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I suspect you have come away with a distorted view of Chorlton. It is certainly not as racially diverse as Hulme, granted, but it is by no means a "white ghetto". There is a considerable Asian population, as well as Polish (dating back to the 1940s), and Afro Caribbean. Chorlton-ville is not the whole of Chorlton.

As for "whites who pay a premium to live in a 'white ghetto'," I'm sure that reflects the Mersey Bank and Nell Lane estates well :rolleyes:
 
This really is offensive. You're effectively implying that people who live in Chorlton do so because they are racists who don't want to live in the same area as non-whites. What a load of complete and total moronic wank.

As I said, I grew up on a council estate in a major British city which was almost completely white. People weren't 'paying a premium' to avoid black people, it was simply that there were very few black people there. The non-white population of Britain is less than 10%, this is what most of Britain looks like. The vast majority of immigrants have historically headed for the inner cities because that is where the work is, where the housing is cheapest and where they can live alongside people from their own background. It is nothing to do with people in Chorlton or elsewhere deliberately trying to avoid them.

You'd probably say the people in the place I grew up were 'hideously white'. The people in the place I live now aren't, I live alongside ethnic Somalis, Jamaicans, Poles, Bulgarians etc etc etc I don't have a self congratulatory wank to myself over living somewhere multicultural because that would make me a complete tit. I don't look down my nose at people just because they happen to live somewhere whiter than your own multiracial paradise. It's snobbery, it's judgmental crap and it's the sort of attitude that turns people off progressive politics because it excludes the vast majorities of towns and city suburbs in the country.

Wake up to yourself ffs

Excellent post there.
 
I blame those snobby non-white people who don't want to end up in Chorlton living next door to Irish, Ukrainian and Polish people.
 
it's got nothing to do with race as to why i want to move to chorlton, im going for the lesbians :cool:
 
no few more months. we're going to start looking at the start of april.

my current contract finishes end of june.
 
Looking at the South Manchester Reporter I always get the impression that Chorlton is the home of random acts of extremely violent muggings / car jackings. It has been the place that crims go to for rich pickings so i am not sure how safe it really is.

The natives are friendly over in Chorlton, people seem happy enough to get into random conversations and although some are stuck up they are generally trying not to be.

The shops are a rip off though and I can't see any point for paying a 30% mark up for food I can get in any decent Rusholme shop.

It does have a different vibe to it though. Going to the head over heels soft play ground kiddies place this week it was not mono cultural at all but it was certainly more white than not. I suppose if you were white and wanted a multi-cultural experience where you were in the majority it would probably be ideal, alongside attentive east european food serving staff.

Chorlton water park is the most over rated shite hole I have been to in terms of Manchester parks. Recommended by Chorltonites a plenty but pretty much a waste of time unless you enjoy goose shit. For kids it's a pretty unfriendly place with parents sitting watching their kids from afar go on the medeocre "adventure playground" . For the best park go to Wythenshawe which is a hidden gem, populated by the toughest youngsters and parents in Manchester who all love to make the most of the facilities. It has decent slides, climbing walls, beautiful gardens etc etc. My three year old loves the atmosphere there, its 95% white but it has never felt like an issue for us. We go there for a bit of ethnic variety from Moss side / rusholme ...

I haven't got a lot of info on the lesbian side of things I m afraid but I can imagine that like most things Chorltonesque what the area has to offer is overrated..

As for chorlton itself it is best seen as a northern Cheshire or Stockport with a facade of an edge.
 
Thanks for recommendation about Wythenshawe Park Kenny.

My OH and the kids went there yesterday and really had a good time. Fantastic play area for the kids!
 
Chorlton water park is the most over rated shite hole I have been to in terms of Manchester parks. Recommended by Chorltonites a plenty but pretty much a waste of time unless you enjoy goose shit. For kids it's a pretty unfriendly place with parents sitting watching their kids from afar go on the medeocre "adventure playground".

Depends what you want from a park. If you're after wildlife, relative peace and quiet, a nice half hour stroll or a 10 minute run, Chorlton Water Park is excellent. Maybe more an adult park than a kid park.
 
Depends what you want from a park. If you're after wildlife, relative peace and quiet, a nice half hour stroll or a 10 minute run, Chorlton Water Park is excellent. Maybe more an adult park than a kid park.
Come off it! It is an over populated goose infested gravel pit.
If you live on the next street it is worth a visit but I am sure half of why it is so popular is because it has "Chorlton" in its title and is therefore considered "nice". Far better parks are available to run and stroll in in Manchester and they are infinitely quieter.
Anyway, the wierd thing about Manchester is how it is a kind of London compressed into something a tenth of the size. All these areas that I heard about before coming here turn out to be ten or so streets.
 
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