Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To adore manchester

156 replies

Roygrace · 11/02/2017 07:15

Aibu unreasonable to love Manchester and feel more settled here than my home country.

Moved here 20 years ago after coming from home country. So lived here longer than I lived there. I love the people, the accent and just feel so settled. Isn't it funny where you settle and begin to adore. I only came for 6 months. North west always gets a bad press on here!

OP posts:
barefoofdoctor · 11/02/2017 07:25

No, YANBU. I live in the countryside surrounding Manchester and love the place too (also love being able to escape the hustle and bustle at the end of the day!).

elodie2000 · 11/02/2017 07:28

Depends WHERE in Manchester!
I have lived here for 20 + years and there are two sides to it!

DonaldStott · 11/02/2017 07:31

Yadnbu. I don't live in Manchester, but it is only a train ride away. So much to do. We go the theatre a lot there. So many bars and restaurants. Friendly vibe.

In fact I love the NW and you couldn't pay me to live elsewhere in the country.

RapidlyOscillating · 11/02/2017 07:31

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

InMySpareTime · 11/02/2017 07:35

YANBU at all, I also love Manchester.
I spent my formative years in that London, knowing little of the lands beyond.
Moved up here for University and haven't looked back.
There's so much to see and do that I haven't covered half of it, and I love being within 30 minutes of either countryside or the city.

Notso · 11/02/2017 07:36

Me too. I'd love to live there.

PleasantPhesant · 11/02/2017 07:45

Depends where in Manchester.

insancerre · 11/02/2017 07:50

I love the centre bit with the shops, bars and restaurants

RaskolnikovsGarret · 11/02/2017 08:04

It's great. Grew up there as did DH. We moved to London and have several times considered moving back up. Only thing that's stopped us is the rain. We don't think we could cope with it. Otherwise it's fab.

Shantotto · 11/02/2017 08:15

Yes yes I love it! I'm in a super gentrified and absolutely lovely part of London at the moment but we can't afford and my 18months off with DS has eaten into our savings far too much then we realised.

We're moving as soon as we can get a job sorted. I love the city centre and I love South Manchester. So many of our friends have moved out to boring commuter towns but we'd rather move properly away to another big city.

voldemortsnose · 11/02/2017 08:18

Lovely to see this. Grew up there, left, came back and left again expecting to go back. Haven't because of life etc, but still feel pangs.

Mulberry72 · 11/02/2017 08:20

YADNBU!

I'm Manchester born and bred and love my city!

londonfeather · 11/02/2017 08:22

Manchester is great, went to uni there and one of the only places outside London I'd ever consider moving. Love it! Shame about all the rain though!

StarsAndStripes17 · 11/02/2017 08:24

I love it in Manchester too. I live in a town close by so visit Manchester quite regularly.
I love living in the NorthWest and wouldn't want to move anywhere else.

HandsomeDevil · 11/02/2017 08:26

Yanbu
As a city I think it's genuinely welcoming to incomers
Of which I am one.

SleepingBooty · 11/02/2017 08:26

I love living in the North West having grown up in the Midlands. I don't really like cities but Manchester is my exception.

CaoNiMa · 11/02/2017 08:35

Glad to see the NW getting some good press!

I'm in Liverpool and I bloody love it. Need to head over to Manchester soon for a visit.

Rachel0Greep · 11/02/2017 08:45

Only got to visit there once and loved the place.

Sillysausage123 · 11/02/2017 08:52

This is a cliche but it's true people in Manchester will talk to anyone and make small talk at bus stops.

I visited London and it was a shock using public transport where it was pushing and shoving to get yourself on first with no help for buggies or giving your seat up for the elderly.
You would not get away with this in Manchester! Even the stereotyped 'chavs' or rough people that everyone avoids help buggies on buses or give up their seats for people.
I was actually blanked when I asked someone if a bus had just gone in London. People just don't want to know or acknowledge anyone. This is why I love manchester

BumWad · 11/02/2017 08:53

I have this conversation with my friends all the time and they all agree!
I am in the north west - another large city and love Manchester! So much to do, friendly northerners, good food. It's just great Smile

leccybill · 11/02/2017 08:57

This is a cliche but it's true people in Manchester will talk to anyone and make small talk at bus stops.

To be honest, I've found this to be much less true than in Liverpool.

I quite like Manchester. I like it's diversity and style and industrial heritage. But it's no Liverpool with its iconic buildings and waterfront.

Sillysausage123 · 11/02/2017 08:57

Forgot to add yes it rains a lot but we all love to moan about the weather to everyone

SallyGinnamon · 11/02/2017 09:04

I love it too.

We have everything Manchester has to offer and we're only an hour or so from Liverpool or Leeds in the car so there are loads of things to do with DC.

Used to take that to cross London when we used to live there.

elodie2000 · 11/02/2017 09:04

Silly I go down to London frequently and find people as willing to help as anywhere else. I have been known to ask random people which tube/ which bus to get, how to get to xyz and have always been helped!
The trick is to ask the question directly - no 'excuse me, can I....' - if you do that, people think you're a chugger.
As for not chatting to random stranger on the tube, people are getting from A-B fast pace and are often travelling to work or going to work. Same in Manchester on trans/ trains. Most people can't be bothered with chat when they are in 'work mode'.

Hoppinggreen · 11/02/2017 09:06

I love it
We live about 40 minutes away over The Peninies but spent a lot of time there when I was younger and ended up working there later for a while.
DH works there now and I love going to meet him for lunch or with the dc after work for a meal.
It's a really great city full of some brilliant people.