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Best places to live around Manchester

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  • earthlysparky
    earthlysparky Posts: 665 Forumite
    Glossop/Hadfield/Padfield.

    you've got the best of both worlds then; semi-rural living, and only 30-45mins on train into city centre.
  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    Having driven around it last night, I have to wonder how what is one of the Norths most prosperous major citys has such a run down slumbmatic outskirts, mile after mile of derelict boarded up buildings and empty shops.
    Its a mess !
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  • kingstreet
    kingstreet Posts: 39,256 Forumite
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    vax2002 wrote: »
    Having driven around it last night, I have to wonder how what is one of the Norths most prosperous major citys has such a run down slumbmatic outskirts, mile after mile of derelict boarded up buildings and empty shops.
    Its a mess !
    I'm from Eccles originally and the state of it now... it's depressing.

    Salford City Council has always had its eye on its heartland and concentrates resources there. Eccles, Little Hulton, Cadishead all allowed to decay.

    Where were you last night?
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  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    We went in via salford to beat the traffic and that was quite tidy, came out via northern quarter and oldham road to the 627 :eek:

    I took the "teenager" to see ramstein or whatever they call them, could have been worse, I could have had to sit through the concert.
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  • keys_2
    keys_2 Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    Stalybridge / Mossley - Near the hills plenty of transport links - only takes 15 mins to center from Stalybridge . Restaurants and pubs are okay at weekends .Ashton has a range of shops which are local - 10 minute walk from the bridge or 2 - 3 bus stops .
    Also the tram is coming to Ashton in the future .

    Further field is Glossop but transport is half hourly then - But pubs are busy etc and more hilly .
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  • keys_2
    keys_2 Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    vax2002 wrote: »
    We went in via salford to beat the traffic and that was quite tidy, came out via northern quarter and oldham road to the 627 :eek:

    .
    Northern quarter - How nice :rotfl:However Printworks is only minutes away same as deansgate - lots nicer :D
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  • joannaspanner
    joannaspanner Posts: 614 Forumite
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    edited 2 March 2012 at 3:09PM
    vax2002 wrote: »
    We went in via salford to beat the traffic and that was quite tidy, came out via northern quarter and oldham road to the 627 :eek:

    I took the "teenager" to see ramstein or whatever they call them, could have been worse, I could have had to sit through the concert.


    I just google mapped Oldham Road- looks like Beirut!

    I can't talk, I live in Altrincham, they should have shops there that just sell stuff to board up your windows, would do a roaring trade!
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  • richardw
    richardw Posts: 19,459 Forumite
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    edited 2 March 2012 at 3:08PM
    earthlysparky wrote: »
    Glossop/Hadfield/Padfield..

    Yes, already mentioned but with its fictional name.
    richardw wrote: »
    Royston Vasey.

    I just fancy living in that part of the world.
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  • joannaspanner
    joannaspanner Posts: 614 Forumite
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    keys wrote: »
    Northern quarter - How nice :rotfl:However Printworks is only minutes away same as deansgate - lots nicer :D


    Hey, but the Northern Quarter is so errrr cool!!!! :rotfl:
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  • joannaspanner
    joannaspanner Posts: 614 Forumite
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    richardw wrote: »
    Yes, already mentioned but with its fictional name.


    We didn't burn him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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