>>150576470
Unironically, the South got bombed by the Nazis during World War II, and the North got bombed a lot less, so after the war, we had to rebuild all the southern buildings but we left all the Victorian architecture up north because it was still standing. On top of this, many Norf jobs in coalmines and shit got abolished and never replaced, so this is why the North has really nice old buildings, but they're all run-down and the North is generally seen as horrible.
>>150576275
So you were a student, then? You should have stayed and got a job. You could have seen the rest of Manchester.