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I don’t mean to be dismissive, but if you come from southern/central Italy (or Spain or Greece, etc…), your idea of good food is significantly different from th

by mmarq 4y ago

I don’t mean to be dismissive, but if you come from southern/central Italy (or Spain or Greece, etc…), your idea of good food is significantly different from that of the English.

benbristow 4y ago
I have to wonder why you're even here if you're just going to insult/dismiss all of our cities/towns and the tastes of our people as a whole without putting in any effort. p.s. we know Wetherspoons is microwave crap, but it's cheap and comes with a free beer. :)
- mmarq 4y ago
  Saying that Manchester is uglier than Florence and that Italian food is better than English food are not insults, but a factual statements. I’m in Inner London because I have a very high paying job, that allowed me to buy a nice flat in a nice area and that allows me to fly to Europe even 5 times a month with my entire family, if I want. But I was very close from leaving the UK a few years ago, when it became evident that my 100K£ salary wasn’t enough to enjoy the same lifestyle of a friend of mine that lives in Berlin with an entry level s/w development job and 2 children.
  - benbristow 4y ago
    Manchester has some beautiful architecture, some very interesting places to visit and in the UK we compensate with culture, people and nightlife. And there are some very good restaurants & eateries if you actually put some research & effort in. Maybe your £100k salary would go (a lot) further if you moved away from London and to somewhere like Manchester - everyone knows London is stupidly expensive ;) I'm on like £40kish around Glasgow in a nearby town and quite comfortable - I'd feel like Elon Musk on your salary.
    - mmarq 4y ago
      If Rome and Paris and Florence are in the Champions League of beauty and Milan is in second division, Manchester is a funny non-league football team that once in its history got through round 1 of the FA cup and then lost 7-0 against a premier league club.

by mmarq 4y ago

I don’t mean to be dismissive, but if you come from southern/central Italy (or Spain or Greece, etc…), your idea of good food is significantly different from that of the English.

benbristow 4y ago

I have to wonder why you're even here if you're just going to insult/dismiss all of our cities/towns and the tastes of our people as a whole without putting in any effort. p.s. we know Wetherspoons is microwave crap, but it's cheap and comes with a free beer. :)

mmarq 4y ago
Saying that Manchester is uglier than Florence and that Italian food is better than English food are not insults, but a factual statements. I’m in Inner London because I have a very high paying job, that allowed me to buy a nice flat in a nice area and that allows me to fly to Europe even 5 times a month with my entire family, if I want. But I was very close from leaving the UK a few years ago, when it became evident that my 100K£ salary wasn’t enough to enjoy the same lifestyle of a friend of mine that lives in Berlin with an entry level s/w development job and 2 children.
- benbristow 4y ago
  Manchester has some beautiful architecture, some very interesting places to visit and in the UK we compensate with culture, people and nightlife. And there are some very good restaurants & eateries if you actually put some research & effort in. Maybe your £100k salary would go (a lot) further if you moved away from London and to somewhere like Manchester - everyone knows London is stupidly expensive ;) I'm on like £40kish around Glasgow in a nearby town and quite comfortable - I'd feel like Elon Musk on your salary.
  - mmarq 4y ago
    If Rome and Paris and Florence are in the Champions League of beauty and Milan is in second division, Manchester is a funny non-league football team that once in its history got through round 1 of the FA cup and then lost 7-0 against a premier league club.