Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Gary" wrote:
>
> Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > For a while we were moving around with D's work. I had thought all
> > northern
> > cities would be the most friendly. The two places that defied that were
> > ....
> > Oxford (very friendly) and Manchester (hostile) For those that don't
> > know,
> > Oxford is south and meant to be very 'posh') Manchester is in
> > Lancashire.
> > The least said about that the better
>
> I have two close friends that grew up in Manchester. The nicest people
> I've ever known. I don't understand why you have such a bad attitude
> about the area.
>
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>
> Why? Because you know two people who grew up there????

Yes and both of those unrelated people are very nice. For you to say
people
in Manchester are hostile isn't right. Maybe you just met the wrong
people.
Maybe YOU came across bad to them. It's wrong to diss an entire city
just
from your limited experience. Every place has good and bad people.