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manchester is so indie cool i love it! most people are still really fashionable but with their own unique slant on things in a 'i just rolled out of bed but still look this good' way. and the city is really big and lively. so many shops- we have a lot of flagship stores here. and the nightlife is really varied - from your underground clubbing to mainstream to indie to celebrity.
and what is this shit im hearing about how unsafe it is. fuck i've never seen ONE fight in manchester. i've never had ANY trouble. yet i've seen fights in leeds and i visited newcastle for oen night and saw TWO fights!! but ya know thats probably just unlucky. its a big city, you're always gona get crime. yes there are some really rough areas but you just need to stay away from certain areas. if they support manchester city stay the fuck away!
That said, Manchester is nowhere near Edinburgh on the beauty and culture stakes, and I feel infinitely more safe in Edinburgh, compared to many other cities I've been in. The way most of the flats in Edinburgh are built, it's almost impossible to be burgled, and I've never felt unsafe walking around the streets. The clubbing, while not as varied as Manchester, has a smaller more underground scene, and I don't think any club in Britain could drag me away from my beloved Cabaret Voltaire, which is built in the ancient subterranean caverns of the old town. You just won't get that kind of thing in other cities.
I'll still probably move to Manchester some day though. Who knows what will happen when I graduate.
snowwhitequeen...its hard to suggest somewhere really. the city centre would be your best bet but expensive. although there are loads of developments on the outskirts of the centre which would be cheaper. chorlton is an up an coming area a bit like didsbury and very near to it. disdbury might be too expensive for you really. fallowfield is the student area and closer to the centre but i've never been to it. i guess it would be cheapish.
Oh and since no-one's mentioned it yet, what about Chester? Never been there, don't have a clue about it, but it's a city in the North, so there.
no idea how it works for car insurance though. buyt yeh. if you wana do that then go head!
eta: i don't think the insurance tells you much really. i would NEVER want to live in moss side yet i'd adore to live in the city centre even with its higher insurance.
lol This moss side place sounds like a right shithole. What's to bad about it?
It's actually a really nice place if you want to get shot.
I reckon you should look at the City Centre and then move your way out to places like Fallowfield, Withington, Didsbury, Stockport, maybe Salford. Lipsy mentioned Chorlton - I've only been once, it seems OK but it's the other side of Manchester to me so I'm not too hot on it! Bascially, anywhere within short travelling distance to Manchester - there are trams, buses and trains.
Places you definitely want to try and avoid - Miles Platting/Oldham Road area, Northern Quarter/Ancoats, Ardwick, Longsight, Levenshulme, Rusholme, Moss Side... careful with Fallowfield, sometimes they try and pass houses in Moss Side and Rusholme as 'Fallowfield'!
If you want any help house/flat hunting, I don't mind helping you.
Well I've decided to move to Manchester. It just makes sense. Its closer to home. Its closer to all my friends. Theres more job opportunities for me in Manchester. It has the nightlife I want, shopping I want. Just makes sense. Its where my gut was telling me I should go for a while too.
Me and a good friend of mine have decided to share a two bed flat/house in June/July time.
At present, she's sorting out a 6 month contract house share (as her parents are moving to Spain this month, she works in Manchester Airport) so her contract will expire around the time mine does. She is moving to Disbury for 6 months so I shall see what she thinks of it there.
Personally, I'd love to live in the City Centre. It might not be such a bad idea to live in a quieter area though seeing as I'm supposed to be settling down
I may well take your offer of helping me flat/house hunt later this year Babyshambler :thumb:
I wouldn't live in Fallowfield tbh or anywhere on the Wilmslow road bus route, it's that busy that it's quicker to walk than take the bus and it winds me up. It's also very studenty and a lot of the pubs require student id to even let you through the door. Burglary rates are also high there with it being a student area.
City centre to be honest you're looking at about £800 a month for a 2 bed place to rent, but there are some gorgeous new builds that I'd love to be living in. One of my mates lived city centre just near the printworks for the 1st two years of uni and it wasn't noisy at all in their flat, yet really convenient.
Didsbury is nice, and would be convenient for your mate getting to the airport for work. Chorlton is becoming the overspill of Didsbury so has had a lot of new shops spring up and new flats, but prices are creeping towards Didsbury prices now.
Some of the outskirts of Wythenshaw are quite nice, but I wouldn't touch close to the centre. Northenden also isn't bad and the prices are reasonable.
Sale is classed as one of the places to live, although I'm never quite sure why and the prices are rediculous for what you actually get.
Salford Quays is nice, but a little far out. If you don't have a car it requires getting the tram into town which can be costly.
I dont think its what she wants though, its probably far too small, the nightlife is shit, and its expensive. A nice city centre apartment would be about £750. And the last train from Liverpool on a weekend is 11.30. I think a taxi back is about £30. shame!
Longsight is shit, as is most of north Manchester out as far as Chadderton.
Manchester bus prices are going up though- its odds on that UK North are going to have their operator's licence revoked.