Ultimate battle of the cities (Liverpool, London or Manchester?)

[Urban Cragou]

As it says in the title. This isn’t the first thread about this but opinions change and 2020’s probably changed a lot in many ways.

[Time to Sleigh]

I adore Liverpool. A lot of my family are from there. A lot of my wifes family are from manchester too but I prefer Liverpool!

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I voted Liverpool as London and Manchester are awful

well the nice parts of London like Richmond and HIghgate are ok but the rest is a toilet and just too full of people/ traffic.

[Smithy]

Manchester > Liverpool >>>>>> London

[FaLaLaLand]

Liverpool >>> London >>>>>>>>> Manchester

[joeysteele]

I like all 3.

However I voted Manchester.
I've always loved everytime I've been there.

[Candy Annie Cane]

Liverpool > London> Manchester



I jest obviously.....its Manchester .....>>>> anywhere else

[Peppermint]

London >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Liverpool >>>>>>>> Manchester

[Daniel-X]

I’ve only been to London twice so can’t really judge fairly cos I didn’t get to see/do everything. Liverpool is a much, much better city than Manchester though.

[joeysteele]

Liverpool > London> Manchester



I jest obviously.....its Manchester .....>>>> anywhere else



Manchester has you there AnnieK.
That's one big plus for it for a start.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Liverpool > London > Manchester

[user104658]

Hmmm I lived in Lancs for a few years and I don't like Manchester :umm2:. I've never been to Liverpool.

London... Hmmm... Is a great place to visit but I could never live there. It is just too busy/polluted/overpopulated. However for things like restaurants/facilities/the west end, obviously it is a world-class city.

So yeah. London to visit for a few days, have a few meals and see a few shows.

Then back to the fresh air to breathe :joker:.

[Urban Cragou]

You should visit Liverpool one of these days TS.

[ChristmasNeeve]

You should visit Liverpool one of these days TS.

I agree, London always had a special place in my heart because I lived there for a couple of years when i was younger but I went to Liverpool 2 years ago for a weekend and I just fell in love with the place. I was in Manchester a few years back for a Hen weekend and I wanted to love it because Oasis are from there and I love the accent but I just couldn't warm to the place at all

[Alf]

Three sh!t holes

[Urban Cragou]

I agree, London always had a special place in my heart because I lived there for a couple of years when i was younger but I went to Liverpool 2 years ago for a weekend and I just fell in love with the place. I was in Manchester a few years back for a Hen weekend and I wanted to love it because Oasis are from there and I love the accent but I just couldn't warm to the place at all

I totally feel you on the Manchester thing Niamh. It can’t be doubted that it’s got more going for it than Liverpool on the economic front but Liverpool feels special somehow (in a way). It’s not somewhere I’d want to go back to in a hurry or live for any more years than I did but if the circumstances were different its position as the second London of the U.K. would’ve shone through a lot more.

[Alf]

We are Hull, we are Hull, we are Hull
We are Hull, we are Hull, we are Huuuull
We are Hull, we are Hull, We are Hull
We are Hull
We are Hull

[The Slim Reaper]

Nickys vote should be cancelled as he doesn't know what Manchester is really like, so it's 8,5,7 :smug:

[Candy Annie Cane]

Nickys vote should be cancelled as he doesn't know what Manchester is really like, so it's 8,5,7 :smug:

Shut it

[The Slim Reaper]

Shut it

Exhibit A :smug:

[Candy Annie Cane]

Exhibit A :smug:

Touche :douf:

[Zizu]

Maybe we could all explain WHY ??

It’s pointless stating that Manchester is better than London or the opposite without justification...


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[Babayaro.]

Edinburgh

[Urban Cragou]

Maybe we could all explain WHY ??

It’s pointless stating that Manchester is better than London or the opposite without justification...


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Why? (Thread-bump.)

Liverpool’s nichely-beautiful, home to some-of the oldest established communities and there’s a slice of every side of life in the city but in terms of the latter London generally just has more. Rochdale’s pretty okay though (and anywhere that produces a show as great as Waterloo Road was has to be given credit).

Manchester has MediaCity, Corrie and decent shops (all of-which I really like) but the atmosphere of the city in general is just a bit grim and toxic for me.

[Merry Mockmas]

Birmingham.:dance:

Seriously though I'd probably pick London because it seems to have most things in the country.

