Area Guide to Manchester

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Greater Manchester in north-west England is home to a lofty 2.5 million people, though that is a falling number. The majority of the population are white, some 91%, though there are many Asian communities in Manchester and the neighbouring Lancashire.

Once part of Lancashire, Greater Manchester has a rather industrial past which it is still struggling to shake off today. Being the birthplace of the industrial revolution, population and growth took off at break neck speed, with a mass of poor quality housing built to house the workers of factories, who manufactured merchandise for the textile industry. Many heavy industries attracted those from rural Lancashire, which encouraged the sprawl of Manchester, but the death of major industries brought on by cheap imports from countries like China and India, signalled the decline of the area.

Until recently, the lack of acceptance of the death of major manufacturing has held this area back, with old vacant factories and scruffy buildings blighting communities. But in the past decade the region has seen a bit of a turn around, with new buildings such as the well known Arndale Centre. With the regeneration, Manchester has become one of the places to be, in north-west England, with many young professionals seeking city centre living in converted factories.

Expect to pay the most for properties in the central areas, where old mills and warehouses have been converted into flash new apartments.

There are too many dives to mention, but one infamous area that deserves a note is the not so wonderful Moss Side, with it's mass of council houses. Only the brave and those on a minuscule budget should even give it a thought.

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