It was an absolute shithole beforehand, nobody would have touched it and it’s been turned into the coolest area of the North West by a mile.
The council is making millions off % of the rent and There are 2 whole new neighborhoods full of resteraunts, bars and life improving the quality of life for millions on the North and East side of Manchester.
Local developers like Kamani and Capital and Centric are over there now as well.
Genuine derangement at the Guardian over Abu Dhabi.
Agree to a degree. But the 'neighborhoods full of restaurants, bars and life improving quality' is the expansion of the N4/Ancoats.
The actual area around most of the stadium and Academies is no better off for the locals than before we moved there. In fact, when it comes to pubs, it's now far worse.
My missus' family are from there. Back in the day, even when Fort Beswick was standing, the shopping precinct and market was buzzing, and it had several well used community pubs. Yes, it could be dodgy to outsiders, I recall the first time going in their local pub, The Honeycomb and just hoping to get out in one piece, lol. All gone now and it's a ghost town of an evening. A couple of takeaways/vape shops/chippies and Bradford Labour Club as was, aka Mary D's for locals. Of course,it's the same of many other places (my hometown of Newton upon the Heath being another example) sadly the way of our world in general.
Try a stroll around on a non match evening, the investment of the stadium etc, and the 'New Islington' of nearer to town hasn't reached Beswick itself at all as yet.... Locals I know are in two minds about it happening too. While they would welcome a regeneration those kind of delis, bars and restaurants etc would bring, but are also aware they would at the same time be out of their price range, and gentrification would likely see them driven them out.
