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Originally Posted by downwardspiral
...Yeah Liverpool is genuinely a beautiful city and in terms of niceness, absolutely knocks Manchester out of the park. The only thing Manchester really has over us is the gig scene there, but that's just down to logistics cos it's bigger and therefore it has more people, more venues, more promoters. Nothing else.
I suppose you're in a similar boat with being from Birmingham, hardly a city with a good rep but it's such a beautiful place and has some of the most imposing, wonderful architecture I've seen....
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This has been really interesting to read, I definitely appreciate and identify with both your descriptions.
I'm currently situated in Blackpool (which for the benefit of our US buddies is on the northwest coast), but I lived in Liverpool very briefly after I was born and was too young to remember it, but grew up in Birmingham then spent about a decade living in Manchester for uni and afterward. In the process spent a bit of time visiting Liverpool as I met my fiancé while she was temporarily living there.
Interestingly I've lived in both the city centres and suburbs of Birmingham and Manchester so feels like I saw both sides of what each city was like.
I have to say I admire your positive spin on Birmingham - personally I hated everything about it except the only rock clubs at the time which were Snobs and Exells (can't remember how to spell, maybe that's right) but we're talking the early 2000s here. I left pretty much at my first realistic opportunity.
Totally agree with everything said about Liverpool based on my experience, although I'm a bit too biased towards Manchester to say Liverpool is "better."
I'll do a review of Blackpool if I find time later. Oh and for reference I've also lived in Bolton, Salford and Stockport. Let's literally not go there.