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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Feb 25, 2018 17:11:27 GMT -5
I’m putting this to a poll for obvious reasons.
I’d love anyone who has been to both cities share their comparisons in this thread. I’d also love to hear from those who have lived or been to Manchester and what their thoughts are about that city.
I’m presuming Manchester will be the winner of the poll because it’s cool to hate on London, but the point is to hear perspectives - good or bad - about Manchester.
Please keep this thread in the lounge. Cheers.
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Post by glio on Feb 25, 2018 17:15:53 GMT -5
london is fucking sick. best city in the world. love the business and 'hustle and bustle' of it. always something to do or go to. Denmark street is quality too.
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Post by mimmihopps on Feb 26, 2018 4:20:01 GMT -5
I've lived in London for a while when I was younger. I was really happy before and just after I arrived in the land of the Union Jack, but I couldn't get along with my landlady. Every morning I woke up with tears and felt miserable as hell, wondering why I came here. It was my teenage dream to live in London. My English male friend back in time helped me a lot and took me to see bands every week. I left my landlady and going to stay at his place. My life started to be brighter again while my parents were worried about me as they had no idea where I was and what I was doing. I've met many people and without a couple of them, I would never have been who and what I am now. There were years and times, but it was one of the biggest adventures of my life. I've been to Manchester twice. I have 2 great Mancunian friends. I know I'm always welcome at their house to stay whenever I want. I loved Manchester. The winner of this poll will be Manchester for sure, because it's an Oasis forum! This city has a lot, lot to offer, especially if you're a music lover. but of course, London has a lot, lot to offer for music, theatre, shopping etc etc. Don't forget, London is the most expensive city in the world. Everything - house, public transport, even gig tickets are so so expensive. My advice for you Beady’s Here Now, is: Whenever you go to Manchester or London, don't forget to take a jacket with a hood and don't think even people in London speak BBC English. Clouds are always dark in this side of the ocean, but you can find your sunshine between the clouds if you try.
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Post by heathenchemist01 on Feb 26, 2018 8:32:20 GMT -5
I've been to London once, however, I've never been to Manchester before but I'd love to go there one day. It's definitely on my bucket list. Although I really enjoyed my trip to London, I can't imagine living there permanently because I grew up in a more rural area of Germany and crowded, noisy places make me feel uncomfortable.
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Feb 26, 2018 9:40:54 GMT -5
Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." — Samuel Johnson
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 26, 2018 10:25:17 GMT -5
Been to London two or three times; don't intend on going again.
Manchester's not much to look at, and there's nothing you can do there that you don't do in a hundred other cities around the world, but the people are good. In London, everyone's so tired from being bustled around all day that all the warmth and humour gets zapped right out of them.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 26, 2018 10:30:36 GMT -5
London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. — Arthur Conan Doyle
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 11:07:37 GMT -5
I've been to London once, however, I've never been to Manchester before but I'd love to go there one day. It's definitely on my bucket list. Although I really enjoyed my trip to London, I can't imagine living there permanently because I grew up in a more rural area of Germany and crowded, noisy places make me feel uncomfortable. I've lived in a small town my whole life and somehow I feel more comfortable in bigger cities. I loved being in London and it felt like a place I would've loved staying longer. Never been to Manchester or any other British cities :/ I'm not sure if this makes sense but with social anxiety crowded streets are much more comfortable because you're pretty much no one and you probably never see anyone again. This makes my anxiety disappear. But in small towns if you walk in the streets you see one people every once in a while and you get anxious if it's someone you might know and then you start thinking whether to say hello or just look away while listening to music pretending you didn't see him/her.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 11:42:48 GMT -5
I've been to London once, however, I've never been to Manchester before but I'd love to go there one day. It's definitely on my bucket list. Although I really enjoyed my trip to London, I can't imagine living there permanently because I grew up in a more rural area of Germany and crowded, noisy places make me feel uncomfortable. I've lived in a small town my whole life and somehow I feel more comfortable in bigger cities. I loved being in London and it felt like a place I would've loved staying longer. Never been to Manchester or any other British cities :/ I'm not sure if this makes sense but with social anxiety crowded streets are much more comfortable because you're pretty much no one and you probably never see anyone again. This makes my anxiety disappear. But in small towns if you walk in the streets you see one people every once in a while and you get anxious if it's someone you might know and then you start thinking whether to say hello or just look away while listening to music pretending you didn't see him/her. What you say about social anxiety and bigger cities reminds very much of an interview of Elliott Smith, in which he said he felt much more comfortable in New York and L.A because he was kind of lost in the crowd. Can't remember what was the interview though.
