#21

Firswood tram stop! And the 86 bus is direct and as quick to town as the tram is from chorlton to town.

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#22

quite excited about @JaguarPirate and @Tuna joing the MME

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#24

Which reminds me stretford is a good shout for ā€œup and comingā€ :nauseated_face: and transport.

#25

itā€™s defs much better than four/five years ago (more years? how long has it been? :open_mouth:)

#26

We looked at Stretford when we were buying our 1st house 5 or 6 years ago it were ā€œup and comingā€ then and all.

#27

Any1 mentioned Altrincham? Itā€™s not Manchester, but it is definitely a nice place to live.

#28

Really expensive. The brother of one of my wifeā€™s mates bought a house that was smaller than our old house for nearly twice as much as we paid for ours.

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#29

Oh is it? My mate is paying very little there, maybe thatā€™s because heā€™s renting a room in a friendā€™s house then.

#30

I havenā€™t been back to Manchester in years.

All of this chat is making me quite nostalgic.

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#32

I believe it one of those that doesnā€™t have a mid range market they are either really expensive or really cheap and a bit shit no inbetween.

#33

Well the company I work for just put tens of millions into it and thereā€™s also some activity at the old essoldo, plus the food hall know too. Think itā€™s a good shout tbh.

#34

Not budget friendly and lots of Cheshire set wannabes

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#35

What about Urmston? Although I believe the train can be a bit of a nightmare.

Edit: Sorry that wasnā€™t meant to be a direct reply.

#36

oh yeah, I would think itā€™s improved a fair bit since.

Iā€™ll check with my Levy pals tho.

there are certainly a few nice bars and etc that have opened in recent years - Fredā€™s Ale House, Overdraught (awful name), Talleyrand, and thereā€™s Trove for nice baked things and whatnot.

#37

10 years ago Levenshume was literally the worst place in Manchester I think, still a bit surprised itā€™s trendy now

#38

From my experience of living on the boarder of each I think Stretford/ Levy are similar propositions in that they are still relatively affordable places that are clearly going through some kind of regeneration. Theyā€™re not comparable to Chorlton/ Didders.

I donā€™t think money or artisan markets or foodhalls will really address the issues they have/ had. If gentrification takes hold and house prices rocket, thatā€™ll probably do it.

@Tuna feel free to not say what it is obviously, but your budget for initially renting may be key. I imagine the difference to London is sizable.

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#39

i want to live everywhere at once :frowning:

#40

We currently pay Ā£1650 p/m for a 1 bed flat. Sizeable doesnā€™t begin to cut it. Weā€™d be looking to halve that, ish, which seems very doable

#41

Moved up from London to Didsbury 3 and a bit years ago. Not budget friendly and a bit gentrified, but nice area. Now that weā€™ve got a kid weā€™re looking to move to Sale or somewhere similar to get a bigger place, potentially a bit further out like Timperley. But donā€™t think thereā€™s much going on and probably doesnā€™t meet your criteria.

Iā€™ve heard good things from mates about heading a bit closer in to town, Stretford/Trafford sort of area (bits of it are nice, bits of it arenā€™t). Had some friends live near Ancoats which was rough and gradually becoming not cheap, but also ā€˜up and comingā€™ :nauseated_face: :nauseated_face: and means youā€™re close to the northern quarter where thereā€™s a lot going on.

Heard good stuff about Chorlton too, Didsbury but cheaper and a bit cooler. Donā€™t know how true that is as havenā€™t ever made it that far over.

Also I love Manchester, so glad I moved. And would also be up for meeting more of you cool cats.

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#42

might just visit friends and acquaintances all around the north more often.

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