Which city shall I move to Glasgow or Manchester?
Glasgow and its people have long enjoyed a love affair with music. As a thriving port, the city sucked in fresh sounds from the USA, and rock’n’ roll and country music remain a passion for folks of all ages. Two of the UK’s biggest bands, Texas and Travis, originally hail from Glasgow, which has produced an inordinate number of premier league guitar groups over the years, including Simple Minds, Wet Wet Wet, Teenage Fanclub, Del Amitri and Primal Scream. Belle & Sebastian and Cosmic Rough Riders are more recent success stories of the city’s evergreen music scene. The city would be in no position to produce bands of this calibre if it did not have the venues to support them, ranging from the city’s large auditoriums in the SECC and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to the plethora of pubs, which encourage a full spectrum of popular music at grassroots level. A must-visit musical mecca is Barrowland, the historic ballroom situated in the east end of the city, which has an incomparable celebrato
Glasgow would be my choice. Having lived in Manchester, the dirt, drugs, violence, the rain and the air of dereliction will depress you after a while. Manchester is an awful place to live. If you live in a decent area, you will pay extortionate insurance and council tax. Plus all decent areas attract the low lifes looking to rob your house, mug you, or steal the car. Keep going north up the M6, M74 to Glasgow. Better looking city all round. The architecture alone should swing it for you. Good restaurants, bars, shopping, wonderful countryside on the doorstep. Manchester may have a few trendy bars and shops, but look where they are situated. Right next door to a derelict factories that were burnt out in the 70s. Worst period of my life living in Manchester.
