MANCHESTER NORTHERN QUARTER ENGLAND TRAVEL VLOG #9
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Date: 2019-09-05
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Mark Bates
As a born and bred Mancunian, now living in the USA, I have to say I enjoyed the tour. Made me a little homesick. In my experience, visitors to the UK overlook the major Northern cities altogether. As far as they are concerned, London IS England, and if they venture North at all, it is to York and/or Edinburgh, and that is about it. So, thanks for at least showing that the UK has a lot to offer, not least in those industrial cities, which have, in reality, done a lot better job re-inventing themselves in recent years than many of their American post-industrial counterparts. As for those pissed off about the reference to Manchester's being the UK's second city. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Who cares. Population size. Economy size. All that. Doesn't matter. It's petty. It's the cultural vibrancy of a city that makes it hum, not statistics on relative size. And the fact is, Birmingham may be the UK's second city by size, but Manchester's football, its music, its arts scenes have put it light years ahead of Birmingham for decades now. Maybe that will change, or is changing. But as of now, Manchester deserves the accolade. Manchester is a great city. And so is Liverpool. Leeds. Newcastle, etc.
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As a born and bred Mancunian, now living in the USA, I have to say I enjoyed the tour. Made me a little homesick. In my experience, visitors to the UK overlook the major Northern cities altogether. As far as they are concerned, London IS England, and if they venture North at all, it is to York and/or Edinburgh, and that is about it. So, thanks for at least showing that the UK has a lot to offer, not least in those industrial cities, which have, in reality, done a lot better job re-inventing themselves in recent years than many of their American post-industrial counterparts. As for those pissed off about the reference to Manchester's being the UK's second city. Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. Who cares. Population size. Economy size. All that. Doesn't matter. It's petty. It's the cultural vibrancy of a city that makes it hum, not statistics on relative size. And the fact is, Birmingham may be the UK's second city by size, but Manchester's football, its music, its arts scenes have put it light years ahead of Birmingham for decades now. Maybe that will change, or is changing. But as of now, Manchester deserves the accolade. Manchester is a great city. And so is Liverpool. Leeds. Newcastle, etc.
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Moh 77
Hi travelers, How is it going? Big thanks for covering an amazing city in North Uk. By the way I am Mohammed from Oman. Why I am here because you are hanging around in my favorite city. Actually I have been in Manchester twice, first time for studying and second time was 3 weeks ago for visiting. I love everything in Manchester, except the weather but it does not matter for me. I called Manchester the city that never sleep. Kind people, unbelievable nightlife, Manchester United team. Also I have been in many cities in the Uk like York, Liverpool, Chester, Blackpool, Nottingham, Lake District, Peak District, Cardiff, fog city (London, Preston and some countryside but I love Manchester even more than London.
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Hi travelers, How is it going? Big thanks for covering an amazing city in North Uk. By the way I am Mohammed from Oman. Why I am here because you are hanging around in my favorite city. Actually I have been in Manchester twice, first time for studying and second time was 3 weeks ago for visiting. I love everything in Manchester, except the weather but it does not matter for me. I called Manchester the city that never sleep. Kind people, unbelievable nightlife, Manchester United team. Also I have been in many cities in the Uk like York, Liverpool, Chester, Blackpool, Nottingham, Lake District, Peak District, Cardiff, fog city (London, Preston and some countryside but I love Manchester even more than London.
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Captally
Great videos and I love the enthusiasm shown about my Country especially by Americans not just getting on the London Eye and whinging about driving on the 'wrong' side of the road. Seek out Steve & Jodi's posts for similar. The only sad thing, for someone who remembers you only had to travel 10 miles out of London to hear changes in accents, is the lack of them in these excellent vlogs. I would not have pegged Hannah or anyone else as Mancunian. Oh well, television I suppose but it is a pity.
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Great videos and I love the enthusiasm shown about my Country especially by Americans not just getting on the London Eye and whinging about driving on the 'wrong' side of the road. Seek out Steve & Jodi's posts for similar. The only sad thing, for someone who remembers you only had to travel 10 miles out of London to hear changes in accents, is the lack of them in these excellent vlogs. I would not have pegged Hannah or anyone else as Mancunian. Oh well, television I suppose but it is a pity.
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Ormskirksalford Ormskirk
I've lived in Manchester for most of my life and it has stages. In the late 80's and early 90's everywhere you went in the city at night you would experience violence. After the bomb in 97 there was great hope and excitement. Things really seemed to pick up. Now however, I don't even recognise Manchester. There is no local culture as such. The best thing that perhaps is on the horizon is Manchester becoming a 'cycling city' under the direction of Chris Boardman.