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Post by theyknowwhatimean on Feb 26, 2018 11:47:05 GMT -5
The weather in Manchester is diabolical though. It's those bloody Pennines that does it.
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Feb 26, 2018 11:52:06 GMT -5
London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. — Arthur Conan Doyle how wld he fkn knw? He lived in Sussex and was Scottish...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 11:57:03 GMT -5
To answer this question...
Lyon.
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Post by joladella on Feb 26, 2018 12:56:28 GMT -5
Both cities are great, but in this case I have to go with Manchester. I always enjoy London, but I usually need a day to get freaked back in, because at first it always freaks me out because it's so big. And I'm a city girl, but from a small-ish one! When I was in Manchester 4 years ago, I enjoyed every second, which might also have something to do with the fact that I was freshly in love with its music and almost all the time had that in my ears. Last but not least, that trip I more or less paid EUR 100,00 per night for my hotels. For that price I got a big and beautiful room in Manchester and - almost literally - a hole in the ground in London. 2:0 Manchester!
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Feb 27, 2018 2:29:02 GMT -5
I've been to London once. The people we met were actually very friendly, once they realized we weren't German. Helped us with our suitcases, shopkeepers were friendly, etc. We stayed in a budget hotel near Hyde Park and it was actually pretty good.
I really loved it there. I loved the atmosphere. It's one of the few big cities I could imagine myself living in. I don't even have that with Amsterdam.
Never been to Manchester, but why would I? I mean, what's so special about it?
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Post by Beady’s Here Now on Feb 27, 2018 2:40:48 GMT -5
Never been to Manchester, but why would I? I mean, what's so special about it? I have yet to go, obviously, but this video makes me feel proud. MANCHESTAH.
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Post by janedoe on Feb 27, 2018 3:31:28 GMT -5
I've been to London once. The people we met were actually very friendly, once they realized we weren't German. Helped us with our suitcases, shopkeepers were friendly, etc. We stayed in a budget hotel near Hyde Park and it was actually pretty good. I really loved it there. I loved the atmosphere. It's one of the few big cities I could imagine myself living in. I don't even have that with Amsterdam. Never been to Manchester, but why would I? I mean, what's so special about it? I visited Manchester last year. My travelling partner had multiple generations of ancestors married in the Cathedral. Very edgy town. Loved it.
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Feb 27, 2018 3:37:43 GMT -5
Never been to Manchester, but why would I? I mean, what's so special about it? I have yet to go, obviously, but this video makes me feel proud. MANCHESTAH. This video made me think of my own city and wanting to find a video of it. Any city can look great with the right bit of editing and framing.
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Post by thomaslivesforever on Feb 27, 2018 4:39:26 GMT -5
Manchester is a great city, great people, I like the centre and the northen quarter is ace to. However it doesn't compare to London, nowhere else in England does and its not even that close.
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Post by Flashbax on Feb 27, 2018 12:23:35 GMT -5
I've been to London once when I was in the UK for a summer school in Salisbury. We went to London, Cardiff, Oxford and Southampton. Cardiff was my favorite city, there is something there that I really liked about that place and they have a Pretty Green store. London is nice but really expensive, never been to Manchester but would love to go there one day.
