I'm moving to Manchester and I'm very nervous.

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#1  Edited By pompouspizza

And slightly terrified, I'm moving to Manchester to live with my girlfriend, and I'm really nervous because I have always lived in a small town and my family has always been close by. I have always been a worrier, but I am slightly neurotic, I panic about anything that causes stress, but I know there is a big part of me that is looking forward to it, I just can't seem to stop worrying. My question to you guys is, is there any advice you could give me, maybe if you have been in a similar situation?.

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#2  Edited By Canteu

You should move to Newcastle instead. It's better up here. Manchester smells funny.

That is all.

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#3  Edited By JackG100

Dont worry, be happy. I grew up in a town with 1000 people in it, nowadays I live in one with 600000 people... sure its different, but thats all. It aint better or worse really.

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#4  Edited By neurotic

It'll be fine, at least your going to live with your girlfriend rather than randomers like I did. I dread things a lot too until it actually comes time to get on with it and then it's fine.

@pompouspizza said:

but I am slightly neurotic,

<Insert self-referential joke here>

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#5  Edited By Rattle618

You´ll be fine once you get used to the new place, I would suggest to triple the amount of sexual interaction with your woman until that happens, it will ease the transition.

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#6  Edited By FLStyle

@pompouspizza: If you find yourself in the Victoria train station and you walk by that really expensive coffee stand that replaced the hotdog stand with the really good foot-long hotdogs, tell them I hate you for me, thanks.

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#7  Edited By Bell_End

THIS is the the type of person Manchester produces.

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@Rattle618 said:

You´ll be fine once you get used to the new place, I would suggest to triple the amount of sexual interaction with your woman until that happens, it will ease the transition.

This man is clearly a doctor, and his advice is most sound.

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#9  Edited By craigieh28

I'm from, and remain living in, Manchester - it's a great place to live! It also produces people like this...

Whereabouts in Manchester BTW?

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#10  Edited By PulledaBrad

I hear they have a good football club. Yeah, thats all I got.

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#11  Edited By BackseatBoss

At least you are moving with someone and not alone. It'll probably be weird to live in a large city for you in the beginning, but after a month or two you'll probably know most of the city and it won't look as big, I guarantee you that. Also, at least you're moving to a place, where english language is the primary language and not like me, because I've just moved to Denmark to study and let me tell you, it is much more terrifying when everyone around you is talking in a language you can't understand.

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#12  Edited By Hizang

Your moving to Manchester?
Good luck with that!
(No seriously lock your windows)

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#13  Edited By mordukai

Wear only red shirts.

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#14  Edited By Fallen189

It's fine. If you're near the city centre, go to Chinatown and head over to Won Wons bakery. Their stuff is too die for

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#15  Edited By jacdg

@mordukai said:

Wear only red shirts.

Yeah, Liverpool kits only.

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#16  Edited By returnofjake

I can't speak directly for Manchester, but a lot of cities feel like lots of small towns pushed together. I live right in the centre of Edinburgh but unless I go near the Uni or the shops it doesn't feel like a big place most of the time.

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#17  Edited By Ravenlight

Maybe you should move to Womanchester instead.

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#18  Edited By haffy

@Canteu said:

You should move to Newcastle instead. It's better up here. Manchester smells funny.

That is all.

Wise words.

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#19  Edited By pompouspizza

@Neurotic: Yeah that sounds like me, I dread things so much, and most of the time, it's never as bad as I thought it would be.

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#20  Edited By pompouspizza

@craigieh28: Trafford

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#21  Edited By Soap

I know your going to live with your girlfriend, but I watched a program about sexual health clinics (on BBC3, I'm sure others saw it) and that was set in manchester, it's safe to say peoples sexual habits were open enough that you would need to be really careful if you ever ended up not with your GF.

Good luck! :D

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#22  Edited By matt_f606

@JacDG said:

@mordukai said:

Wear only red shirts.

Yeah, Liverpool kits only.

Yeah.... that might not work out so well. I live half way between Manchester and Liverpool. We play rugby to avoid the argument :-)

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#23  Edited By Ramone

@haffy said:

@Canteu said:

You should move to Newcastle instead. It's better up here. Manchester smells funny.

That is all.

Wise words.

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#24  Edited By morningstar

@Canteu said:

You should move to Newcastle instead. It's better up here. Manchester smells funny.

That is all.

I wish I could move to Newcastle..

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#25  Edited By craigieh28

Trafford is one of the more affluent boroughs in Greater Manchester, with good transport links to the City Centre if you want the hustle and bustle of the the town and to Cheshire and Derbyshire for the parks and the countryside. You will be fine...

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#26  Edited By Sploder

Buy a big scary dog to keep chavs at bay

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#27  Edited By Mike83

Manchesters great. You'll love it.

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#28  Edited By Mike83

@mattf87 said:

Yeah.... that might not work out so well. I live half way between Manchester and Liverpool. We play rugby to avoid the argument :-)

Sunny St. Helens?

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#29  Edited By runnah555

Stop being a puss. Big cities are awesome. Sure you might get stabbed once, but hey it's worth it to actually be near things.

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#30  Edited By leebmx

@pompouspizza: I think you will be fine. It is totally natural to worry about big changes before we make them but I think you will find a lot to interest you in Manchester. My mate just moved their with all the BBC people and he is loving it, after really dreading it at first.

Its a really cool city with all the advantages of City living but still feels small scale and managable unlike London which I imagine can be pretty scary for people from outside. Just go with an open mind and throw yourself into stuff and I reckon you'll be fine. Just don't start supporting Manure.

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#31  Edited By matt_f606

@Mike83 said:

@mattf87 said:

Yeah.... that might not work out so well. I live half way between Manchester and Liverpool. We play rugby to avoid the argument :-)

Sunny St. Helens?

Just up the road in Warrington.

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#32  Edited By Mike83

Ah, I recently moved from St. Helens to Warrington.

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#33  Edited By Seppli

@pompouspizza:

Lived in Paris for a couple of months. What surprised and distressed me the most about it? The rich layer of soot and grime I had to wash off my face every night. Positively scaring.

Metropolitan hellscape awaits.

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#34  Edited By cookiemonster

@Ramone said:

@haffy said:

@Canteu said:

You should move to Newcastle instead. It's better up here. Manchester smells funny.

That is all.

Wise words.

The wisest.

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#35  Edited By Bobby_The_Great

I live in Texas. I can't help you at all here. But, it'll be okay.