Just dont go there if you're bothered by homosexuals

I've corrected your spelling. The rest: Yawn.

There is an interesting point here. For those of us that have been out of the UK for a while, we may be surprised that to find that many of these old mining towns have been cleaned up and are now good places to live. There may still be a stigma attached to them in the UK though.

What about places such as Glossop in Derbyshire? After getting used to the commuting distances in North America, Manchester should be an easy commute.

After living in Wythenshawe til age 15 my family moved to Disley (on the A6 just before New Mills) A beautiful area, and great for just walking out into the greenspace. My brothers and I would cycle all round Derbyshire.

I used to commute by train from Disley to Picadilly every day and go to sixth form college in Moss Side!

Places like Bramhall, Alderly Edge, parts of Hale and Altrincham etc are also very nice. Even in Wythenshawe we weren't far from Wythy park, and used to play there as little kids by ourselves - you wouldn't get that nowadays!

I could live in Disley again, no problem!

Yep those are the areas I am referring to when I say market town type places. Glossop is nice - not sure about the commute.

Ah - didn't realize it was a spelling bee.....can't belive that you actually thought that was clever still doesn't change my opinion on the place - still a shit hole on the whole. Each to their own.

What about Stockport? Was looking at upmystreet website the crime rate is low. How long of a commute to Manchester City Centre from there?

I would add Wilmslow, Prestbury, Hale Barns and Bowden to the above list.

Hey triumph.

I was born in Disley, lived there until age 5 and then in Hayfield until age 17...family in Disley, New Mills, Birch Vale, Hayfield, Hawk Green, Marple, Glossop all that area.. One of the nicest areas within commutable distance of M/CR...many areas I wouldn't recommend in the greater M/CR conurbation.

Very easy commute - pretty middle of the road place overall. Nothing special.

I live in Stockport and most of it's fine. I personally would AVOID Longsight and surrounding areas

That's bad....it's a great night out....even my father who is 81 (sorry nearly 81) has a great time when my brother or his grandchildren take him to Canal Street....he even goes to the "Mardi Gra"....(gay festival) in Manchester with his partner....has been going for years....

Hi, Marple, Hazel Grove, Disley, some areas of the Heatons and Offerton, New Mills are good...the commute is good, trains serivces are regular and safe...oh and oorrr senial dementia now...forgot another nice area.....orrr this is gonna kill me........thank the gods....I remember....Wilmslow, Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall are very nice areas....Compstall and Mellor are nice quaint areas as well....all are near trains stations....don't know about you but after travelling the distances we do here in Aus....anything nowadays seems easier in the U.K to us now....okay not City centre driving but that is mostly the same the world over.....good luck...and I am definately one Mancunian who is very proud of their City......I may have seen some prettier, cleaner cities.(usually these are all fairly "new Cities"in comparison)..but Manchester still is home and it does have some wonderful things all of it's own....and is looking better each year as it ages.....

We use to go to the Jazz festival in Hayfield every year....honestly we had fantastic times there.....they call it the "little Venice".....went 3 years ago and still a lovely place to visit...scenery is so pretty.....