to think it's grim up North?

[threefeethighandrising]

We are going to relocate in the next few years, and Manchester is a serious contender for DP for jobs.

If DP was to get work there then we would live somewhere semi-rural and commutable.

But ... the only experiences I have of Manchester and the surrounding areas are though my ex. He was an arsehole of the highest order, and the many people he introduced me to (his family and friends, in Manchester & Glossop) were the most painfully dysfunctional, damaged people I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

My opinion of the area is that it's the last place on earth I'd want to live, and my skin crawls when I think of the time I spent there.

But it can't all be like this can it? Surely IABU and my experiences with my ex are clouding my judgement? Surely there's a good (great?) side that I've just not seen?

Can you sell it to me?

It is certainly not grim up north but as down south there are some shitty places but from my experience moved from proper down south to NE nearly 20yrs ago, it's a fab, varied and welcoming place that I will probably never leave.

Doggy is West Cornforth!
Zombie thread means a thread has been resurrected. So this thread was from 2011 and for some unknown reason someone has started posting on it again

County Durham has quite a few places where they eat their young

It's not as miserable as Gateshead though