Ok im from manchester, but I currently live in the mountains of north wales lol. So i know what it's like to live in both the city and coutryside in both england and wales :P It's a fab place to live, but ive noticed a lot of people say it's awful cos of chavs. I totally agree there, but if you block out that minor hitch, the actual place isn't bad! Oh and as for english food, if you know where to look, there's fantastic english food around ;) Full english breakfast beats american junk any day :D and on the whole MANCHESTER OWNS! (more than london does tbh... i hate london lol) of course u get all the dodgy suburbs, but u get that everywhere :P and finally North > South. (It's cheaper, more landscapey and the accents are more amusing :P) <-- talking of accents don't go to liverpool, for some reason, the scouse accent really bugs me lol