[bots]

I never liked liverpool any time i was there. London is just too big and inconvenient to get around. Edinburgh is a delight, it basically has everything, all within a very short distance but Manchester is my favourite for its abundance of choice and people

[ChristmasNeeve]

I'll be heading off to Liverpool for a weekend in a couple of weeks :hee: (via Manchester)

[Urban Cragou]

You’ve got to check out Baltic Market, Niamh. It’s amazing.

[ChristmasNeeve]

You’ve got to check out Baltic Market, Niamh. It’s amazing.

Is that near that Peaky Blinders bar? We stayed around that Baltic area last time we went

[Urban Cragou]

Is that near that Peaky Blinders bar? We stayed around that Baltic area last time we went

It is quite close to that, yeah. 😊

[Parmy]

Edinburgh hands down..
Then London, then newcastle.

[Urban Cragou]

Edinburgh hands down..
Then London, then newcastle.

The thing is only one of those cities is part of my question-poll. I know discussions are fluid and-everything but we’re not talking about Edinburgh or Geordie Shore-land, not in this thread.

[bots]

excluding edinburgh is a big omission though

[Parmy]

The thing is only one of those cities is part of my question-poll. I know discussions are fluid and-everything but we’re not talking about Edinburgh or Geordie Shore-land, not in this thread.

I'll leave you to it then.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Never been to Edinburgh, just Glasgow and Aberdeen

[Urban Cragou]

What’s Edinburgh even like?

[Father Chris Mouse]

That's a tricky one, i mean you have awful people like Slim from Liverpool, awful people like myself from London, and lovely people like Annie from Manchester.

[Urban Cragou]

Come on, parmy. Tell us a little more about Edinburgh (I’ve been once, I think, but don’t remember much). I was a little hasty in writing off Scotland before.

[The Slim Reaper]

I actually thought Scottish folks didn't like Edinburgh for being too English. Not a problem for Rangers fans who are loyal to England and the crown, but the decent scots at least.

[bots]

edinburgh has everything within a short walk. As i'm from glasgow i hated it by default, but then many years after moving south i lived and worked in edinburgh for a year or so and loved it

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Edinburgh is a poor man's Glasgow

Edinburgh is tourism,

Glasgow is realism

Edinburgh is no patter

Glasgow is patter

and, honestly, its not even close

[Christmas Dynasnow]

also shout out to Brum

great city

[Father Chris Mouse]

yKLzW_DOZRc

[Urban Cragou]

also shout out to Brum

great city

Yeah, I don’t know about that.

[Redrose]

All/Neither should be separate.

[Urban Cragou]

Slim’s not really from Liverpool, is he?

[Parmy]

What’s Edinburgh even like?

Since this thread....


Every city is a shithole now.

[Urban Cragou]

Since this thread....


Every city is a shithole now.

I know it’s a past-time to always struggle to appreciate the present moment but nah. That kind of mentality’s not for me, otherwise you’ll never be happy with the present. People have been saying ‘place-X is going downhill’ since the beginning of time.

[Parmy]

I certainly appreciated them when they were appreciable. So don't try and get wide about your experiences.

[The Grinch]

When I visit London I love it. The west end and all that is great, to me

[Urban Cragou]

I certainly appreciated them when they were appreciable. So don't try and get wide about your experiences.

Everything always seems better in hindsight, though. It’s a tale as old as time. IMO, if anything, Liverpool has improved since I made this thread. And there’s just so much going on in London, networking opportunities no-less. Some would also say it’s safer, if anything, technically than it was in the ’90s. And even then there would’ve been people complaining that ‘it’s not what it was in the ’50s’. I’m not trying to narrow or invalidate your experiences but I just try not to get sucked into the rabbit-hole of never appreciating the present, otherwise the cycle never stops.

[Parmy]

Enjoy lawless Manchester Redway

https://youtu.be/5edmlb10CIk?si=xPLeF4HSx7GP-uyc

[Urban Cragou]

Enjoy lawless Manchester Redway

https://youtu.be/5edmlb10CIk?si=xPLeF4HSx7GP-uyc

I never said I liked Manchester that much in the first place.

[Parmy]

I never said I liked Manchester that much in the first place.

Poor poll choice, should have been Edinburgh instead.:notimpressed:

[Urban Cragou]

Poor poll choice, should have been Edinburgh instead.:notimpressed:

I thought everything to you was cursed in the present moment. Even within Scotland.