Manchester, the grey concrete jungle
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Town planning gone wrong
Grey walls and grey paving stones predominate. Look for any green oasis in this concrete wasteland and you will almost certainly fail to find one in Manchester because they are almost non-existent.
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Walk around Manchester city centre and you'll feel your spirits sink as you are bombarded at every turn with the 'grey', the 'concrete', the 'dirt', the 'bleakness'. It's a perfect example of town planning gone wrong.
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| 02-3-2010 | Miserablemoaninggit
I agree partly with you but how recent and how much of the centre of Manchester are you referring to?
In one way it would be 100% agreeable but widening the radius and time span I could only agree with you about 70%.
Still I agree with you where your views are based on ...more | The Walkie Talkie |
| 27-2-2010 | The Walkie Talkie, yes, but my comments about Manchester were also made within the context of recent, new, development - with lots of money pouring into the city centre. In other words, what a waste! Do you agree with my comments in this context (about the centre of the centre)? | miserablemoaninggit |
| 27-2-2010 | Miserablemoaninggit
I know you were talking about the centre of Manchester but was trying to point out there are some attractive buildings as well as ugly ones and this holds all over.
My reference to Blackpool, Preston, Coventry and Milton Keynes were in response to others comments about these...more | The Walkie Talkie |
| 27-2-2010 | The Walkie Talkie, what you say does, of course, make perfect sense. I was talking, I suppose, very much about the 'centre of the centre' of Manchester - the main shopping areas, Piccadilly Gardens etc. In other words, the main area that most 'day visitors' to Manchester will see....more | miserablemoaninggit |
| 25-2-2010 | I have lived in Coventry and Blackpool and now live near to Preston and teach in Manchester.
They all have their grey concrete images in dull weather but there are some very nice places in all of them.
Hillfields, Wood End are not too good in Coventry (I lived in Hillfields) but there has bee...more | The Walkie Talkie |
| 24-2-2010 | DeeEm, Yes, I can accept that other people have a different view, although I ask for some examples of the 'beautiful urban environment'. Certainly, there will be some beautiful buildings e.g. Manchester Town Hall is great to look at. However, taken as a 'whole', Manchester comes a...more | miserablemoaninggit |
| 24-2-2010 | I couldn't think you were more wrong about Manchester. I think it's a beautiful urban environment, full of character. I'm always shocked when people say they don't like it, and invariably they come round to it after spending time there. It could do with more green spaces but it'...more | DeeEm |
| 15-2-2010 | I've stayed in Blackpool twice a year, for a week at Easter and in October, since 1985. Don't ask. It's a sad place, with little or no real investment. Hopeful little new shops/cafes open at Easter only to be closed by October. The seafront and surrounding area is tacky and whiffs of ch...more | dobbo996 |
| 15-2-2010 | Yeah, like I said, Coventry is a real dump too. Somehow though, Manchester just feels real dirty, and miserablemoaninggit is right when he says its full of grey and there are no green spaces. At least in Cov the memorial park is within walking distance. The pavements aren't so full of chewin...more | INCov |
| 15-2-2010 | @INCov - Coventry isn't as bad as Manchester? Is this a joke?!
A badly planned ring road system, old fashioned dirty subways, a s^#t hole of a town centre full of cavs.
Coventry, a badly planned town. | Don't like Coventry |
| 10-2-2010 | Who says that I aint looked at my own town? Coventry is another example of a real dump too but it aint as bad as Manchester | INCov |
| 09-2-2010 | InCov - are you from Coventry (InCov)??
If so, I suggest you look at your own town before even commenting on Manchester. | Manchester |
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