Is Manchester a tough place to live in?

I left Manchester over 40 years ago and haven't missed it one bit. Since my mam died, I've only ever gone back to watch City.

I've lived in (that) London, and lived in/worked for longer than a few weeks, a good number of other cities in UK and Europe over the years. in my humble opinion, Manchester comes very low down on my list of places to live in Europe. All cities/major towns have their problems - the smaller the city, the more concentrated the problems.

Manchester is a small and often dangerous city to live, with more police 'no go areas' in the suburbs than you can shake a stick at. The "amazing restaurants" (compared to London and major European cities they're definitely not amazing) and bars, provide no more than a superficial sheen over an otherwise unexciting city.

Everywhere has drug problems nowadays, but the people of Manchester apparently have to tolerate public displays of wandering spiceheads etc around the city - If that happened in Southern Europe, the people would have insisted something was done about it, and it would be.

Airports, wherever they are located, are no more than travel hubs. They're not a measure of a great city; they're hop-off points for travellers. It's like saying that Luton and Crawley are great places.

For me, the only things positive about Manchester are City, and the fact that it's not as bad as Birmingham or Liverpool.
I’m a manc but Manchester is a shit hole full of spice taking wasters living in tents Piccadilly needs fucking flattening
 
I left Manchester over 40 years ago and haven't missed it one bit. Since my mam died, I've only ever gone back to watch City.

I've lived in (that) London, and lived in/worked for longer than a few weeks, a good number of other cities in UK and Europe over the years. in my humble opinion, Manchester comes very low down on my list of places to live in Europe. All cities/major towns have their problems - the smaller the city, the more concentrated the problems.

Manchester is a small and often dangerous city to live, with more police 'no go areas' in the suburbs than you can shake a stick at. The "amazing restaurants" (compared to London and major European cities they're definitely not amazing) and bars, provide no more than a superficial sheen over an otherwise unexciting city.

Everywhere has drug problems nowadays, but the people of Manchester apparently have to tolerate public displays of wandering spiceheads etc around the city - If that happened in Southern Europe, the people would have insisted something was done about it, and it would be.

Airports, wherever they are located, are no more than travel hubs. They're not a measure of a great city; they're hop-off points for travellers. It's like saying that Luton and Crawley are great places.

For me, the only things positive about Manchester are City, and the fact that it's not as bad as Birmingham or Liverpool.
So glad you fucked off.
 
Rather live in Mcr than that London all day long. London is ace for a weekend but having to live with that traffic and noise and amongst the ignorant…….nah
 
I left Manchester over 40 years ago and haven't missed it one bit. Since my mam died, I've only ever gone back to watch City.

I've lived in (that) London, and lived in/worked for longer than a few weeks, a good number of other cities in UK and Europe over the years. in my humble opinion, Manchester comes very low down on my list of places to live in Europe. All cities/major towns have their problems - the smaller the city, the more concentrated the problems.

Manchester is a small and often dangerous city to live, with more police 'no go areas' in the suburbs than you can shake a stick at. The "amazing restaurants" (compared to London and major European cities they're definitely not amazing) and bars, provide no more than a superficial sheen over an otherwise unexciting city.

Everywhere has drug problems nowadays, but the people of Manchester apparently have to tolerate public displays of wandering spiceheads etc around the city - If that happened in Southern Europe, the people would have insisted something was done about it, and it would be.

Airports, wherever they are located, are no more than travel hubs. They're not a measure of a great city; they're hop-off points for travellers. It's like saying that Luton and Crawley are great places.

For me, the only things positive about Manchester are City, and the fact that it's not as bad as Birmingham or Liverpool.
As you left 40 years ago, I fear your impressions of our great city are also 40 years out of date.
The changes over the past 10 years are amazing & Manchester is up there with the best. Some of the feted European cities are crumbling.
 
I’m a manc but Manchester is a shit hole full of spice taking wasters living in tents Piccadilly needs fucking flattening

You’re talking about a small area - which all major cities have. The players will either live in penthouse apartments in the more exclusive areas of the city - or in the wealthy suburbs such as Cheshire - parts of which are the wealthiest areas in the country.
 
As you left 40 years ago, I fear your impressions of our great city are also 40 years out of date.
The changes over the past 10 years are amazing & Manchester is up there with the best. Some of the feted European cities are crumbling.
The only 'amazing' thing about changes in Manchester is the development of the East of the city, thanks to ADUG investment.
If it wasn't for Sheikh Mansour and Co, it would be wasteland from the City centre to Audenshaw.
 
The only 'amazing' thing about changes in Manchester is the development of the East of the city, thanks to ADUG investment.
If it wasn't for Sheikh Mansour and Co, it would be wasteland from the City centre to Audenshaw.
Wrong. Give details if the places you’ve been to & explored
 

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