But 2m people live in the urban area around Manchester, irrespective of where the local authority boundaries may start and end. Greater Manchester population is about 2.9m, across ten boroughs. Metro… (View Post)

Indeed But the vast majority of people in the 2m people around Manchester live in houses as you describe. But by having larger cities you create larger economies, the agglomeration impact becomes gre… (View Post)

I'm in Germany at the moment, making my way to Munich for the football this evening. What is stark is all significant urban areas in Germany have a transport system closer to London than anywher… (View Post)

These links may not work Back in 2019 I did a pub crawl around all the bars in the centre of Manchester https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/man-who-went-never-ending-… (View Post)

Why not find existing towns that have poor existing transport links with a pre-existing population and fix them rather than building something new??? You are suggesting spending a fortune on creating… (View Post)