Anyone on here ever did the Oasis tour? Is it worth it?
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Post by joladella on Feb 27, 2018 13:01:44 GMT -5
I've been to London once when I was in the UK for a summer school in Salisbury. We went to London, Cardiff, Oxford and Southampton. Cardiff was my favorite city, there is something there that I really liked about that place and they have a Pretty Green store. London is nice but really expensive, never been to Manchester but would love to go there one day. Anyone on here ever did the Oasis tour? Is it worth it? The one in Manchester? I did it and it was fun seeing all those places. But the best part by far was meeting and chatting with Craig Gill. But if you have a chance, do it or any of the other tours they offer. Cardiff I liked as well a lot! As you mention Pretty Green, I recently dreamt I was in Cardiff and was looking for the Pretty Green shop, that in real life I had seen once, and could not find it. Then I realized I was not in dream Cardiff, I was in dream Manchester! I guess those two so far are my favorite UK cities. It's crazy, but especially Manchester I dream about a lot, so much that I even "recognize" it in my dreams.
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Feb 27, 2018 13:05:04 GMT -5
I've been to London once when I was in the UK for a summer school in Salisbury. We went to London, Cardiff, Oxford and Southampton. Cardiff was my favorite city, there is something there that I really liked about that place and they have a Pretty Green store. London is nice but really expensive, never been to Manchester but would love to go there one day. Anyone on here ever did the Oasis tour? Is it worth it? The one in Manchester? I did it and it was fun seeing all those places. But the best part by far was meeting and chatting with Craig Gill. But if you have a chance, do it or any of the other tours they offer. Cardiff I liked as well a lot! As you mention Pretty Green, I recently dreamt I was in Cardiff and was looking for the Pretty Green shop, that in real life I had seen once, and could not find it. Then I realized I was not in dream Cardiff, I was in dream Manchester! I guess those two so far are my favorite UK cities. It's crazy, but especially Manchester I dream about a lot, so much that I even "recognize" it in my dreams. cool
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Post by mystoryisgory on Feb 27, 2018 13:25:40 GMT -5
Never been to the UK. Or Europe, for that matter. Because Asia's where it's at.
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Post by playthehitsgetoff on Feb 27, 2018 13:35:10 GMT -5
Been to London two or three times; don't intend on going again. Manchester's not much to look at, and there's nothing you can do there that you don't do in a hundred other cities around the world, but the people are good. In London, everyone's so tired from being bustled around all day that all the warmth and humour gets zapped right out of them. bustle? Dude...hustle n bustle is a Londoner and a Londoner has all the warmth n humour, heart n soul you could never find elsewhere.
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Post by matt on Feb 27, 2018 15:59:20 GMT -5
Been to London two or three times; don't intend on going again. Manchester's not much to look at, and there's nothing you can do there that you don't do in a hundred other cities around the world, but the people are good. In London, everyone's so tired from being bustled around all day that all the warmth and humour gets zapped right out of them. bustle? Dude...hustle n bustle is a Londoner and a Londoner has all the warmth n humour, heart n soul you could never find elsewhere. Maybe in some parts of it out in the traditional working class areas, I do find that especially. But generally there's absolutely no comparison to the personable atmosphere. I live in London and I go to Manchester often for work duties, and Manchester is so much more friendly. As is Liverpool, although Glasgow tops all cities in the UK for its friendliness. You may get lots to do in London in the 'hustle and bustle' of it (i.e. heading more central) but nobody acknowledges you, nobody speaks and everyone exists in their own little world. These small matters accumulate over time and it is a thoroughly depressing experience where people seem to exist rather than live. It's a very individualistic mindset for many London dwellers and if you make a network of friends you'll be fine. But the small social customs and the communal way of life that go vastly unappreciated in life certainly make up the character and values of many a northern town I feel. That's why bands like Oasis could never have come from London.
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