also so much pinotage when i posted , its just how some of the replies talked about places in manchester (within a certain budget) it just seems a massive lifestyle drop (also my old workmate came down to escape manchester as i did west yorkshire ,just the negativity ive picked up from her also ,i know if you have money you can always find a nice area
anyway this is my kindle reading spot 15mins away ,very hard to access ,tourist free
I meant what you said....
NZ has never really appealed to me because i imagine the spaces and hence the isolation been so big
Then you recommend Cornwall, which is a lot of vast nothingness! Sure, there are cities and towns like Newquay, Barnstaple, Perranporth ect, (I'm a fan of cornwall btw, been a few times), it's infact, a lot like New Zealand, in the fact that it's long and narrow, with loads of coastal towns and cities, excpet, NZ has places in it's centre too (Rotorua / Taupo / Queenstown) whereas, Cornwall has literally nothing it it's centre!
I'm also a big fan of Manchester, which again has just been voted most liveable city in the UK for 2nd year running, Mancunians are fantastic people, really friendly, there's so much going on in Manchester, if anything, coming from NZ ,it'll be overwhelming for some people, but in a good way! It's also a good base for visiting the lakes and the peak district, North Wales is just over an hour away, as is Chester.
Point is, i know where i'd rather live.....
New Zealand
More seriously though, if i had to choose Cornwall or Manchester, i wouldn't think twice about choosing Manchester! It just has so much more going for it than Cornwall.[/quote]