Why Manchester Is Awesome

WHY MANCHESTER IS AWESOME "GOT EVERYTHING EXCEPT A BEACH!" - IAN BROWN WE WERE THE WORLD'S FIRST INDUSTRIALISED CITY, WE'VE FIGURED OUT HOW TO SPLIT THE ATOM, WE INVENTED THE COMPUTER AND BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND BRITISI MUSIC & CREATIVITY FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS. NEED MORE REASON TO BE A PROUD MANCUNIAN? HERE'S WHY OUR CITY IS SO INCREDIBLY AWESOME... I MANCHESTER BY NUMBERS 2ND HAPPIEST CITY IN THE UK BEST CITY IN THE UK MANCHESTER 3RD LARGEST TO LIVE IN (EIU STUDY) NUMBER OF VISITORS WAS THE WORLD'S 1ST INDUSTRIALISED CITY ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY STUDY IN THE UK 5TH BEST 4TH MOST BIKE 3RD LARGEST ANNUAL GDP UK OF £60 BILLION & 65 FTSE 100 COMPANIES BAŞED IN THE CITY FRIENDLY BIG CITY IN THE UK SPORTS CITY IN THE WORLD 2 WE'VE GOT THE BRAINS! MANCHESTER HAS 3 UNIVERSITIES WITH EUROPE'S LARGEST URBAN HIGHER EDUCATION PRECINCT UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER HAS WON 25 NOBEL PRIZES & IS THE LARGEST FULL-TIME NON-COLLEGIATE UNIVERSITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MANCHESTER SPLIT THE ATOM! FEW DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE CAN BE SAID TO HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD BUT ONE MUST SURELY BE THE 'SPLITTING OF THE ATOM' BY ERNEST RUTHERFORD IN MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER REVOLUTIONISED COMPUTING UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER BUILT THE WORLD'S FIRST & THEN FASTEST STORED COMPUTER DUE TO THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK OF SCIENTISTS SUCH AS ALAN TURING & TOM KILBURN MANCHESTER DISCOVERED GRAPHENE WORLDS STRONGEST/LIGHTEST/CONDUCTIVE FUTURE SUPER MATERIAL 3 WE'VE GOT THE BANDS! OASIS SIMPLY RED TOP 40 UK (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? SALES: 4,517,000 (UK) TOP 40 UK STARS SALES: 3,600,000 (UK) 5TH HIGHEST SELLING UK ALBUM 14TH HIGHEST SELLING UK ALBUM OF ALL TIME OF ALL TIME THE VERVE TAKE THAT TOP 40 UK URBAN HYMNS TOP 40 UK BEAUTIFUL WORLD SALES: 3,167,875 (UK) SALES: 2,800,000 (UK) 1ZTH HIGHEST SELLING UK ALBUM 32ND HIGHEST SELLING UK OF ALL TIME ALBUM OF ALL TIME CHEMICAL BROTHERS ELBOW THE SELDOM SEEN KID SALES: 900,000+ (UK) RANKED #8 IN O MAGAZINE'S 50 BEST SURRENDER SALES: 600,000 + RELEASED 5 NUMBER ONE ALBUMS AND 13 TOP 20 SINGLES IN THE UK ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 2008 THE STONE ROSES NEW ORDER THE STONE ROSES SUBSTANCE SALES: 600,000+ SALES: 300,000+ (UK) TOPPED NME'S 100 GREATEST BRITISH SUBSTANCE ACCOUNTS OF 1/3 OF ALL NEW ALBUMS EVER LIST IN 2006 ORDERS 20 MILLION WORLDWIDE SALES BEE GEES HAPPY MONDAYS SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN SALES: 300,000 (UK) 13 SINGLES IN THE HOT 100 IN 1978. THEY HAVE PILLS 'N THRILLS AND BELLYACHES SALES: 100,000+ (UK) SHAUN RYDER RECEIVED THE NME AWARD BEEN COVERED BY OVER 2,500 ARTISTS TO DATE FOR GODLIKE SERVICES TO MUSIC IN 2000 THE SMITHS JAMES GOLD MOTHER SALES: 100,000+ (UK) MEAT IS