I was in Manchester yesterday shopping.
I find it hilarious Mancs call anyone related to Liverpool as "Bin Dippers" when you see the zombified homeless dwelling people in the city centre.
I know the city has a shocking problem with those dangerous legal highs, but what a blight on the city when you see people leaning against lamposts and walls in such a zombiefied state in the mdidle of the day, even my 3 year old daughter was pointing at some of them when we were walking past them.
Worst homeless dwelling city i've seen is LA downtown in Skidrow and Manchester is on the brink of something like that.
I know. You'd have to be deaf, dumb and blind in order to have the awareness levels of the idiots who use the 'Bin Dippers' term.
Thing is, the whole country is the same. Go to any town or city and you will see the same problems to some extent or another. It's a national tragedy, but some blinkered weirdos seem to believe it's just a Liverpool thing.
I've long since stopped going into Manchester. I find the place to be grey, dirty, deeply depressing and unwelcoming these days. My partner and I simply won't spend our money there now. We've even gone as far as Bristol and Leeds to see a band we like on tour rather than go to the Manchester gig. I know Liverpool has its problems and its morons, but Manchester is on a whole different level unfortunately. Last time I went shopping there I saw sprayed on a wall ''Don't mug a local, rob a tourist''.
Mancunians need to give it a rest with the Bin Dippers jibe. Facts are that the
whole country (apart from the already wealthy) are suffering because of Tory policy and their divide and conquer approach to the working classes. Wherever you go, you will see bin dipping, or to give it its posh term, dumpster diving. It's a national tragedy in the fifth richest nation on Earth, and not something we should be taunting each other about. Same goes for unemployment (sign on).