Look at the maps on this page just to see how much Stockport and Alty actually are part of the urban area around Manchester, without a rural gap. Yep, places like Wigan which are in Greater Mancheste… (View Post)

So just like London is a tiny place in the middle of an urban sprawl surrounded by loads of historical towns that have merged together to form a massive urban area ? Yep, they may be 'towns'… (View Post)

Eh ??? The vast majority of people who live in the local authority called Manchester live in houses, not flats, they are just poorer so fewer own them. The ONS have gone to the effort of telling you … (View Post)

Why would you build a full new route from Manchester to Glasgow ? (View Post)

Not true. Phase 1 has a link to WCML just north of the M42. https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-01/impact-of-hs2-on-network-rail-planned-work-tar.pdf#:~:text=Phase%20One%20of%20HS2%20is%2… (View Post)