Manchester......the new London?

I check out Manchester to see if it's any good. I see some old roman ruins, a prison, ace bars and even better buildings! Manchester has it all!
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[@Skizzores]

2:18 The Old Wellington certainly has a massive history. It used to sit across the street in the old Shambles Square since 1552 but was moved brick by brick around 1996 when that part of Manchester was redeveloped

[@hop9920]

Looks ace. Rivalling London now, the fastest growing city in Europe.

[@honestplaces]

Is growing quick

[@valentynaartysyuk9129]

​@garethmathew69manchester is the best city in UK so far about everything!

[@unelectedbureaucrat2003]

You wait until they rebuild old Trafford football centre of the world

[@klausgh]

You found the Roman wall! 😃 I go to Manchester for fun quite often, from Victoria Station, either walk around the centre, or take the tramway to Media City. Both areas have a Bella Italia 😋, and finding a pizza in the UK which deserves the name is quite rare. The library is worth visiting, too, alone for the building inside, and then there's the house where Emmeline Pankhurst lived. If I want to stay overnight I'd be at the Ibis Budget at Salford Quais. Manchester is to this day the only city in the UK I actually like.

[@vordman]

Have you been to Liverpool? Well worth a look. Fabulous city.

[@Ps-tc9ko]

Good work Danny, you said the magic words 'hidden gems'. As a proud Mancunian I really value my home town, its rich in culture, history and entertainment. You can relax on grassed areas, at bars or go to the cinema etc. We do have our fair share of the grim side of life too but when you look at this it's a wow. There is just one thing out of place though.. its usually absolutely buzzin with people! Where the hell are they...

[@honestplaces]

Great post. Yeh i dunno, i forgot what time or day i went but it is always buzzing

[@johnmcgrath6192]

I'm an American. I follow Manchester on IG. Great places to eat and hang out. Amazing variety.

[@honestplaces]

It is very good,very diverse!

[@patriciacollier128]

My god so well filmed, well done mate! 👏

[@honestplaces]

Nice to not have abuse for once 🤣

[@vincentjordan8028]

An interesting vlog I was in Manchester 35 years ago massive changes since then I have subscribed thanks

[@honestplaces]

It really has, in a good way, alot of places have improved places in the wrong areas but Manchester seemed to have been spot on. Cheers pal!

[@jonboypatton]

I remember going past on the bus seeing all the inmates on the roof. Best pub in Manchester is the grand Central. A Rock pub.

[@MrSD-YO]

Good review mate. Will be much better once they have completed the renovation of Albert Square and the town hall. Probably one of the most know parts of the city centre

[@honestplaces]

Yeh i missed that completly as was not much to see but construction. But yeh good place Manchester!

[@ericopoku1500]

Luvly....Thanks bro... 'Schooled' in Manchester University... With Love from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@honestplaces]

Not too bad is it?

[@jamiebowes9888]

My home city! My work was spotted opposite the Library 👍🏻 Good video!

[@lalalalalala8147]

I like Manchester, but don't forget Norwich. I live in the Norfolk Broads, and Norwich has an amazing Viking history, and more medieval buildings than any other city in the Divided Kingdom.

[@peterrobinson6091]

Manchester has some awesome classic architecture, with some of my favourites being the red-brick Victorian masterpieces scattered around. Central Libray is certainly impressive from the outside, but take a look at John Rylands which is mind-blowing inside.

[@honestplaces]

True mate. It's a good city

[@moodyguymick]

Also Manchester town hall.

[@NaomiCramer]

Manchester looks really cool thanks Danny

[@honestplaces]

Got alot to offer whatever you like to do in a big city. Drinking scene is 2nd to none!

[@Pinerocks]

Definitely one on my favourite cities and I go back in a couple of weeks. Glasgow is a close second. I live in London which is cool but far too big!! 👍🏻😀

[@janejude]

excellent review!!

[@honestplaces]

Cheers!

[@richieskingley3173]

Amazing City..unbelievable change in last 15 years

[@honestplaces]

Money spent in the right areas, very diverse and keeping it's nice architecture along side new buildings. Very good

[@stubru16]

Locals can’t afford to buy or rent the apartments they have built apart from Londoners and south twats that’s moving there. London is a shithole so why do the same to Manchester

[@EpicDogs]

cool video danny ive only been there once but it was only for a couple of hours ill have to get back there soon and make a video

[@honestplaces]

Deffo worth a visit. I went back for drinks and some great misc bars and pubs. Do your own video on it yeh, would like to see your take on it.

[@Abauto84]

Manchester is one of my favourite cities in England always different things to do and very colourful

[@honestplaces]

Yeh it aint half bad is it!

[@george11419]

Who is the narrator? Great voice. Love to hear the fellow!