MURDER SALES: 100,000+ IN 1987, A FAN HELD UP A DENVER RADIO "COME HOME" WON STEVE LAMACQ'S BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC MANCHESTER ANTHEMS STATION AT GUNPOINT, DEMANDING THEY PLAY THE SMITHS, WHICH THEY DID FOR 5 HOURS WORLD CUP IN 2014 JOY DIVISION THE 1975 CLOSER SALES: 100,000 (UK) "CLOSER" IS RANKED #157 ON ROLLING STONE'S FIVE HUNDRED GREATEST ALBUMS EVER THE 1975 SALES: 100,000+ (UK) THE 1975'S SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM DEBUTED AT NO. 1 IN THE UK ALBUMS CHART XAM "MANCHESTER CONTINUES TO BE A MUSICAL POWERHOUSE WITH XFM MANCHESTER STILL PROMOTING THE BEST THE NORTH WEST INDIE SCENE HAS TO OFFER!" 4 WE LOVE IT LIVE! VICTORIA WAREHOUSE CAPACITY MANCHESTER ARENA PHONES 4 U ARENA ONE OF THE BUSIEST INDOOR ARENAS IN THE WORLD 5,000 6 MUSIC FESTIVAL 28TH FEBRUARY- IST MARCH 2014 WITH DAMON ALBARN WAREHOUSE PROJECT VOTED MIXMAG'S BEST CLUB IN THE UK 5 WE'VE GOT THE NIGHTLIFE & THE BEER! 1,000 PUBS 100 BARS £100 MIL LONG HISTORIC 1,032 PEOPLE BREWING TRADITION PER DRINKING HOLE GENERATED EACH YEAR LOWEST IN THE UK & EMPLOYS 12,000 IN CITY OF MANCHESTER INGE JOSEPH J.W.LEES ROBINSONS HOLT FAMILY BREWERS OF MANCHESTER ANCHESTE 6 OUR TEAMS ARE BETTER THAN YOUR TEAMS *** IN THE UK ESTER HIGHEST VALUED 4TH HIGHEST VALUED MANC IN THE UK £439 MILLION £2.02 BILLION M.C.F.C. 3 LEAGUE TITLES UNITED 20 LEAGUE TITLES 64 TROPHIES WON Sapertie . Prae 22 TROPHIES WON OLD TRAFFORD 75,811 CAPACITY LARGEST PREMIER LEAGUE STADIUM ETIHAD STADIUM 47,642 CAPACITY EXPANDING TO 60,000 IN 2015 TO BECOME 3RD LARGEST IN UK WE HAVE THE BEST DERBY 50 DRAWN WON 69 WON47 7 WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT FOOD TOP CURRY MILE LARGEST RENOWNED FOR INTERNATIONAL MANCHESTER FOOD & DRINK CUISINE FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER RESTAURANTS FROM MICHELIN STAR CHEFS CONCENTRATION OF CURRY HOUSES & OUR OWN CHINATOWN IN THE UK! 8. 8 WE CELEBRATE CREATIVITY, CULTURE & DIVERSITY EUROCULTURED STREET FESTIVAL FUTURE EVERYTHING MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL (MAY) SERIES OF STREET FESTIVALS AND LINKED PROJECTS CELEBRATING DIVERSITY OF EUROPEAN CULTURE MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL 24:7 THEATRE FESTIVAL BRING ING THE MOST EXCITING ELEMENTS OF THE BIENNIAL FESTIVAL IN JUNE AND JULY: FRINGE TO MANCHESTER (JULY) INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL MANCHESTER PRIDE MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL (OCT) THE MANCHESTER LITERATURE FESTIVAL IS ALREADY IN CONTENTION FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE STATUS ONE OF THE OLDEST GAY PRIDE FESTIVALS IN THE UK, HOSTED IN THE GAY VILLAGE ON CANAL STREET VIVA! SPANISH & LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL MANCHESTER JAZZ FESTIVAL (JULÝ) COURNERHOUSE CELEBRATES WORLD & RUNS FOR 10 DAYS AND TYPICALLY HAS 400 INDEPENDANT CINEMA IN MARCH MUSICIANS, 7o & 80 EVENTS, 7- 10 VENUES delivery Quote DELIVERYQUOTECOMPARE.COM compare.com INFOGRAPHIC CREATED FEB 2014. SOME STATISTICS MAY BE OLDER