun Ryder. I consider myself a Mancunian, and always will. Anyone who says I might not be, can go fuck their mum’s ****.
On the other hand, lived in Birmingham for around a decade or so.
Genuinely love both cities.
Think Manchester is better for pubs, restaurants (other than the very top end) [apologies to @urban genie], shopping (marginally) and profile. There is definitely more of a buzz about Manchester. And of course, there’s City x
On the other hand, Manchester is a fucking nightmare from a transport infrastructure point of view, and the architecture in Birmingham is discernibly better. Far more stunning civic buildings in Birmigham.
I think Birmigham is (marginally) safer overall, but gun crime is definitely worse there. Also, think Brummies are the friendliest people in the kingdom. Genuinely love them. Never got the hate for the accent either. Genuinely love that too. Think it’s a really friendly, warm accent. Also, think it is also the least racist city in the country.
Think they both have their charms. Love them both.
Not sure why some pitifully sad, insecure cunts obsess about ‘theirs’ being better.
Why can’t they both be cool?
Unlike many self-proclaimed ‘Mancs‘, I was born in central Manchester and am therefore more Mancunian than plastic Mancs from Wilmslow who affect talking like Shaun Ryder. I consider myself a Mancunian, and always will. Anyone who says I might not be, can go fuck their mum’s ****.
On the other hand, lived in Birmingham for around a decade or so.
Genuinely love both cities.
Think Manchester is better for pubs, restaurants (other than the very top end) [apologies to @urban genie], shopping (marginally) and profile. There is definitely more of a buzz about Manchester. And of course, there’s City x
On the other hand, Manchester is a fucking nightmare from a transport infrastructure point of view, and the architecture in Birmingham is discernibly better. Far more stunning civic buildings in Birmigham.
I think Birmigham is (marginally) safer overall, but gun crime is definitely worse there. Also, think Brummies are the friendliest people in the kingdom. Genuinely love them. Never got the hate for the accent either. Genuinely love that too. Think it’s a really friendly, warm accent. Also, think it is also the least racist city in the country.
Think they both have their charms. Love them both.
Not sure why some pitifully sad, insecure cunts obsess about ‘theirs’ being better.
Why can’t they both be cool?
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