Hello fundumpling! Glad you had a good day in Manchester and found out — unlike most Sheffield Forum members — that it’s a good place to be. It’s talkative and everything else you say, and I tend to agree that Mancunians in General don’t appear to be as forum-oriented as Sheffielders.
This could be for many reasons. The majority of Mancunians tend to work hard during the day and play hard during the night. It’s an inherited trait. Mancunians throughout their long history have always been hard-working people. Many during the 19th century were entrepreneurs who helped to make the city what is is today, and since 1832, despite in recent years being controlled by Labour, have always had forward-thinking councillors.
With what’s going on in the city, I tend to think they have very little time to spend on Forums in general. A great pity! However, Sheffield Forum has, as you say, a lot of members. Trouble is, most of them know nothing about their city and ask stupid questions e.g. what bus or tram do they get from wherever they live to wherever they’s going. Mancunians on the other hand will know what bus to get without having to ask. I have more examples too numerous to mention.
I’m on SF regularly. My avatar is peterw and since September last year I’ve clocked up more then 1,000 postings, but of course I was born in Sheffield and take a great interest in what’s going on there.
