Author Topic: Is there anywhere better in the uk to live than Manchester?  (Read 3711 times)

Davidbowie

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I have lived in the city all my life I expect to die here.
However is there anywhere better to live in the uk than Manchester?

Liverpool , hull, Bradford , shefield , birmingham all great city's but is there anywhere thats better than Manchester ?

We have the-
Best football
Best restraints
Best parks
Best shopping centers
Best hospitals
Best schools
Best roads
Best council
Best town center
Best people

Is there anywhere that can be better than
Us?

Angela Roberts

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Agreed!  What a great city.  Loved the free street party at the Northern Quarter this weekend.


pangloss_m

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I do indeed love Manchester, though you're woefully misinformed on many of those criteria. Schools, restaurants and people in particular.

Cupcake

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Did you notice the name of this forum before you posted that?   ???
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pangloss_m

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Of course. I'm not exactly well-travelled, though other areas of the UK definitely trump Manchester.  :D


Those art deco style houses near Shudehill are unrivalled though.  :smitten:

Cupcake

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Buildings and restaurants are a matter of personal preference, but genuine Mancunians are second to nobody.   
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pangloss_m

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Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, especially in the eyes of undeniable adversity. You may very well end up missing out on very nice places, experiences and otherwise with such a view.

Cupcake

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When Manchester's a country, you may have a point.  You'll still be rude though.
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cheethamgirl

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Cupcake,  In my experience, Manchester was certainly the best place to grow up.  A friendly city, with everything you could need within easy (and safe) walking distance, plus beautiful countryside on your doorstep.  London does not compare, tho I think Belfast, another favourite city of mine, is becoming a serious rival.  Pangloss_m, what is your connection with Manky (not Strangeways prison, I hope, for that would indeed colour your view)?   ;) 
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Cupcake

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Ironically, although I was born in Manchester and have some family there, my parents moved when I was a baby and I grew up in various Cheshire locations. I have no discernable trace of Mancunian beyond my fondness for barmcakes..... ;)   
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cheethamgirl

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Pangloss_m, you're an American I'd guess?  Ever been to Manchester at all?
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Cupcake

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You think American?   Interesting - I'd never have  linked that sort of writing style to anyone outside the UK.   But then, I may be guilty of prejudice, as I can't imagine Americans en masse reading Voltaire......  :-[
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cheethamgirl

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... just judging by Pangloss's use of 'off of' and 'gotten' in posts on the other thread about a writers' club.... ::)   .. gone awfully quiet, so maybe it's the middle of the night where Pangloss lives?     
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Cupcake

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Possible - I did flicker at his use of "[censored]" as in getting huffy.... but, as Sheila and Churchmouse have fought valiantly at least twice to inform us all, "gotten" is definitely English....  ;D
 
Nonetheless, I am potentially indulging in erroneous speculation deriving predominantly from my prejudiced conclusion that the apparently irresistible compulsion demonstrated by the fons et origo of our speculative discourse for the inclusion of all polysyllabic offerings et ad lib Latin tags is quintessentially English...... so you might be right!  ;)
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cheethamgirl

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Indubitably, Cupcake.  I am entranced by the persuasiveness of your casuistry.  Bill Bryson is also persuasive on the subject of American English.  He believes that many old English words and phrases went to America with the Mayflower and later died out back in England but persisted in America.  'Gotten' would have been one of those words, I imagine. Over here 'obligated' because simplified to 'obliged' but remains 'obligate' in US.  I am fascinated by the Scots and Ulster (non Gaelic) languages (Lallans and Ullans respectively) because they came from German, as did English, but moved in a different direction.


Anyway this is not a thread about linguistics, much as I love that subject, but about Manchester, which I also love. My US visitors were always knocked out by the beautiful greenery that surrounds Manchester, and said there was nothing like it in US, though they did not like the Manchester rain.  Of course, the former is a direct result of the latter.  Having lived in a number of coutries around the world myself, and visted many more, I think the UK has  a wonderfully temperate climate, and rain has never stopped me going out and about.  My philosophy is, there's no such thing as bad weather, only inadequate clothing.   ;)
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