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I've lived in Manchester for most of my life and it has stages. In the late 80's and early 90's everywhere you went in the city at night you would experience violence. After the bomb in 97 there was great hope and excitement. Things really seemed to pick up. Now however, I don't even recognise Manchester. There is no local culture as such. The best thing that perhaps is on the horizon is Manchester becoming a 'cycling city' under the direction of Chris Boardman.
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Anastasia Phoenix
You guys missed out on seeing where Marx and Engels wrote the communist manifesto in Cheetams library, which also happens to be the first and oldest public library in the world, opening easy back in 1681. You could've seen the desk at which Thomas Paine wrote Rights of Man in the people's musuem in Castlefield too. And you were right next to the ruins of the 2000 year old Roman fort that was the birth of Manchester and gave Castlefield it's name and you didn't see it
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You guys missed out on seeing where Marx and Engels wrote the communist manifesto in Cheetams library, which also happens to be the first and oldest public library in the world, opening easy back in 1681. You could've seen the desk at which Thomas Paine wrote Rights of Man in the people's musuem in Castlefield too. And you were right next to the ruins of the 2000 year old Roman fort that was the birth of Manchester and gave Castlefield it's name and you didn't see it
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Rebekah-May Taylor
I loved this series You did a great job. And what's good is that if you come back there's still so much more to explore and learn. Shame you missed out on Newcastle, though The city centre and quayside are gorgeous. A lot of my friends from the northwest came over a couple of years ago and said it reminded them of London, which I thought was an interesting comparison. I'm glad you both had such a good time while you were here
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I loved this series You did a great job. And what's good is that if you come back there's still so much more to explore and learn. Shame you missed out on Newcastle, though The city centre and quayside are gorgeous. A lot of my friends from the northwest came over a couple of years ago and said it reminded them of London, which I thought was an interesting comparison. I'm glad you both had such a good time while you were here
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Anastasia Phoenix
That last place wasn't Chorlton You never even mentioned the music scene? The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order, the Hacienda, the Stone Roses, Oasis, the list goes on forever And you were right next to Manchester University and neglected to mention the 25 Nobel prize winners, more than any other University in the world In fact only 4 countries in the world have won more Nobel prizes than the city of Manchester
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That last place wasn't Chorlton You never even mentioned the music scene? The Smiths, Joy Division/New Order, the Hacienda, the Stone Roses, Oasis, the list goes on forever And you were right next to Manchester University and neglected to mention the 25 Nobel prize winners, more than any other University in the world In fact only 4 countries in the world have won more Nobel prizes than the city of Manchester
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Sam Crawford
If you go again, and its sunny (haha, get drinks in the gay village on Canal street. Doesn't matter whether you are gay or not really, it is just a really nice part of the city to go for a drink and lots of historical buildings around that area. also sometimes they will have food trucks and street food in piccadilly gardens not far from Canal street. oh and China Town and Northern Quarter are right by there
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If you go again, and its sunny (haha, get drinks in the gay village on Canal street. Doesn't matter whether you are gay or not really, it is just a really nice part of the city to go for a drink and lots of historical buildings around that area. also sometimes they will have food trucks and street food in piccadilly gardens not far from Canal street. oh and China Town and Northern Quarter are right by there
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Lets see you travel
Thanks for the tour of northern England, it looked like you bros had fun. Going to England, Spain, Prague, Austria, France and Amsterdam this summer with the Fam. its going to be epic. going five star all the way. cha ching a ling a ling. Hope I run into you guys on a journey one of these days. never know. for I am a vagabond my self. been doing it a long time. my drug of choice
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Thanks for the tour of northern England, it looked like you bros had fun. Going to England, Spain, Prague, Austria, France and Amsterdam this summer with the Fam. its going to be epic. going five star all the way. cha ching a ling a ling. Hope I run into you guys on a journey one of these days. never know. for I am a vagabond my self. been doing it a long time. my drug of choice
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Nepsis
Tut tut. Vega brothers do some basic research, Manchester is not Britain's second largest city at all, it is Birmingham, per city centre size, population wise and and economically. Furthermore, there are a number of other cities, such as Leeds & Sheffield that have a bigger population, and if you wanted to talk about Britain as a whole, then Glasgow has a bigger population and city centre.
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Tut tut. Vega brothers do some basic research, Manchester is not Britain's second largest city at all, it is Birmingham, per city centre size, population wise and and economically. Furthermore, there are a number of other cities, such as Leeds & Sheffield that have a bigger population, and if you wanted to talk about Britain as a whole, then Glasgow has a bigger population and city centre.
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