Moving to Manchester - where should I live?
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You could sleep in the car they always seem to be trying to sell/give away; better option given that the toilets are now an extortionate 30p which often tempts me to jump on stationary trains and use their complimentary facilities ("do not use" means do not flush I don't care).
I live in Salford not far from Castlefield and Granada TV. Its a bit of a soulless area. We live in a 1950's council flat development (since renovated and privatized) next to a big dual carriageway and over the road from a shitty retail park. Its about 20 minutes walk to Deansgate but my partner who runs his own TV and radio production company in Central Manchester gets taxis there and back (fiver each way) because he cant be arsed walking down a dual carriageway, passed a gyratory with his laptop and loads of papers.
If money were no object and I was to settle permanently in Manchester I would live on the Northside of the city in Kersal/Higher Broughton in a faded Victorian Mansion. Its got all the period charm of Chorlton without the yuppieness of that suburb. The Height in Salford is fairly nice too. Alternatively to that Id live in Hebden Bridge or Todmorden in the Pennine Hills and commute in every day on the train (would be ideal if you had the sort of job where you only had to be in the city 2/3 days a week)
If money were no object and I was to settle permanently in Manchester I would live on the Northside of the city in Kersal/Higher Broughton in a faded Victorian Mansion. Its got all the period charm of Chorlton without the yuppieness of that suburb. The Height in Salford is fairly nice too. Alternatively to that Id live in Hebden Bridge or Todmorden in the Pennine Hills and commute in every day on the train (would be ideal if you had the sort of job where you only had to be in the city 2/3 days a week)
I've not lived in Manchester for some years, but when I did, it was in the Didsbury / Withington / Wythenshaw areas. Last time round - a decade ago, now - was in digs just off the Wilmslow Road, in walking distance of the Bridge Club on Palatine Road and of my workplace (ABB Motors) further down Wilmslow Road. I loved staying in Manchester. Moss Side and Hulme were places best avoided.
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I love living in Hulme now.
Must admit, it wasn't my first choice, but I came back from China with nowhere to live, and previously had lived in Hale and Bowden, very nice suburbs in Cheshire, darling. And years before that, Chorlton, Fallowfield and Withington. And before that, the other side of Manchester, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Kersal, Boothstown, Little Hulton, Swinton, Winton.
Salford. Only because one of my best friends on earth lives there.
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Well hope the move's gone all right.
Aye, maybe should have an urban meet in manc sometime.
PHEW!! Chorlton is a LONG WAY from Didsbury if you're walking. Went to the theatre in Didsbury a few weeks back after work and we decided to get a bit of exercise before the show. We couldn't make it, only got to the cemetry. I didn't realise it was so far.
Aye, maybe should have an urban meet in manc sometime.
PHEW!! Chorlton is a LONG WAY from Didsbury if you're walking. Went to the theatre in Didsbury a few weeks back after work and we decided to get a bit of exercise before the show. We couldn't make it, only got to the cemetry. I didn't realise it was so far.