[@michaelobrien9825]

MANCHESTER HOME OF THE SMITHS, STRANGEWAYS HERE WE COME.

[@andysadler6432]

i live in manchester originally from near newcastle and lived in leicester and birmingham as well. Manchester is a great city very openminded people and very cool vibe (music & art etc). However its getting very expensive and is going the way of london people are getting priced out with regards to rental prices etc

[@Vengerthefellhound]

There are some gems, but it's slowly on the decline

[@rjmusicltd]

Manchester at one time in history was one of the most wealthiest places in the entire world. So it seems that it is not so much being developed, than it is being restored. The notorious Don Arden, music mogul and father/in law of Sharon and Ozzy Osborne was born on the street you were walking down near the prison.

[@dazdaz105]

There’s always an argument for councils and developers NOT no invest in town centres, lack of foot fall, lack of interest from companies and brands in leasing buildings. No point pumping millions into an area where it’s not going to make money. One day when the country sacks off Amazon and the like then we may see the so called high street making a return, but I doubt it.

[@jamesquinlan2638]

I stayed in that hotel years ago (worst rated in Manchester) for a weekend. The bar (that has a back entrance) was rowdy and they had bouncers at the main entrance too but everything else was fine.

[@paulwild3676]

Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the white building(Now Gotham). The man famed for the London Cenotaph.

[@honestplaces]

Is a quality building

[@neekagraceoffical]

I’m from Manchester Sale. You will have to visit pubs in Alderley edge to show people how beautiful the place is.

[@brendanbishop3684]

Some great places, not a fan of Spinningfields, on a grey day, we have many 😊 it blends in with the sky, like some colour.

[@edmayhem]

Love your saying let's go see what's kicking off.... And nothing ever happens 😂

[@shielsy1]

Use to go to a place called Linda's Pantry when visiting Manchester it's a shame that old school greasy spoons are dying out.

[@petes1721]

That first building was the Gordon Ramsey restaurant. I like all the architecture in Manchester, I just hate driving in and out of it.

[@honestplaces]

Yeh driving there is grim

[@atilllathehun1212]

The 'grim hotel' near the start of your video is I believe scheduled to be demolished and replaced by something much better in the near future.

[@honestplaces]

I went and filmed and lost all my footage! It deffo needs to be demolished!

[@user-np2dc2oc9w]

Manchester is at the centre of the second most built up area in Western Europe

[@jackbailey7037]

That prison gate looks like the one featured at the end of 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'.

[@honestplaces]

Some throw back that film! Classic!

[@sueeaston6456]

Come look at Barnsley town best market to go and have a nice shopping day

[@markplatt1768]

My town. Gone all posh now😊

[@jonhigginson4096]

Remember the riot, dead hot weather for April 1990. Gave strangeways’ phone number to one of the lads in the pub but didn’t tell him, just said it was a customer after a bit of roofing doing.

[@chrismcdonagh5108]

"Selfridges..." 😂🤣😂

[@yellard6785]

England needs a rival to London rather than everything being sucked down south. We aren't the big USA with multiple great Cities but we should promote Manchester so that it is as near prestigious and attractive as London. When I say "attractive" I mean more than the environment but as attractive for artists, software designers, and large corporation head quarters.

[@honestplaces]

100% agree pal 👍

[@onthetrail202]

Try Crewe town near Manchester 👌🏼

[@fensterputzernuernberg]

Did not realize manchester was so attractive,, they should build on that and make a statement

[@mickfoskett6629]

Manchester is🔴👊👹

[@honestplaces]

Agree with you on that one!

[@imaginationscene]

ooh fancy Sell Fridges 😄

[@honestplaces]

I actually don't think i've ever been in one

[@rufdymond]

Only place in the country that has two Selfridges store apparently. Oh and good luck with the hotel, you’ll need it.

[@honestplaces]

@@rufdymond The one i saw was big enough!.....no need for a 2nd. Have you stayed there before? I stayed last week, yet to upload my verdict.

[@PacersGazKobe824]

Manchester IS red!! ❤️👹⚽️🐝🍺

[@lawn38]

Great but where are all the people?

[@honestplaces]

Never actaully noticed that, don't even know what day of the week i went now! Must have been early init!

[@pedrooo4319]

Cant believe you didn’t show Manchaton the 4 new sky scrapers 😫

[@honestplaces]

Yeh i should of. Hopefully more to come!

[@paulwild3676]

The tallest building ever built in regional Britain will be built next to Deansgate/Castlefield Met station. It will be just shy of 80 storeys high. These huge structures are being announced almost weekly now. The race with London is now on. Devolution has transformed Greater Manchester.

[@kieranlivingstone5792]

Go round Newcastle please!

[@OJ_0709]

Best city in the UK!

