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Originally Posted by cweaver
I live in Canada. We have the typically 4 seasons. I know that Britain is pretty rainy but what about the summer and the winter? Does the UK get alot of snow or mostly rain?
What are the 'northerns' like? I have been to London and around a bit but not to the Manchester area. Anything that anyone can tell me would be great
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The 4 seasons used to be far more pronounced but in the last 20 years or so, it seems seasons have become a lot more muddled. The best sunniest weather tends to be in Autumn and usually spring in terms of sunshine. Summers tend to be a lot wetter than they used to for some reason and the last year was the worst. So far this year has been pretty bad too ! Winters are never that cold and snow hardly makes much of an appearance .
There used to be a reasonable amount of snow especially in the North but nowadays we tend to get rain, drizzle and you hardly ever get more than a couple of inches of snow if any at all.
Manchester is a large city whose corporate wealth was based on early industrial economy ( Manchester was the world's first industrialised city) with huge textiles mills now closed down ( like other Northern Places like Bradford and Halifax) . A lot of money has been spent on regeneration and urban renewal in the last few years and Manchester has been lifted out of poverty ( which occurred after the mills closed) , and urban decay .
It is now a vibrant, lively places with modern facilities, excellent shopping, museums, great restaurants etc...
Certain parts of the city do still remain very dodgy but wealth has now trickled down and some lofts in the city centre can fetch over a £million !
Not my favourite part of Britain but the improvement has been astonishing . It is not a pretty city and can be for people from the South a bit of a culture Shock. The accent can be quite hard to get used to as well if you are used to "queen's English" .
The beauty of Manchester in my opinion is the proximity to wonderful scenic beauty like the Yorkshire Dales, The Lake District, Peak District and North Wales , and further afield Northumberland and the Lancashire countryside ( Pendle Hills) .
A lot of people who work in Manchester chose to live in Chester ( beautiful Historic city with Roman roots) or the Cheshire countryside. Cheshire is considered quite "posh" by many and a lot of people with higher incomes prefer the more rural charms and more "refined" tones of that area.
A salary of £100,000 will afford you a pretty comfortable lifestyle especially in the North of England and you should have no problem finding a lovely house .
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