Clevers
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Chris in London said:
It could be like the Ukraine with plenty of news coverage for the area.
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Salford and Trafford should call themselves Manchester
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It could be like the Ukraine with plenty of news coverage for the area.
Chris in London
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Clevers said:Chris in London said:I wonder how many ethnic Mancunians are being oppressed under the grim jackboot of Salford town hall?
Perhaps Manchester should go to their aid.
Any tank drivers on the forum today?
It could be like the Ukraine with plenty of news coverage for the area.
Trafford's having a referendum.
Due to their large temporary population's links with another part of the country, they formally want to become part of Essex.
southstander93
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Tbh, I don't see the difference calling the many boroughs of London "London" and calling the 10 boroughs of greater Manchester "Manchester'. Then again, I am a Stockport lad.
m7mcfc
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The takeover has already started. Graham Stringer MP who has always been Manchester Blackley constituency is now MP for all of Salford M7 as well.
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Expecting the usual slagging off of Salford on this Thread.
I'll say this much, it's fucking criminal that MediaCity refers to itself as being in Manchester after all the promises that it would remain as being in Salford.
I'll say this much, it's fucking criminal that MediaCity refers to itself as being in Manchester after all the promises that it would remain as being in Salford.
m7mcfc
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Tiattos_Waterbottle said:Expecting the usual slagging off of Salford on this Thread.
I'll say this much, it's fucking criminal that MediaCity refers to itself as being in Manchester after all the promises that it would remain as being in Salford.
M50 that's the thing, what really does my head in are the posters on here that say the swamp is in are City.
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I've said this for ages!
Salford and Trafford contribute to Manchester's GDP. Without them Manchester wouldn't be anywhere near the size of city is it viewed upon as by the rest if the world. Europe's largest industrial estate, Trafford Park; the Trafford Centre; Manchester United (boo!); Salford Quays, Trafford Wharf, MediaCityUK; and many other entities all contribute to Manchester's GDP.
Everybody's city centre, or "town", in Salford and Trafford (and much of Tameside) is Manchester city centre.
I think the city centre should be pushing to be a bit like Berlin city centre with it's long stretched out look. From Salford Quays and Trafford Wharf in the West, through Odsal Islington and Castlefield, to the city centre as it is now, through Ancoats MilesPlatting and New Islington, to the Etihad Campus and it's surrounding areas in the East. There should be an aim to make that whole stretch our city centre.
Manchester has never been just the approx.500000 citizen borough. That's all that is, the Metropolitan Borough of Manchester. The city region of Manchester is far bigger than that. Manchester used to be a little district in Salfordshire/the Salford Hundred. But Manchester grew. It engulfed other districts that were once just part of the Hundred. Now, almost exactly as London did and sort of similarly to how Stoke-on-Trent did, I think it has engulfed boroughs towns and another city to make Manchester a true city. Salford and Trafford are part of that, as are parts [but certainly only a few parts, a small percentage] of Tameside Bury Rochdale Oldham Stockport and North Cheshire.
To keep getting investment we need to grow. We need to nudge ourselves ahead of Birmingham and Glasgow, otherwise we're just going to be competing with those average cities, like we are now, staying an average city ourselves. This is one part of a perfect opportunity we've got to make us the true second city of the UK and really push us up the Global City Index. Which would entice further investment.
Salford and Trafford contribute to Manchester's GDP. Without them Manchester wouldn't be anywhere near the size of city is it viewed upon as by the rest if the world. Europe's largest industrial estate, Trafford Park; the Trafford Centre; Manchester United (boo!); Salford Quays, Trafford Wharf, MediaCityUK; and many other entities all contribute to Manchester's GDP.
Everybody's city centre, or "town", in Salford and Trafford (and much of Tameside) is Manchester city centre.
I think the city centre should be pushing to be a bit like Berlin city centre with it's long stretched out look. From Salford Quays and Trafford Wharf in the West, through Odsal Islington and Castlefield, to the city centre as it is now, through Ancoats MilesPlatting and New Islington, to the Etihad Campus and it's surrounding areas in the East. There should be an aim to make that whole stretch our city centre.
Manchester has never been just the approx.500000 citizen borough. That's all that is, the Metropolitan Borough of Manchester. The city region of Manchester is far bigger than that. Manchester used to be a little district in Salfordshire/the Salford Hundred. But Manchester grew. It engulfed other districts that were once just part of the Hundred. Now, almost exactly as London did and sort of similarly to how Stoke-on-Trent did, I think it has engulfed boroughs towns and another city to make Manchester a true city. Salford and Trafford are part of that, as are parts [but certainly only a few parts, a small percentage] of Tameside Bury Rochdale Oldham Stockport and North Cheshire.
To keep getting investment we need to grow. We need to nudge ourselves ahead of Birmingham and Glasgow, otherwise we're just going to be competing with those average cities, like we are now, staying an average city ourselves. This is one part of a perfect opportunity we've got to make us the true second city of the UK and really push us up the Global City Index. Which would entice further investment.
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Did anyone watch the programme? Made an interesting case - or at least to a simple person like myself, I dare say the economist and geo-politicists among us may have a different view.
I still felt overall that both programmes served more as a glossy advert for London but I could certainly see the pros (and cons of course) of a second, mega city encompassing Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. Would have to be called Manchester though with Leeds & Liverpool as mere outlying suburbs :))
By the same token though, I can imagine a significant amount of people in all 3 cities being diametrically opposed to such an idea.
Wonder why they did not include Sheffield in amongst it?
I still felt overall that both programmes served more as a glossy advert for London but I could certainly see the pros (and cons of course) of a second, mega city encompassing Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. Would have to be called Manchester though with Leeds & Liverpool as mere outlying suburbs :))
By the same token though, I can imagine a significant amount of people in all 3 cities being diametrically opposed to such an idea.
Wonder why they did not include Sheffield in amongst it?