Which train station is better for the City Centre shops - Victoria or Piccadilly?

[Joydivison82]

Aek has explored the city, and isn't even sure if he will come here a s a student - he isn't one of the fuckwits .

The fuckwits are those gits who spend three years here without ever leaving Fallowfield, bang on about how dangerous Moss Side is without knowing they actually virtually live in Moss Side.

[Irish Blood English Heart]

There's nowt wrong with Hulme, happily lived there for years and it's not an unsafe area at all. My only criticism of it is perhaps there isn't more going on but it's so close to town I guess that's why.

Moss Side I don't know too well but been to a few parties there and never felt threatened either. Rusholme is fine, vibrant and a great place to live for students. Lots of restaurants and some good pubs up near Whitworth Park as well as shops. Would much rather live there walking distance from uni than student ghetto Fallowfield.

Manchester is a great city, absolutely loved my time there. It can be pretty full on, like a big city should be! Don't know if I'll ever move back again but if work took me that way would be happy enough. It still feels like a city on the up despite the recession and I still love visiting. If you move there too hope you have as good a time as I did.

[LNGCats]

20 years ago, when crime was much much higher, I lived in Rusholme and worked in an off license in Moss Side for years and years. Walking to and from work in the dark. Never ever had a problem with crime.

[iheartthenew]

The myth that Manchester is 'dangerous', that you will get in to trouble if you dare stray off the Oxford Rd corridor, is largely perpetuated by those who've never left said corridor. When I was a student in Salford and met Manchester/Man Met students, many thought I was 'brave' living 'over there', seriously

[Pablo Diablo]

I live right near Hulme. I've only ever been through it on the bus but it seems like a pretty good example of successful regeneration.

Manchester isn't as pretty as Liverpool - there's not really an equivalent of Canning, Princes Avenue or Sefton Park (which are popular with Liverpool's students)... but it's a damn fine city and a great place to live! (Plus home is only 40 mins away )

I would defo recommend going to uni outside your home city. Uni is the perfect time to try living somewhere new... you don't get that opportunity when you're working full time.

[Joydivison82]

I visited Liverpool recently, to take lots of pictures, (I know the city well anyway) but this time it was for pleasure and really appreciated just how pretty and stunning Liverpool is.

However there is a lot more money in Manchester, more jobs, more wealth etc and I would guess Manchester is the better place to live for that reason.

I love Manchester so much because its like a village in a city, I am really into the alternative scene and going into town is like going into a village pub for me, everybody knows everybody and if I moved any where else I would miss that so much.

[Pablo Diablo]

Originally Posted by Joydivison82

I visited Liverpool recently, to take lots of pictures, (I know the city well anyway) but this time it was for pleasure and really appreciated just how pretty and stunning Liverpool is.

Agreed.

(Also, glad you like it )

However there is a lot more money in Manchester, more jobs, more wealth etc

Agreed.

and I would guess Manchester is the better place to live for that reason.

Disagreed. It's entirely subjective.
If you have a job/a steady source of income, you don't really care about the general economic condition of the place you're living.

I love Manchester so much because its like a village in a city, I am really into the alternative scene and going into town is like going into a village pub for me, everybody knows everybody and if I moved any where else I would miss that so much.

Oh yes I can definitely see why you love Manchester! It's a great place to live! I'm happy that my company decided to open their new office here and not in some dull new town down south like Bracknell or Basingstoke, like so many other IT companies.

But, personally, I'd prefer to live in Liverpool. Despite being incredibly cosmopolitan and diverse, Manchester feels like a standard (large) English city, like a massive Leeds or Nottingham (not that that's a bad thing). Liverpool feels like a small world-city (I suppose that's because it used to be one). I like that. I like how Liverpool doesn't feel like England - how comparisons with other cities always seem to be Dublin, Amsterdam, Hamburg. There's just a different vibe, a different culture. Not superior, just different... and I prefer it.


Anyway, this is wildly off topic

[Joydivison82]

I probably didn't explain it well, but I suppose I was meaning there is more opportunity in Manchester than Liverpool but yes if you have a settled job it doesn't really matter.

I could probably live in Liverpool a lot easier than most cities, simply because its only 45 minutes away from Manchester :p However as I get older my priorities will change, so the fact Liverpool isn't full of rock and punk clubs won't bother me

[aek-94]

Originally Posted by Pablo Diablo

I would defo recommend going to uni outside your home city. Uni is the perfect time to try living somewhere new

That is the exact reason why I'm looking at Manchester, and other places outside of Liverpool.

Plus, Manchester looks like a cool student city from what I've seen!

[kids]

And you're only ever half an hour from home which can only be good.

[ScouseinManc]

Originally Posted by Joydivison82

I visited Liverpool recently, to take lots of pictures, (I know the city well anyway) but this time it was for pleasure and really appreciated just how pretty and stunning Liverpool is.

However there is a lot more money in Manchester, more jobs, more wealth etc and I would guess Manchester is the better place to live for that reason.

I love Manchester so much because its like a village in a city, I am really into the alternative scene and going into town is like going into a village pub for me, everybody knows everybody and if I moved any where else I would miss that so much.

Speaking as a Scouser, who's lived here for years now, I would completely agree with Joy's post.

[aek-94]

Right, I've just sent off my UCAS application, with Manchester included on it

[Joydivison82]

Not your first choice though?

[aek-94]

I don't really have a first choice, I like all my choices tbh. I'll just have to see who gives me an offer, and I'll decide from there. I concluded that there was more good points about studying in Manchester than bad points, so I'd be happy if I received an offer off them.

[iheartthenew]

Good luck where ever you go, just make the most of it!

[Pablo Diablo]

Originally Posted by iheartthenew

Good luck where ever you go, just make the most of it!

Indeed!!
Do everything, try everything, drink everything...

oh yeah and do some learning too

[iamafreeman]

Originally Posted by Pablo Diablo

Indeed!!
Do everything, try everything, drink everything...

oh yeah and do some learning too

Steady on he needs to come out the other end in one piece!