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[briantrumpet]

Flattery will get you anywhere 😂

I'll still need to show my over-60s railcard though.

 

[Shortfall]

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To be fair to both Leeds AND Manchester, as Northern cities go they're both fairly decent and their central areas are fairly thriving, have plenty of good shops, bars, restaurants, theatres and night life etc. If you want to see how bad the alternatives are may I suggest a trip to either Huddersfield or Bradford? Grim!

 

[First Aspect]

To be fair to both Leeds AND Manchester, as Northern cities go they're both fairly decent and their central areas are fairly thriving, have plenty of good shops, bars, restaurants, theatres and night life etc. If you want to see how bad the alternatives are may I suggest a trip to either Huddersfield or Bradford? Grim!

We should have a shït towns thread.

Shout out to Plymouth.

 

[briantrumpet]

To be fair to both Leeds AND Manchester, as Northern cities go they're both fairly decent and their central areas are fairly thriving, have plenty of good shops, bars, restaurants, theatres and night life etc.

That's what I noticed about Leeds, along with the scale and 'statements' of the many civic buildings.

My only real disappointment was the museum, which didn't really know what it was there for, apart from having old things on display. But we are a bit spoilt by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter, which crams loads in a smallish museum arranged in displays that make you reflect on the individual items, rather than just worthily having rooms arranged by era. So, for instance, there's a display of 'big and small things', and a display of human fashion wear, mostly made out of bits of animals which are either endangered or actually extinct: no commentary is needed. That, to me, exemplifies what a good museum can and should do: not just educate about the past, but make us reflect on our relationship with it.

 

[briantrumpet]

We should have a shït towns thread.

Shout out to Plymouth.

Both Hitler and the town planners should take a bow for that. The best bit is the Barbican, and specifically the Dolphin Inn, who let you take in fish and chips from the next-door chippie, and serve the bast pint of Bass in the world.

 

[AuroraSaab]

To be fair to both Leeds AND Manchester, as Northern cities go they're both fairly decent and their central areas are fairly thriving, have plenty of good shops, bars, restaurants, theatres and night life etc. If you want to see how bad the alternatives are may I suggest a trip to either Huddersfield or Bradford? Grim!

Yes, Leeds is pretty good these days and Manchester has retained a decent town centre. Both have had a city centre living boom which has helped. Not been to the centre of Huddersfield for years but I think a lot of towns of similar size have struggled. Bradford just doesn't seem to attract investment or jobs and it's a shame the recent Leeds growth hasn't been replicated there. Two large cities so close to each other probably doesn't help.

 

[BoldonLad]

To be fair to both Leeds AND Manchester, as Northern cities go they're both fairly decent and their central areas are fairly thriving, have plenty of good shops, bars, restaurants, theatres and night life etc. If you want to see how bad the alternatives are may I suggest a trip to either Huddersfield or Bradford? Grim!

Living 100 miles North of Leeds, but, amazingly, still in England, I just have to say this, Leeds MAY creep in as "Northern", Manchester is the Midlands 😂

 

[AndyRM]

Living 100 miles North of Leeds, but, amazingly, still in England, I just have to say this, Leeds MAY creep in as "Northern", Manchester is the Midlands 😂

Mancunians in particular seem to hate having that pointed out.

 

[midlandsgrimpeur]

I think I have visited most major towns and cities in England over the years. To be fair most of us judge them on the town/city centre which usually tends to only represent a tiny fraction of what a place is like.

Having been bought up in the Black Country there are lots of shitty bits, but far more incredible places that a casual visitor wouldn't have a clue about. Same probably applies to most places.

 

[C R]

I lived in Manchester for about six years, 98 to 04. I loved the place. The city centre, in my opinion, has lost a lot of its humanity since, with too many glass cage high rise buildings. I've been back a few times recently, as our oldest is there at university, and, it is still nicer than Birmingham, granted, but nothing like it was in the noughties.

Re Manchester being northern or Midlands. Having lived in the Midlands for 20 years now, I can confirm that Manchester most definitely is northern.

 

[Poacher]

IMHO, Manchester started changing for the worse after "Charlie the Somali" sold the legendary Plaza Cafe (on Upper Brook Street).
Circa 1972 you could buy a Half Alsatian Chicken Biryani for 25p, or a Whole one for 45p. A half was filling enough; you needed to fast for at least 36 hours before tackling a whole one and hoping to clear your plate.