No jokes about dropping the atom bomb. We don’t want the fallout here in Cheshire. We do want Manchester to be better though, but our nearest big City doesn’t have much pull.

We need to confront a truth that we aren’t very good at cities. No British city ever gets in those lists of the most livable ones. We don’t even get one in at the bottom.

We have poor air quality, expensive and unreliable public transport, clogged roads, characterless chain-stored-to-death centres (and then same again on the edge of town), uber car-centric infrastructure, and nowhere to hang out where you don’t feel some pressure to spend money.

1. Get Your Portici On.  

Awnings – they are perfect for a city with rain issues. Mancunians are sick of being reminded, especially by Londoners, that this city gets a lot of weather. And since Manchester is such a [relatively] young…