[@markmanc-zw3td]

The premier inn is ugly , because its the old Inland revenue office , Oyster bar = nice beer . There are some old traditional pubs with decent beer left - but not many , mainly yuppy overpriced wine bars now.

[@pedrooo4319]

You wanna visit Salford & media city be very good content

[@honestplaces]

I like Media City. Salford i haven't really explored much so need to visit there yeh

[@user-kx3fq1zo6f]

I think you're getting Elizabethan confused with Victorian 😆

[@shazyboy227]

When Your doing Birmingham? City of Duran Duran ?

[@honestplaces]

Got a long list but it is on there! Never been before

[@shazyboy227]

@@honestplaces second city after London, I hope its not on the bottom of your list..

[@UnderGeorge]

Best city in uk ❤

[@JohnSmith-xl8cb]

Same as London keep in the square mile you won’t get stabbed

[@johnbirch6365]

Where's the video of Sashas lol

[@justjacqueline2004]

Outside of pension funds and local council borrowing how much private money is really going in?

[@honestplaces]

No idea, i just film what i see 🤣

[@JayneWright-rb1st]

Massive

[@michaelriordan8265]

Slow down, by the way at one point you were in Salford

[@honestplaces]

Really!? At what point?

[@rinkydinkmcruk]

Salford is In Manchester so that’s ok 😝

[@alastairroberts5136]

STRANGEWAYS

[@honestplaces]

Dr Strangeways

[@Davejono2]

Can I come on 1 of these travel things .. my brother's just died and I'm so fukt off

[@jonboypatton]

They moved the old Wellington after the ira bomb. Still strange walking out and your somewhere different.

[@infinityfabrik]

My wife just got a full ride scholarship at University of Manchester, so um I guess we're moving there for 4 years lol. Your vid alleviated a fair bit of my reservations. Thank you from the west coast of Canada. Fantastic vid. Glad I found ya.

[@paulwild3676]

Manchester is as old as Chester.

[@honestplaces]

Never knew that!

[@floswason8776]

Both Roman cities mancunium

[@chefdencroissant1519]

'All the big ones' on GAY Canal street - you know, you're right!!!

[@user-bw5pn4qv9i]

Manchester ... the new London? Let's hope not. London is too crowded and expensive.

[@channin]

Sorry to tell ya mate but Manchester is almost there.

[@adamweishaupt2846]

i don't believe that is really Manchester. I didn't see one junkie in the entire 15 minute video! Did you photoshop all of the crackheads out? 😲

[@markmanc-zw3td]

😂 I'm with you on that mate ! No beggars either ???

[@maipai4282]

It really is not. The growth up there is impressive though tbh.

[@user-dg2zn2jd8w]

Love manchester the jewel of England ❤❤

[@cityzens634]

You must film about 6 in the morning to avoid all the scroats 🤣

[@honestplaces]

Shh. You're giving away my tactics

[@HS-wo8ti]

Manchester is a nice city but a lot of the areas to live are not up to much. You have Didsbury and may be parts of Altrincham and somewhere like Ramsbottom but a lot of the other areas are quite rough. The homeless are quite an issue as well, there's a lot of them and they can be quite rough. Nice to visit but not worth living there.

[@hansw7878]

compared to other cities i found manchester has a lot more nicer inner city suburbs

[@Manc780]

Bramhall, Poynton, Wilmslow, Alderley Edge, Hale, Prestbury....

[@yellard6785]

I love the name " Ramsbottom'.. In Thanet there is a ' Poor hole Lane"... I want to buy a house in that street.. Best UK address! 😁

[@valentynaartysyuk9129]

absolutely not!Manchester is amazing city and its districts as well!!It s the best city in UK so far about almost everything and it is a big city of almost 3 millions people.

[@paulwild3676]

@@yellard6785Uncouth Road in Milnrow is my favourite GM street.

[@yigras]

sellfridges rotffl

[@moodyguymick]

The new London ? Please don't say that !!

[@joeydowney2865]

why not check Liverpool out

[@honestplaces]

I do need too! Any hidden gems there?

[@joeydowney2865]

@@honestplaces oh yes lots...check out the Baltic market, Bold street, the North shore...

[@honestplaces]

@@joeydowney2865 not too far Liverpool so will add it onto the list init

[@joeydowney2865]

@@honestplaces Great stuff! yeah only about 50 minutes down the M62

[@steveharrison7328]

yes man!! gotta be done

[@AshtonArcher]

About five errors in the first minute!

[@honestplaces]

Was on the beer night before.....knowledge was abit blurred!

[@AshtonArcher]

@@honestplaces haha, fair play for the response!

[@jacobfield4848]

"Piccadily Gardens" prevents Manchester from being the best at anything. It is the ugliest City centre garden I have ever seen.

