Manchester is a major city in the North West of England and a place over half a million people call home.
The city is notable for its many museums, media links, architecture, music, famous sports clubs and its universities.
The ten surrounding boroughs make up the country of Greater Manchester with a population of almost 3 million.
We asked local Mancunians what they love about living in the area and what improvements they would make to the city-region.
The city is notable for its many museums, media links, architecture, music, famous sports clubs and its universities.
The ten surrounding boroughs make up the country of Greater Manchester with a population of almost 3 million.
We asked local Mancunians what they love about living in the area and what improvements they would make to the city-region.
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00:00 Manchester is a major city in the north-west of England and a place over half a million people call home.
00:07 The city is notable for its many museums, media links, architecture, music, famous sports clubs and its universities.
00:15 The ten surrounding boroughs make up the county of Greater Manchester, with a population of almost three million.
00:22 We asked local Mancunians what they love about living in the area and what improvements they would make to the city region.
00:29 I've never known it to be any different, you know. It's always been the same, so I don't know what more we can continue and keep doing,
00:36 apart from the promises that already get given. And these improvements have been made, but there's always going to be room for improvement,
00:41 so you're never going to please everybody. So, yeah, there's some beautiful buildings around here.
00:46 Would it be nice if they could be polished up and the units that maybe are not taken over get looked after?
00:51 Yeah, absolutely, but I think there's other things that you should be doing within your community, more about engagement than anything like that first.
00:58 I always think they could get more green spaces. I'm thinking about the town hall regeneration that they're doing.
01:04 It looks really nice, but if they could incorporate a lot more green space there, it would be a lot better.
01:09 Piccadilly Gardens, if they could keep that cleaner, that would be a bit better, yeah, definitely.
01:13 I don't know what it was like beforehand, but I generally tend to stay away from there.
01:20 I'll probably go over to Freight Island instead if I need to find any green space.
01:25 I was working in Manchester on the day of the bomb, and that was kind of the resurgence of Manchester, the renaissance.
01:32 It's carried on. Beautiful city, beautiful people, none better in the world.
01:38 I think we've got a lot going for us now, but I used to love it more a long time ago.
01:43 But, yeah, I mean, we have to move with the times, but, yeah, I like it. I mean, I'm happy to be a Monkeynian.
01:51 I think on Market Street, litter, it seems quite dirty.
01:57 I mean, this part of town is much tidier, but Market Street looks a mess sometimes, and we're quite ashamed of it as a city.
02:05 Everything that's going on, you would think that individuals would be able to take responsibility for that,
02:10 but perhaps put more litter bins around and perhaps empty them,
02:16 because sometimes you can see people have attempted to put their stuff in, but they've been full, so they've just, like, dumped it, really.
02:26 I think we need more quality shops, to be honest.
02:30 A John Lewis would be great if it could move into Debenhams or something, or even into Kendal's if they should.
02:38 I think the Piccadilly Gardens area needs to be cleaned up, and more quality shops,
02:44 because they're closing a lot of the shops, and lots of people don't like to do online. Love it.
02:49 Love Manchester, love coming into the city.
02:53 I live, when I say Rochdale, I live in a little village called Wardle, which is in the hills,
02:58 and it's nice to come and have a different perspective.