[@floswason8776]

That’s because they ripped up the original gardens to make that mess with a concrete wall

[@pablodelnorte9746]

Piccadilly Gardens is a crime against urban design.

[@honestplaces]

Yeh that berlin wall needs to go!

[@valentynaartysyuk9129]

very soon Piccadilly gardens will be built completely new!!

[@jacobfield4848]

@@valentynaartysyuk9129 They have been saying that for years.

[@mrnobody1067]

The new London ? In your dreams lol

[@honestplaces]

I don't live there so doesn't bother me either way 🤣

[@rufdymond]

Like every Manc my worst nightmare is that Manchester would end up anything like London…..

[@paulwild3676]

That is a grim prospect. Body odour and undrinkable water. No thanks.

[@valentynaartysyuk9129]

Manchester is not new London,Manchester is definitely much better than London,Manchester is the best city in UK so far!!

[@j5778]

All northern towns are dumps, including mucky Manchester

[@MBO84]

The city has no character, no really impressive buildings like London, Liverpool and Edinburgh do.

[@gazriley624]

bit of an insulting title to the likes of Liverpool and London

[@honestplaces]

Not been Liverpool in awhile.....need to re-visit. Can go to any European city for 3 days for the same price as it is for me to do London so i always opt for that 🤣

[@gazriley624]

@@honestplaces Train prices are ridiculous now

[@honestplaces]

@@gazriley624 Gonna get worse init, and they never turn up!

[@gazriley624]

@@honestplaces Get the Bus

[@webbzz91]

Manchester is the most overrated city In the UK. Its half the size of Birmingham but twice as arrogant as London.

[@ds9642]

but better than Liverpool

[@annacomnena217]

Greater Manchester is larger than the West Midlands. It's the largest conurbation after Greater London.

[@camden_96]

Ok but as someone who lives just outside of London - if someone told me they was going to Manchester for a weekend, my response would be 'oh wow nice' - if someone told me they was going to Birmingham, even just for a day, my response would be 'ew, why?'. I would legitimately consider moving to Manchester, but you couldn't pay me to move to Birmingham. Even the name is absolutely vile I avoid saying it verbally. Bumming-ham. Manchester is the true second city in the hearts and minds of the people - regardless of size, population, or financial contribution. Manchester is Diana. Bumham is Camilla.

[@webbzz91]

@@camden_96 then you have fallen for perception deception.

[@pauldunn8183]

Manchester is souless liverpool 100 Times better

[@ds9642]

at what? shooting kids on the way home from footy training and girls sat outside pubs?

[@paulwild3676]

Oh please. Manchester is a zillion times better than Liverpool. It is wealthier, more cosmopolitan, more progressive, better wages, opportunities, better media, theatres. Liverpool is like Hull with more fake tans.

[@unelectedbureaucrat2003]

Charles veitch shits on it often (even though has lived there for ages)for views i guess focusing on the shit side it's nice to see someone show the good 👍

[@DamnDealDone]

To answer your question. No, Brighton is the best city in the UK.

[@honestplaces]

Never been. Will pop down

[@DamnDealDone]

@@honestplaces Go in summer.

[@camden_96]

You can barely call Brighton a city when they reject every city-appropriate development and refuse to build either outward or upward. It's an over-glorified large town and is en route to becoming Blackpool 2.0, but without the record-breaking amusement park. There are almost zero opportunities in Brighton unless you're a chef, a tattoo artist, a bike thief, or your ambition in life is to sell tat on the corner (all of which you can do a lot more successfully in almost every other English city). To live a good life in Brighton you would need to spend your career in London first, and even still there's nothing WITHIN the city that would keep you from travelling to London to actually spend your money on goods or entertainment. I agree that Brighton has massive potential - but it needs to start ignoring the pentioners protests of every urban project, and living up to its old moniker of 'London-by-Sea' - if it wants to raise the quality of life and opportunities for locals. If the people of yesterday had the same attitude as Brighton council/OAP's today - the Pavilion wouldn't exist, the Pier wouldn't exist, and neither would those large white waterfront estates. In my opinion, if Brighton keeps rejecting development projects; having no vision for its future (particularly seeing as it is supposed to be a 'summer tourist hot-spot'); and insisting on 3-4 bedroom housing IN CENTRAL CITY LOCATIONS (despite rejecting apartments because they are 'not affordable', as if 3-4 bedroom houses on the waterfront will ever be affordable) -- then they should have their city-status revoked.

[@DamnDealDone]

@@camden_96 thanks for the essay I won't read. I still love Brighton.

[@camden_96]

@@DamnDealDone *Blackpool 2.0. And no problem.

[@buy.to.let.britain]

its really crap. imagine living here and expecting to meet a girl, get married, buy a house and start a family.....